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Not a week goes by without me thinking "what would HST have made of THIS fresh bullshit, if he were alive today"
by isoprophlex 8mo ago
Not a week goes by without me thinking "what would HST have made of THIS fresh bullshit, if he were alive today"
- codechicago277 8mo agoThe only human to authorize a nuclear attack…
- ChrisMarshallNY 8mo agoHunter Thompson? Not saying he wouldn't have banged on the button, for all he was worth, but no one in their right (or even severely sick) mind would ever let him near it.
- fuzzfactor 8mo agoLooks like he's referring to Harry S. Truman. Probably doesn't know who Thompson was. I'll never forget Thompson speaking at my school as the war in Vietnam was drawing to a close. He did not mince words.
- dredmorbius 8mo agoFor the benefit of any others unfamiliar: Thompson: The man who invented gonzo journalism, writing beginning in the 1950s for numerous publications but most notably Rolling Stone, best known for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, serialised in RS, published as a book, and the basis of two films, Where the Buffalo Roam (loose adaptation, 1980) and more faithfully in 1998 under the original name, starring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro.
- isoprophlex 8mo agoAddon: I mean Hunter S Thompson of course