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Interestingly enough, Christopher Hitchens used to say far more inflammatory stuff but didn't really sound smug or superior.
by argumentum 13y ago
Interestingly enough, Christopher Hitchens used to say far more inflammatory stuff but didn't really sound smug or superior.
- rjbwork 13y agoBeing a miserable alcoholic kind of makes it hard for people to find you smug or superior.
- argumentum 13y agoI wouldn't call him a "miserable" alcoholic. He was quite proud of his prodigious intake of alcohol and tobacco, to the extent of writing essays defending these habits and refusing to change his tune even in the face of death due to them. He was more of a "celebratory" alcoholic and smoker.