| ▲ | dwedge 4 days ago |
| I feel strange about someone deciding an interesting use of their time is getting drunk alone to write a blog post. |
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| ▲ | shermantanktop 4 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| You thought that was real? I assumed it was a literary device. This wasn’t journalism. |
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| ▲ | 63stack 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Getting drunk and reflecting on one's life is not that uncommon |
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| ▲ | nothrabannosir 4 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Wait until you hear about Bukowski, Faulkner or Kerouac. |
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| ▲ | dwedge 4 days ago | parent [-] | | Sure, there are alcoholics in the past. But sitting with the intention of sounding drunk, interspersing deliberate typos with "pour another drink" and "take a sip" because someone thought that was a cool premise is weird. It's one thing to write drunk, it's another thing to get drunk to write about being drunk | | |
| ▲ | virgildotcodes 4 days ago | parent [-] | | > It's one thing to write drunk, it's another thing to get drunk to write about being drunk I would again see Bukowski. | | |
| ▲ | dwedge 4 days ago | parent [-] | | Is Bukowski generally seen as a role model? | | |
| ▲ | snayan 4 days ago | parent | next [-] | | I don't think the dude drunken rambling on reddit was aspiring to be a role model, just share what he perceived as wisdom he's gained in life. | | |
| ▲ | dwedge 4 days ago | parent [-] | | He wasn't drunken rambling though, he was getting drunk to do it. I think there's a real difference in message there - as much as it was probably fake. | | |
| ▲ | snayan 4 days ago | parent [-] | | I'm not sure I follow, what's the difference in message between drunken rambling and, getting drunk and rambling? |
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| ▲ | nottorp 4 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | He's certainly more famous that most HN posters :) Perhaps he also had fun doing it. |
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