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Hunter S. Thompson

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Writer described as an embarrassing guilty pleasure whose early works like Hells Angels and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas are considered genuinely fascinating and politically relevant, though his later writing became tired and repetitive.

Mentions (19)
"90s sized billowy light shirt tucked into some linen trousers. Bright colors. Maybe like something Hunter S. Thompson would wear."
Yes, porn is frying your brain · u/VopolPuh · ↑736 · 2021-06-04
"He smoked cigarettes with a holder, the short kind (think Hunter S. Thompson, not Cruella de Vil)."
The Most Homophobic Thing I Ever Saw · u/lobsterphoenix · ↑664 · 2023-12-16
"Does anyone else want to clench their fist and yell at the sky"
Hunter S Thompson on zoomers · u/rottenkal3 · ↑338 · 2025-10-12
"You used to have guys like Tom Wolfe, Hunter S Thompson, Truman Capote."
What happened to Gonzo Journalism? · u/collegetest35 · ↑102 · 2025-03-14
"For me, no single writer (besides Camus but he's been talked of plenty here) has effected me more than the lunatic genius of of 20th century journalism, Hunter S. Thompson. Say what you want about his anti-social, counter-cultural way of life or his inherently unreliable point of view but I fucking "
"It was just after dawn in Woody Creek, Colo., when the first plane hit the World Trade Center in New York City on Tuesday morning, and as usual I was writing about sports. But not for long. Football suddenly seemed irrelevant, compared to the scenes of destruction and utter devastation coming out of"
Hunter S. Thompson's ESPN article from 9/12/01 · u/Lord--Kinbote · ↑63 · 2024-09-11
"Apparently Hunter S. Thompson practiced writing by typing out books we already agree are masterpieces! I couldn't imagine that until I heard it! You can pick up a Kurt Vonnegut book and type it out to practice at being a good writer."
"Juan Thompson found his father's body. According to the police report and Anita's cell phone records, he called the sheriff's office half an hour later, then walked outside and fired three shotgun blasts into the air to "mark the passing of his father". Need I even say it? Dudes 👏 Fucking 👏 Rock 👏"
The Death of Hunter S. Thompson · u/[deleted] · ↑49 · 2021-08-14
"Hunter S Thompson remains an unshakeable favorite of mine. I even 100% agree his later writing became tired and repetitive. But Hells Angels (other than the nauseating chapter about rape) is a genuinely fascinating piece of writing. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is unfairly maligned as just a story"
What writers do you *genuinely* enjoy as a guilty pleasure? · u/buffordsclifford · ↑41 · 2022-09-25
"This is obviously a sign I need to get sober and I do not write this as some weird hunter s thompson esque misadventure. I write this because I am getting into increasingly more risky situations because its a response to my inability to share experiences with someone I love."
Goodbye cruel world · u/No-Carpenter7870 · ↑37 · 2024-07-07
"But you know if Jack Keourack and Hunter S. would show up to my door I would be back to my bullshit in a minute"
Any of you wild ones manage a normal adult life now? · u/freetheballs69 · ↑36 · 2022-01-16
"Five months later? Six? It seems like a lifetime, or at least a Main Era—the kind of peak that never comes again. This subreddit in the middle quarantine was a very special time and place to be a part of. Maybe it meant something. Maybe not, in the long run . . . but no explanation, no mix of words "
"When I'm in the zone, racing against the clock, I feel alive, wired, fulfilled. I am a tortured addict, a true hunter s thompson, but better (I have not read his work nor any book in months), someone capable of indulging vice to excess and still capable of producing work that shows my teachers just "
I can't write unless I am rapidly approaching a deadline · u/OddishShape · ↑30 · 2024-04-27
"For me, no single writer (besides Camus but he's been talked of plenty here) has effected me more than the lunatic genius of of 20th century journalism, Hunter S. Thompson."
"Fear & Loathing in America"
Hunter S. Thompson's ESPN article from 9/12/01 · u/Lord--Kinbote · ↑63 · 2024-09-11
"But you know if Jack Keourack and Hunter S. would show up to my door I would be back to my bullshit in a minute"
Any of you wild ones manage a normal adult life now? · u/freetheballs69 · ↑36 · 2022-01-16
"When I'm in the zone, racing against the clock, I feel alive, wired, fulfilled. I am a tortured addict, a true hunter s thompson, but better (I have not read his work nor any book in months)"
I can't write unless I am rapidly approaching a deadline · u/OddishShape · ↑30 · 2024-04-27
"A Generation of Swine by Hunter S. Thompson, 1985"
"A Generation of Swine" by Hunter S. Thompson, 1985 · u/MY-HARD-BOILED-EGGS · ↑23 · 2021-10-02
"hunter s. thompson (also self explanatory)"
the pod but in the late 1970s · u/speakingintonguez · ↑20 · 2019-07-02
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