Hunter S Thompson's death to be reviewed more than 20 years later

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/oct/01/hunter-s-thompsons-death-reviewed

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cmsj•1h ago

I was just thinking yesterday that we could use a new Hunter S Thompson, cataloguing the absurd times we live in.

morkalork•50m ago

What would a new HST look like? Gonzo style journalism kinda already peaked in the 2010s with the wave of blogging and new media like Vice magazine.

HST was revolutionary because he broke the norms of journalism at the time while still making a coherent point. Nowadays journalism is plain broken, the norms are in tatters and the people that would be exposed don't give a shit and feel no shame for the awful things they do. No wonder HST offed himself.

hoten•29m ago

It looks like Andrew Callaghan & Channel 5.

IncreasePosts•26m ago

He was my initial thought too, but I feel like it's very similar to what Vice was doing 20 years ago

xattt•10m ago

Everyone wanted to be gritty in the 2010s and now no one is gritty because of it. I want the opposite now, and have a source with a coherent, reliable voice which I sort of get with the Economist.

dingnuts•21m ago

I'd argue part of the reason the times are so absurd is that there's a whole ecosystem of gonzo journalists from Hasan Piker to Adin Ross to that one famous guy recently that got shot

hydrogen7800•13m ago

I recall thinking the same about Harlan Ellison after reading a sampling of his magazine articles.

tree_enjoyer•12m ago

A solid contender is this writer, who I follow on Twitter. This was the first article I read of his (which directly references Thompson) and I was absolutely sold.

https://thehuntfortomclancy.substack.com/p/fear-and-self-loa...

ChrisMarshallNY•8m ago

Reads like he's absolutely channeling/mimicking Thompson. I don't think it's coincidental, at all.

Seems to do a fairly good job of it, but I'm not sure that I would read him, myself. It just feels different, to me.

some_guy_nobel•6m ago

In 2025 a "tripping balls at ..." feels derivative of even the HST derivatives of the 2010s...

runnr_az•24m ago

"It was awesome"

Oarch•21m ago

Four out of five stars

focusedone•11m ago

Hunter S Thompson --> David Foster Wallace --> Caity Weaver / Others?

neaden•10m ago

This seems kind of weird. As the article says he was on the phone with his wife and left a suicide note. His son by a previous marriage was in the house with him when he died, which makes me think this is some sort of inheritance dispute between his widow and son.

Molitor5901•10m ago

The last thing he typed has always sat deeply with me:

"Football Season Is Over

No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring. I am always bitchy. No Fun — for anybody. 67. You are getting Greedy. Act your old age. Relax — This won't hurt”

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