A distant colleague in work consciously modeled himself on HST, driven I suspect by visual similarities in his build and temperament. It wasn't always very nice. Cynicism can turn nasty very quickly, he had a shallow ego and took as much offense as he caused when contradicted over matters of opinion.
I remember asking him to confirm 4-5 lines in the 8th edition kernel sources from his licensed copy and I had to pay him in the form of a bottle of bourbon.
He had a sad end.
My point is that: you can't bottle it, imitation is not the sincerest form of flattery it's ugly and stupid. That said, E. Jean Carroll's write up suggests HST was (at the end) a very sad, lonely man too.
I remember asking him to confirm 4-5 lines in the 8th edition kernel sources from his licensed copy and I had to pay him in the form of a bottle of bourbon.
He had a sad end.
My point is that: you can't bottle it, imitation is not the sincerest form of flattery it's ugly and stupid. That said, E. Jean Carroll's write up suggests HST was (at the end) a very sad, lonely man too.
Fear and Loathing is a great book.