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You thought that was real? I assumed it was a literary device. This wasn’t journalism.

Getting drunk and reflecting on one's life is not that uncommon

Wait until you hear about Bukowski, Faulkner or Kerouac.

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

> It's one thing to write drunk, it's another thing to get drunk to write about being drunk

I would again see Bukowski.

Is Bukowski generally seen as a role model?

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.

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.

I'm not sure I follow, what's the difference in message between drunken rambling and, getting drunk and rambling?

He's certainly more famous that most HN posters :)

Perhaps he also had fun doing it.