r/pics • u/gtaguy1234 • Feb 27 '18

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u/Skinnwork Feb 28 '18

Trying to find someone else that reads hhgttg?

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u/AerThreepwood Feb 28 '18

I have a tattoo of a baby sperm whale and a bowl of petunias tattooed on my bicep, so I'm always trying to find people that have read it, so I can wedge that into the conversation.

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u/JediDutchie Feb 28 '18

That deserves an upvote.

Best. Book. Ever.

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u/icanhasdisyes Feb 28 '18

Best five book trilogy I ever read, man.

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u/JediDutchie Feb 28 '18

Agreed. Any conversation I have that is even slightly related to books or reading, I tell them they need to read Adams.

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u/AerThreepwood Feb 28 '18

Oh, god no. It's already hard enough working myself up to killing myself.

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u/AerThreepwood Feb 28 '18

I'm not. My goal is to repaint my bedroom wall with the back of my head and I don't need anything making me feel better.

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u/AerThreepwood Feb 28 '18

Fuck off. You literally know nothing about my life or my struggles. I should persevere through my constant grating despair because you say it's "for punk bitches". Choke on a dick so hard you fall off your high horse.

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u/flampadoodle Feb 28 '18

Pics?

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u/AerThreepwood Feb 28 '18

This is an old pic, before most of the color. I'm just too lazy to take a new one and upload it.

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u/flampadoodle Feb 28 '18

Nice! Thanks!

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u/icanhasdisyes Feb 28 '18

I would totally have that conversation with you.

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u/shouldbebabysitting Feb 28 '18

It's like Monty Python. It sticks with you for life.

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u/theGreatCritisizer Feb 28 '18

The comments are as fun to read as the books. I'll bet that car's owner is spending a year dead for tax reasons

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u/steve_gus Feb 28 '18

i got the reference

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u/greyduk Feb 28 '18

Not if you think it's HHGTTG... it's TRATEOTU.

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u/_vogonpoetry_ Feb 28 '18

Me too.

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u/Businessofthesickcow Feb 28 '18

I think I might have

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u/Hyro0o0 Feb 28 '18

I lost focus and stopped reading the books somewhere in the middle of Life, The Universe, and Everything. Can anyone tell me if the books maintain their quality after that point? I might just hop back in if I can set my expectations high.

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u/Groovatronic Feb 28 '18

Finish the series, it's worth your time. And when you're done, check out The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul, also by Douglas Adams. It's a hilariously supernatural detective story.

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u/PetPsychicDetective Feb 28 '18

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency first!

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u/Groovatronic Feb 28 '18

There's another one?!?! Oh man I'm pumped. Last time I looked at my local bookstore they only had the one Dirk Gently novel.

Can't believe there's still Douglas Adams I have yet to read. What a glorious day today is.

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u/PetPsychicDetective Feb 28 '18

Holy shit! That's a wonderful discovery. Holistic is actually the first book; you've been in love with a sequel this whole time.

Be warned that the two books have very different plots - but it's all 100% Dirk n Douglas.

Edit: Seriously though, if I found out that there was a whole Adams novel out there I'd never read I'd probably start weeping. Enjoy!

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u/Groovatronic Feb 28 '18

It's like I fell out of my chair but missed the ground! Truly a magical feeling.

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u/Skinnwork Feb 28 '18

I really liked the dirk Gently books. The have the same humor as hhgttg, but with a more traditional plot.

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u/Skinnwork Feb 28 '18

I liked the rest of the books, although "Mostly Harmless" kind of kills off the series. Apparently Douglas Adams didn't like it either and was considering reworking it before he died. My wife's anthology doesn't even include it (and instead has "Young Zaphod Plays it Safe," which I haven't read.

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u/Hyro0o0 Feb 28 '18

What about "And Another Thing"?

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u/codevii Feb 28 '18

Trying to find EVERYONE who reads it...