My thoughts and prayers are with his family. He was a genius and the most hysterical philospher the world has ever seen. He also was impassioned to use his celebrity to successfully call attention to some of the crises of the world. Most vividly, I recall his outspoken efforts to end the genocide in Rwanda in the 1990's. As did many posters, I started the Guide series when I was a kid, 20 years ago. I read the non-Guide's too. To this day, whenever I start to take myself, or life, too seriously, all I have to do is pick up any of the Guide books, and I am reminded to laugh at myself, and the absurdity of living Inside the Asylum. It is a shame to see him die so young, with so much work in progress, but he lives on through everyone he has touched, as a person, an author, and a humanitarian. He will always do so. "Thanks, that'll be all for now, other than to say 'Hi!' to Douglas if he's watching."
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My thoughts and prayers are with his family. He was a genius and the most hysterical philospher the world has ever seen. He also was impassioned to use his celebrity to successfully call attention to some of the crises of the world. Most vividly, I recall his outspoken efforts to end the genocide in Rwanda in the 1990's. As did many posters, I started the Guide series when I was a kid, 20 years ago. I read the non-Guide's too. To this day, whenever I start to take myself, or life, too seriously, all I have to do is pick up any of the Guide books, and I am reminded to laugh at myself, and the absurdity of living Inside the Asylum. It is a shame to see him die so young, with so much work in progress, but he lives on through everyone he has touched, as a person, an author, and a humanitarian. He will always do so. "Thanks, that'll be all for now, other than to say 'Hi!' to Douglas if he's watching."