Man people are actually mad about this to a degree that's kind of baffling to me, in defense of a version of HHGG that, as a fan, I don't really recognize You know HHGG was the original edgelord nihilistic science fiction thing right It starts with everyone on Earth dyinghttps://twitter.com/arthur_affect/status/1222246557228994560 …
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And even when it's showing the depths of his despair the narration can't resist getting a few digs in against Arthur and what a basic dude he is, that when he tries to think of all that no longer exists it's just brands and shit It's a LOT like the way R&M treats Jerry
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There was some really specific stuff he was getting at, this cultural cringe about white British middle class provinciality He ends up channeling the Earth's destruction into "They've taken down Nelson's Column! They've finally taken it down and there won't even be an outcry!"
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Yeah, very much. But I think that's also a pretty key distinction: HHG has that kind of nihilism, where nothing really matters and everyone just moves on to the next thing. This is horrible, but kind of reinforces that you're right to be mad about it.
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Even if you can't change anything. All the suffering in the world happens, not exactly by accident, but because of indifferent and shallow people making rushed decisions while thinking about something else. R&M gets closer to a kind of belief that everyone really does hate you.
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