This dude said "Fuck it", and went out to live in the woods and plant beans.
He wrote about his experiences, and, is also best known for encouraging Civil Disobedience (ie. Telling the Man where to stuff it).
More about Henry David: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau)
Also, note the righteous facial hair:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Henry_David_Thoreau.jpg)
He was a good man, and Thoreau.
Quote from: Elbowski on July 23, 2009, 11:53:32 AM
He was a good man, and Thoreau.
second to Thoreau, and will somebody please get Elbowski a caucasian! that was very dudely!
hahahahahaha.
i can't believe no one ever said that before. fucking brilliant, mang.
Quote from: Elbowski on July 23, 2009, 11:53:32 AM
He was a good man, and Thoreau.
That's really thoughtful but I--
Thankee. There's a price to be paid for genius, but I'm too cheap.
Quote from: Elbowski on July 23, 2009, 11:28:03 PM
Thankee. There's a price to be paid for genius, but I'm too cheap.
This is a hundred and eighty dollars.
He's our most modestly priced philosopher.
Quote from: Elbowski on July 24, 2009, 12:16:36 AM
He's our most modestly priced philosopher.
Can we just rent him from you?
This is a necropolis, not a rental house.
Quote from: Elbowski on July 24, 2009, 11:22:42 AM
This is a necropolis, not a rental house.
We're scattering the fuckin' ashes! I mean, just because we're transcendentalists, it doesn't make us saps!
His book about living in the woods is definitely dude-style. Made me proud I wear second-hand clothes.