Many years back, I read a thing he wrote about how to treat addicts.
I couldn't stand him then either, but I was genuinely interested in his take on it since he'd had well-documented addiction issues.

It was indeed enlightening to read how he tackled them, but what was also striking was that his relentless narcissism meant he was totally unable to conceive of how anyone else's life, personality and circumstances could possibly differ from his. In short, his solution to addiction problems was: be me, and do what I did.
(The Porcupine From Purgatory we of all lost both have them, Tue 2 May 2023, 16:03, archived)

My Curee Wuree

( mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Tue 2 May 2023, 16:07, archived)

Or alternatively don't, if that's how you'll turn out.

( Turtle Power & Knuckles, Tue 2 May 2023, 16:16, archived)

With hindsight, we'd all have been better off if he'd accidentally OD'd in 2001

(The Porcupine From Purgatory we of all lost both have them, Tue 2 May 2023, 17:54, archived)

Or if HAL had deactivated his life support, obvs

(The Porcupine From Purgatory we of all lost both have them, Tue 2 May 2023, 17:55, archived)

Not for the first time, I find myself wondering how many hundreds if not thousands of innocent people would still be alive if Trump or Boris or both had died of COVID.
r/trolleyproblem
( Turtle Power & Knuckles, Tue 2 May 2023, 18:59, archived)