#the long dark tea time of the soul

[dizzyhslightlyvoided]

Re: walrus vs. fairy:

"The impossible often has a kind of integrity to it which the merely improbable lacks. How often have you been presented with an apparently rational explanation of something which works in all respects other than one, which is just that it is hopelessly improbable? Your instinct is to say, 'Yes, but he or she simply wouldn't do that.'"

"Well, it happened to me today, in fact," replied Kate.

"Ah yes," said Dirk, slapping the table and making the glasses jump, "your girl in the wheelchair - a perfect example. The idea that she is somehow receiving yesterday's stock market prices apparently out of thin air is merely impossible, and therefore must be the case, because the idea that she is maintaining an immensely complex and laborious hoax of no benefit to herself is hopelessly improbable. The first idea merely supposes that there is something we don't know about, and God knows there are enough of those. The second, however, runs contrary to something fundamental and human which we do know about. We should therefore be very suspicious of it and all its specious rationality."

-- Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time Of The Soul

#shenanigans #philosophy #walrus vs fairy #walrus fairy poll #walrus #fairy #fairy vs walrus #fairy walrus #walrus fairy #dirk gently #kate schechter #the long dark teatime of the soul #the long dark tea-time of the soul #the long dark tea time of the soul

[dingoskidneys]

Goobs

#dirk gently books #dirk gently #kate schechter #the long dark tea time of the soul #griffffdraws

[inbarfink]

#The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #The Restaurant at the End of the Universe #Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency #The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul #Mostly Harmless #The Meaning of Liff #Last Chance to See #The Deeper Meaning of Liff #The Salmon of Doubt #douglas adams #hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy #h2g2 #hitchhiker's guide #Restaurant at the End of the Universe #life the universe and everything #so long and thanks for all the fish #dirk gently #the long dark tea time of the soul #salmon of doubt

[book-quotes-and-moodboards]

‘No private detective looks like a private detective. That’s one of the first rules of private detection.’

The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (by Douglas Adams)

#the long dark tea time of the soul #douglas adams #dirk gently series #quote #book quotes #books

[haikulibrary]

Mighty thunder god Superglued to hardwood floor: Kind of a Thor point.

Title: The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul Author: Douglas Adams Published: 1988 Read: March 2023 (re-read) Rating: 4/5

#haiku #original haiku #The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul #Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency #Thor #reading #books #haikulibrary

[proinsiascassius]

if you are in the already dead dirk gently (2016) fandom, i suggest you join the deader dirk gently (2010) fandom, along with the book fandom if you really enjoy the isolation.

#dirk gently #douglas adams #dirk gently’s holistic detective agency #dirk gently 2016 #dirk gently 2010 #2010 dirk gently #2016 dirk gently #the long dark tea time of the soul #the salmon of doubt

[mr-craig]

“He felt as if he'd been stuck to the floor with superglue and after a few seconds he discovered the most astounding reason for this.”

~ The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, by Douglas Adams

This was published in 1988, but this line hits like a modern clickbait title. Amazing.

#Douglas Adams #The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul #Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul #Dirk Gently

[inlovewithquotes]

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

-The Long Dark Tea Time Of The Soul

#quotes #book quotes #literature #books & libraries #life quotes #douglas adams #the long dark tea time of the soul

[beakerhoneydew]

It’s my personal belief that Dirk Gently (from the books) and Dirk Gently (from the show) both exist in all Dirk Gently media but as two separate guys who just happen have the same name. And whatever they have going on just doesn’t overlap at all so we only see one of them at a time.

#anyways I started reading long dark tea time of the soul today #dirk gently

[gloomiedyke]

I just kind of accidentally stumbled into a campy sci-fi noir mystery month.

D20 Mentopolis started dropping right as I started reading the Dirk Gently duology by Douglas Adams. It wasn't on purpose, but I am Extremely psyched about it

#retrofuturism #noir #mystery #d20 #dimension 20 #mentopolis #dirk gentlys holistic detective agency #the long dark tea-time of the soul #douglas adams #dirk gently is hunch curio but if you made him a bit of a scam artist as well

[kvetchinglyneurotic]

i know there's probably a technical term for the part of the story where everything sucks (i want to say the darkest hour?) but i was really into douglas adams as a teenager so i have it in my outline as "the long dark tea-time of the soul"

#writing #douglas adams #didn't you say the sequel would be fluffy i hear you all ask #why is there a long dark tea-time of soul section? #well first of all it's me so there has to be some angst #but also this one is more of a short medium/light grey tea-time #i was more into hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy than dirk gently but it's a good title #kvetch oc

[basilsbestpainting]

Bro the Dirk Gently books are so funny. He's doing palmistry in drag and his uncomfortable bc he's good at it. All his predictions come true. He's fighting with his cleaner (who he's not paying) over who's opening the fridge. His apartment is also a fucking wreck.

#dirk gently #the long dark tea-time of the soul #douglas adams

[dingoskidneys]

Scribbles this for five hours and hands it to you like a small child. Stares intently at the fridge. Gives you magnets

#kate schechter #dirk gently books #the long dark tea time of the soul #griffffdraws

[my-bread]

Dirk Gentlys Holistic Detective Agency being just, Doctor Who OC fan fiction is something that has shocked me, but honestly tracks, because multiple pieces of media that I started consuming just ended up being Doctor Who in disguise.

#still love the books beyond belief. #and the long dark tea time of the soul is one of my favorite books ever #can’t believe it’s just Doctor who tho #dirk gentlys holistic detective agency #dghda #doctor who #Dr who

[book-quotes-and-moodboards]

It was odd, Kate reflected, that people who needed to bully you were the easiest to push around.

The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (by Douglas Adams)

#the long dark tea time of the soul #douglas adams #dirk gently series #quote #book quotes

[dentarthurdent]

so yesterday/earlier today i read the second dirk gently book

#dirk gently #dghda #the long dark tea-time of the soul #my art #cynthia draycott #clive draycott #simon draycott #whyd they rename him for radio? ig to maintain the idea their names are similar #bc cynthia and clive look but don't sound similar and ig cynthia and simon sound similar even if they dont look it #anyway i got to this scene and was like 'thats metal af ty dirk'