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Pensive is Dead

Can't tell you who I am or how I know. This is 20 minutes ol...
soul-stirring heaven
  09/07/23
nobody on current day orange site knows or cares about pensi...
Aquamarine brunch
  09/07/23
The old ones must remember him.
opaque stage
  09/07/23
a real John Kennedy Toole
Citrine domesticated meetinghouse
  09/07/23
Is this true? Fuuuuuuck. Can't say I'm surprised, though....
opaque stage
  09/07/23
book was 'bucket complete' three years ago according to him ...
sickened doobsian area old irish cottage
  09/08/23
He's probably overdone the perfectionism. Or maybe he has to...
Hyperventilating Crystalline Orchestra Pit Idiot
  09/08/23
natural causes = ???
Canary Multi-colored Knife
  09/07/23
autism
hateful peach school cafeteria
  09/07/23
Probably heart. We're talking about a 47-year-old who had an...
opaque stage
  09/07/23
Can't say, but he's not that old.
soul-stirring heaven
  09/07/23
so, AIDS?
Hilarious generalized bond home
  09/08/23
He's 39 or 40. He isn't dead. This was a shitty rumor sta...
Stimulating Rebellious Lettuce
  09/08/23
nah, he just poasted ch. 3 of farisa's crossing
beta ticket booth
  09/07/23
stfu mike
rose dashing box office
  09/07/23
If OP is correct, sounds like he did.
opaque stage
  09/07/23
RIP if true
bossy theater
  09/07/23
He was playing a dangerous game, standing up to Silicon Vall...
flickering piazza
  09/07/23
He literally tweeted 34 minutes ago 🤨
free-loading persian
  09/07/23
Sad he was still in the flower of youth and working at the h...
shivering abode coffee pot
  09/07/23
Steve Mnuchin crashes out of ceiling More like END STAGE...
Tan misanthropic masturbator hospital
  09/07/23
uh, looks like he posted 36 minutes ago on his twitter
big station
  09/07/23
This is really weird. I got a text about it from my boss but...
Lilac halford range
  09/07/23
What is the orange site saying?
Lilac halford range
  09/07/23
I doubt it. I REALLY doubt it. Do any of you have HN acco...
splenetic field
  09/07/23
Sorry to hear that Mike "Perch".
bossy theater
  09/07/23
Oh great, time for XO death rumors
French circlehead faggot firefighter
  09/07/23
Someone needs to get over to Hacker News and ask around to f...
Hyperventilating Crystalline Orchestra Pit Idiot
  09/07/23
He was a bit of an asshole, but a correct asshole. Seriously...
shivering abode coffee pot
  09/07/23
Sounds like u killed him, bro!
Cerise Lodge Striped Hyena
  09/07/23
I hope it's false, but Hacker News thinks it's true. http...
Harsh shaky church building newt
  09/07/23
I think it's false. I got a text about this at 11 am, same s...
Stimulating Rebellious Lettuce
  09/07/23
tp
insecure potus cuck
  09/07/23
sup Pensive.
cerebral crackhouse electric furnace
  09/07/23
finally some good news
fiercely-loyal theater stage macaca
  09/07/23
Just heard the same shit at a bar in the Mission. I really d...
splenetic field
  09/07/23
We have friends in common who would probably know and they h...
startled mother step-uncle's house
  09/07/23
don't run pensive paul graham cs u
up-to-no-good bull headed menage
  09/08/23
The story has made it to the orange site.
chestnut personal credit line ceo
  09/07/23
...
bossy theater
  09/08/23
Update: He's not. He just tweeted. Thank God whatever YC was...
Hyperventilating Crystalline Orchestra Pit Idiot
  09/08/23
Thank god was waiting for an update on this. I'm playing Amb...
bossy theater
  09/08/23
...
charismatic gunner gas station
  09/08/23
I know Pensive well and I can assure you that reports of his...
charismatic gunner gas station
  09/08/23
https://twitter.com/michaelochurch/status/170018890183761512...
Tan misanthropic masturbator hospital
  09/08/23
I really like it here
bossy theater
  09/08/23
Paul can stand me, that’s why he banned me I’m ...
Tan misanthropic masturbator hospital
  09/08/23
Not bad. Not bad at all.
Hyperventilating Crystalline Orchestra Pit Idiot
  09/08/23
...
bossy theater
  09/08/23
rofl
shivering abode coffee pot
  09/08/23
This is a new low, pensive
aqua aromatic spot goal in life
  09/08/23
this is the kind of content the board needs. one man. one mi...
bossy theater
  09/08/23
I'm pretty sure he agrees, but they did such a sloppy job, i...
Hyperventilating Crystalline Orchestra Pit Idiot
  09/08/23
Have no idea who this person is or why I should care that he...
Ivory passionate parlor
  09/08/23
he's a living (not dead!) legend bort autist
bossy theater
  09/08/23
with gaids
Hilarious generalized bond home
  09/08/23
they pushed the button too soon. They hadn't killed him yet...
Wine quadroon stead
  09/08/23
This. If anyone still takes YC seriously, they shouldn't aft...
startled mother step-uncle's house
  09/08/23
...
Stimulating Rebellious Lettuce
  09/08/23
...
bossy theater
  09/08/23
...
up-to-no-good bull headed menage
  09/08/23
hi pensive
Bonkers half-breed affirmative action
  09/08/23
Funny enough, no. I got one of the texts, but it was around ...
Stimulating Rebellious Lettuce
  09/08/23
Not pensive. mayonnaise taint tp.
bossy theater
  09/08/23
Cool story, pensive
Provocative bearded principal's office
  09/12/23
I think Y Comb is a red herring. My guess this is spacep...
Tan misanthropic masturbator hospital
  09/12/23
was root canal/latrell sprewell tp pensive?
Fuchsia background story international law enforcement agency
  09/12/23
Everyone itt is pensive
Mauve stock car
  09/12/23
MFCR
bossy theater
  09/13/23


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Date: September 7th, 2023 2:51 PM
Author: soul-stirring heaven

Can't tell you who I am or how I know. This is 20 minutes old. Doesn't read like a self-do. Natural causes.

Someone who has a Hacker News account let them know.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46766283)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 2:52 PM
Author: Aquamarine brunch

nobody on current day orange site knows or cares about pensive

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46766286)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 2:55 PM
Author: opaque stage

The old ones must remember him.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46766296)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 2:54 PM
Author: Citrine domesticated meetinghouse

a real John Kennedy Toole

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46766294)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 2:55 PM
Author: opaque stage

Is this true? Fuuuuuuck.

Can't say I'm surprised, though.

What happens with the book?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46766295)



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Date: September 8th, 2023 1:13 PM
Author: sickened doobsian area old irish cottage

book was 'bucket complete' three years ago according to him meaning an editor could polish it off if one was willing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46770861)



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Date: September 8th, 2023 1:20 PM
Author: Hyperventilating Crystalline Orchestra Pit Idiot

He's probably overdone the perfectionism. Or maybe he has to, given that the book is at risk of being attacked on launch.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46770895)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 2:56 PM
Author: Canary Multi-colored Knife

natural causes = ???

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46766299)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 2:56 PM
Author: hateful peach school cafeteria

autism

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46766300)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 2:58 PM
Author: opaque stage

Probably heart. We're talking about a 47-year-old who had an entire industry try to destroy him.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46766309)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 3:01 PM
Author: soul-stirring heaven

Can't say, but he's not that old.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46766324)



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Date: September 8th, 2023 7:48 PM
Author: Hilarious generalized bond home

so, AIDS?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46772653)



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Date: September 8th, 2023 7:53 PM
Author: Stimulating Rebellious Lettuce

He's 39 or 40.

He isn't dead. This was a shitty rumor started by a couple people in California and they did a sloppy-ass job of it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46772667)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 2:56 PM
Author: beta ticket booth

nah, he just poasted ch. 3 of farisa's crossing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46766302)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 2:57 PM
Author: rose dashing box office

stfu mike

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46766305)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 2:58 PM
Author: opaque stage

If OP is correct, sounds like he did.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46766312)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 3:10 PM
Author: bossy theater

RIP if true

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46766380)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 2:57 PM
Author: flickering piazza

He was playing a dangerous game, standing up to Silicon Valley power. He knew the stakes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46766306)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 3:00 PM
Author: free-loading persian

He literally tweeted 34 minutes ago 🤨

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46766323)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 3:01 PM
Author: shivering abode coffee pot

Sad he was still in the flower of youth and working at the height of his (considerable) creative powers, rest in power to a real one

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46766326)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 3:03 PM
Author: Tan misanthropic masturbator hospital

Steve Mnuchin crashes out of ceiling

More like END STAGE CAPITALISM. FOR YOU

https://twitter.com/michaelochurch/status/1699851282574364754

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46766338)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 3:03 PM
Author: big station

uh, looks like he posted 36 minutes ago on his twitter

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46766335)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 3:05 PM
Author: Lilac halford range

This is really weird. I got a text about it from my boss but I don't think it's true. One of y'all has a fucking sick sense of humor.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46766356)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 3:04 PM
Author: Lilac halford range

What is the orange site saying?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46766344)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 3:07 PM
Author: splenetic field

I doubt it. I REALLY doubt it.

Do any of you have HN accounts with 200+ karma? We need to figure out what's going on here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46766364)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 3:10 PM
Author: bossy theater

Sorry to hear that Mike "Perch".

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46766376)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 3:11 PM
Author: French circlehead faggot firefighter

Oh great, time for XO death rumors

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46766389)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 3:14 PM
Author: Hyperventilating Crystalline Orchestra Pit Idiot

Someone needs to get over to Hacker News and ask around to find out if it's true. I hope not.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46766402)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 3:15 PM
Author: shivering abode coffee pot

He was a bit of an asshole, but a correct asshole. Seriously pissed about this, a real "cassandra" type figure who called a spade a spade

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46766407)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 3:16 PM
Author: Cerise Lodge Striped Hyena

Sounds like u killed him, bro!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46766413)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 3:31 PM
Author: Harsh shaky church building newt

I hope it's false, but Hacker News thinks it's true.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37424204

We need to find out more before we say anything with certainty, though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46766484)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 3:49 PM
Author: Stimulating Rebellious Lettuce

I think it's false. I got a text about this at 11 am, same story random heart attack, and didn't believe it then, I don't believe it now.

Y Combinator is clearly trying to convince the world that someone is dead when he's probably alive.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46766570)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 4:05 PM
Author: insecure potus cuck

tp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46766653)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 8:38 PM
Author: cerebral crackhouse electric furnace

sup Pensive.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46768051)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 8:39 PM
Author: fiercely-loyal theater stage macaca

finally some good news

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46768054)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 9:23 PM
Author: splenetic field

Just heard the same shit at a bar in the Mission. I really doubt it's true, but where is this shit coming from?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46768254)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 9:35 PM
Author: startled mother step-uncle's house

We have friends in common who would probably know and they haven't heard anything, so I don't think this is true.

Anyone else think Y Combinator fucked up by announcing, through whispers and rumors, something they were gonna try, but then weren't able to pull off?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46768305)



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Date: September 8th, 2023 7:51 PM
Author: up-to-no-good bull headed menage

don't run pensive paul graham cs u

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46772664)



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Date: September 7th, 2023 9:39 PM
Author: chestnut personal credit line ceo

The story has made it to the orange site.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46768322)



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Date: September 8th, 2023 5:27 AM
Author: bossy theater



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46769304)



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Date: September 8th, 2023 9:09 AM
Author: Hyperventilating Crystalline Orchestra Pit Idiot

Update: He's not. He just tweeted. Thank God whatever YC was planning didn't work.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46769682)



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Date: September 8th, 2023 9:11 AM
Author: bossy theater

Thank god was waiting for an update on this. I'm playing Ambition right now.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46769687)



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Date: September 8th, 2023 9:15 AM
Author: charismatic gunner gas station



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46769714)



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Date: September 8th, 2023 9:17 AM
Author: charismatic gunner gas station

I know Pensive well and I can assure you that reports of his demise are greatly exaggerated.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46769720)



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Date: September 8th, 2023 12:53 PM
Author: Tan misanthropic masturbator hospital

https://twitter.com/michaelochurch/status/1700188901837615120

https://media.tenor.com/wFMSarWwbm0AAAAC/sabotage-police.gif

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46770730)



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Date: September 8th, 2023 1:10 PM
Author: bossy theater

I really like it here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46770842)



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Date: September 8th, 2023 1:24 PM
Author: Tan misanthropic masturbator hospital

Paul can stand me, that’s why he banned me

I’m gonna tweet it straight, this YCombGate

I can’t write Farisa while you spread fear

You fascists set me back another year

So while corporate profits are sky high

I’m a fucking thorn in your side

I’m alive in my garage

I'm tellin' y'all, it's a sabotage

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46770922)



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Date: September 8th, 2023 1:28 PM
Author: Hyperventilating Crystalline Orchestra Pit Idiot

Not bad. Not bad at all.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46770940)



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Date: September 8th, 2023 1:56 PM
Author: bossy theater



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46771127)



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Date: September 8th, 2023 1:41 PM
Author: shivering abode coffee pot

rofl

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46771026)



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Date: September 8th, 2023 1:23 PM
Author: aqua aromatic spot goal in life

This is a new low, pensive

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46770912)



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Date: September 8th, 2023 1:25 PM
Author: bossy theater

this is the kind of content the board needs. one man. one mission. no "drama", no mess, just a damn fine Engineer trying not to die.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46770925)



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Date: September 8th, 2023 1:27 PM
Author: Hyperventilating Crystalline Orchestra Pit Idiot

I'm pretty sure he agrees, but they did such a sloppy job, it didn't really do any harm, so... shrug?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46770939)



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Date: September 8th, 2023 1:28 PM
Author: Ivory passionate parlor

Have no idea who this person is or why I should care that he's dead

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46770943)



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Date: September 8th, 2023 1:57 PM
Author: bossy theater

he's a living (not dead!) legend bort autist

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46771131)



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Date: September 8th, 2023 7:50 PM
Author: Hilarious generalized bond home

with gaids

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46772661)



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Date: September 8th, 2023 1:37 PM
Author: Wine quadroon stead

they pushed the button too soon. They hadn't killed him yet.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46770996)



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Date: September 8th, 2023 6:45 PM
Author: startled mother step-uncle's house

This. If anyone still takes YC seriously, they shouldn't after this. It was amateur hour in the extreme.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46772402)



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Date: September 8th, 2023 7:46 PM
Author: Stimulating Rebellious Lettuce



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46772650)



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Date: September 8th, 2023 7:52 PM
Author: bossy theater



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46772666)



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Date: September 8th, 2023 7:53 PM
Author: up-to-no-good bull headed menage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46772671)



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Date: September 8th, 2023 6:47 PM
Author: Bonkers half-breed affirmative action

hi pensive

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46772413)



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Date: September 8th, 2023 7:51 PM
Author: Stimulating Rebellious Lettuce

Funny enough, no. I got one of the texts, but it was around 11:00, which was the first tip-off that it was fake, because he tweeted around 2.

Pensive may theoretically have had something to do with it, because the fucker is crafty, but the people spreading this shit were pretty reputable and the evidence tying it to Y Combinator is really strong.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46772665)



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Date: September 8th, 2023 7:53 PM
Author: bossy theater

Not pensive. mayonnaise taint tp.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46772669)



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Date: September 12th, 2023 9:40 PM
Author: Provocative bearded principal's office

Cool story, pensive

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46790224)



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Date: September 12th, 2023 9:32 PM
Author: Tan misanthropic masturbator hospital

I think Y Comb is a red herring.

My guess this is spaceporn’s work. He had previously pledged to destroy MOC, and is still very sensitive about his own failed literary career

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46790201)



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Date: September 12th, 2023 9:36 PM
Author: Fuchsia background story international law enforcement agency

was root canal/latrell sprewell tp pensive?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46790214)



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Date: September 12th, 2023 9:42 PM
Author: Mauve stock car

Everyone itt is pensive

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46790228)



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Date: September 13th, 2023 2:05 AM
Author: bossy theater

MFCR

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5401254&forum_id=2#46790983)