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Pensive is Dead

Can't tell you who I am or how I know. This is 20 minutes ol...
Seedy menage
  09/07/23
nobody on current day orange site knows or cares about pensi...
orange razzle-dazzle site
  09/07/23
The old ones must remember him.
aqua stage fat ankles
  09/07/23
a real John Kennedy Toole
Histrionic frozen friendly grandma mediation
  09/07/23
Is this true? Fuuuuuuck. Can't say I'm surprised, though....
aqua stage fat ankles
  09/07/23
book was 'bucket complete' three years ago according to him ...
Cobalt national mad cow disease
  09/08/23
He's probably overdone the perfectionism. Or maybe he has to...
free-loading private investor piazza
  09/08/23
natural causes = ???
Fluffy Tanning Salon
  09/07/23
autism
Bright property
  09/07/23
Probably heart. We're talking about a 47-year-old who had an...
aqua stage fat ankles
  09/07/23
Can't say, but he's not that old.
Seedy menage
  09/07/23
so, AIDS?
drunken naked roommate
  09/08/23
He's 39 or 40. He isn't dead. This was a shitty rumor sta...
Bearded forum
  09/08/23
nah, he just poasted ch. 3 of farisa's crossing
hideous charismatic bawdyhouse messiness
  09/07/23
stfu mike
Spectacular Puppy Stage
  09/07/23
If OP is correct, sounds like he did.
aqua stage fat ankles
  09/07/23
RIP if true
vermilion new version affirmative action
  09/07/23
He was playing a dangerous game, standing up to Silicon Vall...
aphrodisiac brethren karate
  09/07/23
He literally tweeted 34 minutes ago 🤨
Copper Rigpig
  09/07/23
Sad he was still in the flower of youth and working at the h...
Motley parlour reading party
  09/07/23
Steve Mnuchin crashes out of ceiling More like END STAGE...
flushed frum yarmulke jew
  09/07/23
uh, looks like he posted 36 minutes ago on his twitter
saffron glittery place of business
  09/07/23
This is really weird. I got a text about it from my boss but...
lime comical cruise ship
  09/07/23
What is the orange site saying?
lime comical cruise ship
  09/07/23
I doubt it. I REALLY doubt it. Do any of you have HN acco...
Supple Gay Wizard Partner
  09/07/23
Sorry to hear that Mike "Perch".
vermilion new version affirmative action
  09/07/23
Oh great, time for XO death rumors
harsh dragon
  09/07/23
Someone needs to get over to Hacker News and ask around to f...
free-loading private investor piazza
  09/07/23
He was a bit of an asshole, but a correct asshole. Seriously...
Motley parlour reading party
  09/07/23
Sounds like u killed him, bro!
Floppy Sooty Locus
  09/07/23
I hope it's false, but Hacker News thinks it's true. http...
chartreuse frisky school
  09/07/23
I think it's false. I got a text about this at 11 am, same s...
Bearded forum
  09/07/23
tp
Jet Irradiated Den
  09/07/23
sup Pensive.
shivering costumed address scourge upon the earth
  09/07/23
finally some good news
Sepia Mad-dog Skullcap Area
  09/07/23
Just heard the same shit at a bar in the Mission. I really d...
Supple Gay Wizard Partner
  09/07/23
We have friends in common who would probably know and they h...
Marvelous Personal Credit Line
  09/07/23
don't run pensive paul graham cs u
bateful twinkling uncleanness legal warrant
  09/08/23
The story has made it to the orange site.
Geriatric dark patrolman associate
  09/07/23
...
vermilion new version affirmative action
  09/08/23
Update: He's not. He just tweeted. Thank God whatever YC was...
free-loading private investor piazza
  09/08/23
Thank god was waiting for an update on this. I'm playing Amb...
vermilion new version affirmative action
  09/08/23
...
Sickened Dopamine
  09/08/23
I know Pensive well and I can assure you that reports of his...
Sickened Dopamine
  09/08/23
https://twitter.com/michaelochurch/status/170018890183761512...
flushed frum yarmulke jew
  09/08/23
I really like it here
vermilion new version affirmative action
  09/08/23
Paul can stand me, that’s why he banned me I’m ...
flushed frum yarmulke jew
  09/08/23
Not bad. Not bad at all.
free-loading private investor piazza
  09/08/23
...
vermilion new version affirmative action
  09/08/23
rofl
Motley parlour reading party
  09/08/23
This is a new low, pensive
stirring business firm
  09/08/23
this is the kind of content the board needs. one man. one mi...
vermilion new version affirmative action
  09/08/23
I'm pretty sure he agrees, but they did such a sloppy job, i...
free-loading private investor piazza
  09/08/23
Have no idea who this person is or why I should care that he...
insanely creepy gaming laptop hospital
  09/08/23
he's a living (not dead!) legend bort autist
vermilion new version affirmative action
  09/08/23
with gaids
drunken naked roommate
  09/08/23
they pushed the button too soon. They hadn't killed him yet...
Carnelian exhilarant weed whacker stead
  09/08/23
This. If anyone still takes YC seriously, they shouldn't aft...
Marvelous Personal Credit Line
  09/08/23
...
Bearded forum
  09/08/23
...
vermilion new version affirmative action
  09/08/23
...
bateful twinkling uncleanness legal warrant
  09/08/23
hi pensive
Autistic Citrine Nursing Home Persian
  09/08/23
Funny enough, no. I got one of the texts, but it was around ...
Bearded forum
  09/08/23
Not pensive. mayonnaise taint tp.
vermilion new version affirmative action
  09/08/23
Cool story, pensive
dashing marketing idea
  09/12/23
I think Y Comb is a red herring. My guess this is spacep...
flushed frum yarmulke jew
  09/12/23
was root canal/latrell sprewell tp pensive?
Crimson people who are hurt kitchen
  09/12/23
Everyone itt is pensive
henna garrison halford
  09/12/23
MFCR
vermilion new version affirmative action
  09/13/23


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Date: September 7th, 2023 2:51 PM
Author: Seedy menage

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: orange razzle-dazzle site

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: aqua stage fat ankles

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: Histrionic frozen friendly grandma mediation

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: aqua stage fat ankles

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: Cobalt national mad cow disease

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: free-loading private investor piazza

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: Fluffy Tanning Salon

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: Bright property

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: aqua stage fat ankles

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: Seedy menage

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: drunken naked roommate

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: Bearded forum

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: hideous charismatic bawdyhouse messiness

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: Spectacular Puppy Stage

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: aqua stage fat ankles

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: vermilion new version affirmative action

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: aphrodisiac brethren karate

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: Copper Rigpig

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: Motley parlour reading party

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: flushed frum yarmulke jew

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: saffron glittery place of business

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: lime comical cruise ship

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: lime comical cruise ship

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: Supple Gay Wizard Partner

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: vermilion new version affirmative action

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: harsh dragon

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: free-loading private investor piazza

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: Motley parlour reading party

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: Floppy Sooty Locus

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: chartreuse frisky school

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: Bearded forum

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: Jet Irradiated Den

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: shivering costumed address scourge upon the earth

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: Sepia Mad-dog Skullcap Area

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: Supple Gay Wizard Partner

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: Marvelous Personal Credit Line

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: bateful twinkling uncleanness legal warrant

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: Geriatric dark patrolman associate

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: vermilion new version affirmative action



(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: free-loading private investor piazza

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: vermilion new version affirmative action

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: Sickened Dopamine



(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: Sickened Dopamine

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: flushed frum yarmulke jew

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: vermilion new version affirmative action

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: flushed frum yarmulke jew

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: free-loading private investor piazza

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: vermilion new version affirmative action



(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: Motley parlour reading party

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: stirring business firm

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: vermilion new version affirmative action

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: free-loading private investor piazza

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: insanely creepy gaming laptop hospital

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: vermilion new version affirmative action

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: drunken naked roommate

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: Carnelian exhilarant weed whacker 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: Marvelous Personal Credit Line

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: Bearded forum



(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: vermilion new version affirmative action



(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: bateful twinkling uncleanness legal warrant



(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: Autistic Citrine Nursing Home Persian

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: Bearded forum

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: vermilion new version affirmative action

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: dashing marketing idea

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: flushed frum yarmulke jew

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: Crimson people who are hurt kitchen

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: henna garrison halford

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: vermilion new version affirmative action

MFCR

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