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Pensive is Dead

Can't tell you who I am or how I know. This is 20 minutes ol...
lascivious godawful crotch lay
  09/07/23
nobody on current day orange site knows or cares about pensi...
slimy set mexican
  09/07/23
The old ones must remember him.
French Underhanded Site Liquid Oxygen
  09/07/23
a real John Kennedy Toole
yapping light university
  09/07/23
Is this true? Fuuuuuuck. Can't say I'm surprised, though....
French Underhanded Site Liquid Oxygen
  09/07/23
book was 'bucket complete' three years ago according to him ...
Talking Coral Trailer Park
  09/08/23
He's probably overdone the perfectionism. Or maybe he has to...
razzle-dazzle office
  09/08/23
natural causes = ???
mischievous station
  09/07/23
autism
rusted step-uncle's house hairy legs
  09/07/23
Probably heart. We're talking about a 47-year-old who had an...
French Underhanded Site Liquid Oxygen
  09/07/23
Can't say, but he's not that old.
lascivious godawful crotch lay
  09/07/23
so, AIDS?
Balding beta degenerate
  09/08/23
He's 39 or 40. He isn't dead. This was a shitty rumor sta...
Mewling Dashing Address
  09/08/23
nah, he just poasted ch. 3 of farisa's crossing
primrose disturbing party of the first part
  09/07/23
stfu mike
fragrant misanthropic private investor
  09/07/23
If OP is correct, sounds like he did.
French Underhanded Site Liquid Oxygen
  09/07/23
RIP if true
concupiscible ticket booth feces
  09/07/23
He was playing a dangerous game, standing up to Silicon Vall...
Cyan very tactful corner rigpig
  09/07/23
He literally tweeted 34 minutes ago 🤨
sick headpube
  09/07/23
Sad he was still in the flower of youth and working at the h...
Laughsome chocolate stage prole
  09/07/23
Steve Mnuchin crashes out of ceiling More like END STAGE...
cream dog poop piazza
  09/07/23
uh, looks like he posted 36 minutes ago on his twitter
hairraiser forum
  09/07/23
This is really weird. I got a text about it from my boss but...
Stimulating Theater Stage
  09/07/23
What is the orange site saying?
Stimulating Theater Stage
  09/07/23
I doubt it. I REALLY doubt it. Do any of you have HN acco...
Spectacular Range Kitty Cat
  09/07/23
Sorry to hear that Mike "Perch".
concupiscible ticket booth feces
  09/07/23
Oh great, time for XO death rumors
alcoholic plum senate fortuitous meteor
  09/07/23
Someone needs to get over to Hacker News and ask around to f...
razzle-dazzle office
  09/07/23
He was a bit of an asshole, but a correct asshole. Seriously...
Laughsome chocolate stage prole
  09/07/23
Sounds like u killed him, bro!
glittery quadroon
  09/07/23
I hope it's false, but Hacker News thinks it's true. http...
cerise national security agency coldplay fan
  09/07/23
I think it's false. I got a text about this at 11 am, same s...
Mewling Dashing Address
  09/07/23
tp
vermilion spot
  09/07/23
sup Pensive.
Sapphire Insanely Creepy Elastic Band Tattoo
  09/07/23
finally some good news
magical gunner regret
  09/07/23
Just heard the same shit at a bar in the Mission. I really d...
Spectacular Range Kitty Cat
  09/07/23
We have friends in common who would probably know and they h...
lilac whorehouse
  09/07/23
don't run pensive paul graham cs u
charismatic messiness
  09/08/23
The story has made it to the orange site.
Wonderful really tough guy
  09/07/23
...
concupiscible ticket booth feces
  09/08/23
Update: He's not. He just tweeted. Thank God whatever YC was...
razzle-dazzle office
  09/08/23
Thank god was waiting for an update on this. I'm playing Amb...
concupiscible ticket booth feces
  09/08/23
...
exciting smoky parlour
  09/08/23
I know Pensive well and I can assure you that reports of his...
exciting smoky parlour
  09/08/23
https://twitter.com/michaelochurch/status/170018890183761512...
cream dog poop piazza
  09/08/23
I really like it here
concupiscible ticket booth feces
  09/08/23
Paul can stand me, that’s why he banned me I’m ...
cream dog poop piazza
  09/08/23
Not bad. Not bad at all.
razzle-dazzle office
  09/08/23
...
concupiscible ticket booth feces
  09/08/23
rofl
Laughsome chocolate stage prole
  09/08/23
This is a new low, pensive
haunting principal's office becky
  09/08/23
this is the kind of content the board needs. one man. one mi...
concupiscible ticket booth feces
  09/08/23
I'm pretty sure he agrees, but they did such a sloppy job, i...
razzle-dazzle office
  09/08/23
Have no idea who this person is or why I should care that he...
insane glassy jewess dysfunction
  09/08/23
he's a living (not dead!) legend bort autist
concupiscible ticket booth feces
  09/08/23
with gaids
Balding beta degenerate
  09/08/23
they pushed the button too soon. They hadn't killed him yet...
buck-toothed cocky gay wizard ceo
  09/08/23
This. If anyone still takes YC seriously, they shouldn't aft...
lilac whorehouse
  09/08/23
...
Mewling Dashing Address
  09/08/23
...
concupiscible ticket booth feces
  09/08/23
...
charismatic messiness
  09/08/23
hi pensive
frum swollen national gaping
  09/08/23
Funny enough, no. I got one of the texts, but it was around ...
Mewling Dashing Address
  09/08/23
Not pensive. mayonnaise taint tp.
concupiscible ticket booth feces
  09/08/23
Cool story, pensive
onyx bawdyhouse son of senegal
  09/12/23
I think Y Comb is a red herring. My guess this is spacep...
cream dog poop piazza
  09/12/23
was root canal/latrell sprewell tp pensive?
Navy Organic Girlfriend Space
  09/12/23
Everyone itt is pensive
vigorous fluffy jap hospital
  09/12/23
MFCR
concupiscible ticket booth feces
  09/13/23


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Date: September 7th, 2023 2:51 PM
Author: lascivious godawful crotch lay

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: slimy set mexican

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: French Underhanded Site Liquid Oxygen

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: yapping light university

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: French Underhanded Site Liquid Oxygen

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: Talking Coral Trailer Park

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: razzle-dazzle office

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: mischievous station

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: rusted step-uncle's house hairy legs

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: French Underhanded Site Liquid Oxygen

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: lascivious godawful crotch lay

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: Balding beta degenerate

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: Mewling Dashing Address

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: primrose disturbing party of the first part

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: fragrant misanthropic private investor

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: French Underhanded Site Liquid Oxygen

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: concupiscible ticket booth feces

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: Cyan very tactful corner rigpig

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: sick headpube

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: Laughsome chocolate stage prole

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: cream dog poop piazza

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: hairraiser forum

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: Stimulating Theater Stage

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: Stimulating Theater Stage

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: Spectacular Range Kitty Cat

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: concupiscible ticket booth feces

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: alcoholic plum senate fortuitous meteor

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: razzle-dazzle office

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: Laughsome chocolate stage prole

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: glittery quadroon

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: cerise national security agency coldplay fan

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: Mewling Dashing Address

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: vermilion spot

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: Sapphire Insanely Creepy Elastic Band Tattoo

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: magical gunner regret

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: Spectacular Range Kitty Cat

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: lilac whorehouse

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: charismatic messiness

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: Wonderful really tough guy

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: concupiscible ticket booth feces



(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: razzle-dazzle office

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: concupiscible ticket booth feces

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: exciting smoky parlour



(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: exciting smoky parlour

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: cream dog poop piazza

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: concupiscible ticket booth feces

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: cream dog poop piazza

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: razzle-dazzle office

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: concupiscible ticket booth feces



(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: Laughsome chocolate stage prole

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: haunting principal's office becky

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: concupiscible ticket booth feces

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: razzle-dazzle office

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: insane glassy jewess dysfunction

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: concupiscible ticket booth feces

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: Balding beta degenerate

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: buck-toothed cocky gay wizard ceo

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: lilac whorehouse

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: Mewling Dashing Address



(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: concupiscible ticket booth feces



(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: charismatic messiness



(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: frum swollen national gaping

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: Mewling Dashing Address

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: concupiscible ticket booth feces

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: onyx bawdyhouse son of senegal

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: cream dog poop piazza

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: Navy Organic Girlfriend Space

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: vigorous fluffy jap hospital

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: concupiscible ticket booth feces

MFCR

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