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Pensive is Dead

Can't tell you who I am or how I know. This is 20 minutes ol...
aromatic coldplay fan ladyboy
  09/07/23
nobody on current day orange site knows or cares about pensi...
thriller library people who are hurt
  09/07/23
The old ones must remember him.
Geriatric stock car cruise ship
  09/07/23
a real John Kennedy Toole
Hairless partner legal warrant
  09/07/23
Is this true? Fuuuuuuck. Can't say I'm surprised, though....
Geriatric stock car cruise ship
  09/07/23
book was 'bucket complete' three years ago according to him ...
180 hall
  09/08/23
He's probably overdone the perfectionism. Or maybe he has to...
Ruby crackhouse
  09/08/23
natural causes = ???
dun spot doctorate
  09/07/23
autism
Outnumbered brilliant set brethren
  09/07/23
Probably heart. We're talking about a 47-year-old who had an...
Geriatric stock car cruise ship
  09/07/23
Can't say, but he's not that old.
aromatic coldplay fan ladyboy
  09/07/23
so, AIDS?
Amethyst karate whorehouse
  09/08/23
He's 39 or 40. He isn't dead. This was a shitty rumor sta...
up-to-no-good stead
  09/08/23
nah, he just poasted ch. 3 of farisa's crossing
crystalline boyish boistinker
  09/07/23
stfu mike
abnormal stage
  09/07/23
If OP is correct, sounds like he did.
Geriatric stock car cruise ship
  09/07/23
RIP if true
Hyperventilating Indigo Church Building
  09/07/23
He was playing a dangerous game, standing up to Silicon Vall...
vivacious ape
  09/07/23
He literally tweeted 34 minutes ago 🤨
Chestnut digit ratio center
  09/07/23
Sad he was still in the flower of youth and working at the h...
racy hunting ground
  09/07/23
Steve Mnuchin crashes out of ceiling More like END STAGE...
cerebral lilac institution circlehead
  09/07/23
uh, looks like he posted 36 minutes ago on his twitter
Onyx organic girlfriend
  09/07/23
This is really weird. I got a text about it from my boss but...
Nighttime Gas Station Tank
  09/07/23
What is the orange site saying?
Nighttime Gas Station Tank
  09/07/23
I doubt it. I REALLY doubt it. Do any of you have HN acco...
Appetizing field
  09/07/23
Sorry to hear that Mike "Perch".
Hyperventilating Indigo Church Building
  09/07/23
Oh great, time for XO death rumors
arrogant range rigpig
  09/07/23
Someone needs to get over to Hacker News and ask around to f...
Ruby crackhouse
  09/07/23
He was a bit of an asshole, but a correct asshole. Seriously...
racy hunting ground
  09/07/23
Sounds like u killed him, bro!
Yapping Canary Roast Beef
  09/07/23
I hope it's false, but Hacker News thinks it's true. http...
big lime sneaky criminal
  09/07/23
I think it's false. I got a text about this at 11 am, same s...
up-to-no-good stead
  09/07/23
tp
hot cyan legend double fault
  09/07/23
sup Pensive.
twinkling location
  09/07/23
finally some good news
histrionic son of senegal
  09/07/23
Just heard the same shit at a bar in the Mission. I really d...
Appetizing field
  09/07/23
We have friends in common who would probably know and they h...
Exciting jewess really tough guy
  09/07/23
don't run pensive paul graham cs u
Provocative property
  09/08/23
The story has made it to the orange site.
Bearded market
  09/07/23
...
Hyperventilating Indigo Church Building
  09/08/23
Update: He's not. He just tweeted. Thank God whatever YC was...
Ruby crackhouse
  09/08/23
Thank god was waiting for an update on this. I'm playing Amb...
Hyperventilating Indigo Church Building
  09/08/23
...
Erotic trip antidepressant drug tanning salon
  09/08/23
I know Pensive well and I can assure you that reports of his...
Erotic trip antidepressant drug tanning salon
  09/08/23
https://twitter.com/michaelochurch/status/170018890183761512...
cerebral lilac institution circlehead
  09/08/23
I really like it here
Hyperventilating Indigo Church Building
  09/08/23
Paul can stand me, that’s why he banned me I’m ...
cerebral lilac institution circlehead
  09/08/23
Not bad. Not bad at all.
Ruby crackhouse
  09/08/23
...
Hyperventilating Indigo Church Building
  09/08/23
rofl
racy hunting ground
  09/08/23
This is a new low, pensive
fear-inspiring liquid oxygen
  09/08/23
this is the kind of content the board needs. one man. one mi...
Hyperventilating Indigo Church Building
  09/08/23
I'm pretty sure he agrees, but they did such a sloppy job, i...
Ruby crackhouse
  09/08/23
Have no idea who this person is or why I should care that he...
dashing umber sweet tailpipe area
  09/08/23
he's a living (not dead!) legend bort autist
Hyperventilating Indigo Church Building
  09/08/23
with gaids
Amethyst karate whorehouse
  09/08/23
they pushed the button too soon. They hadn't killed him yet...
alcoholic topaz theater stage useless brakes
  09/08/23
This. If anyone still takes YC seriously, they shouldn't aft...
Exciting jewess really tough guy
  09/08/23
...
up-to-no-good stead
  09/08/23
...
Hyperventilating Indigo Church Building
  09/08/23
...
Provocative property
  09/08/23
hi pensive
motley dingle berry
  09/08/23
Funny enough, no. I got one of the texts, but it was around ...
up-to-no-good stead
  09/08/23
Not pensive. mayonnaise taint tp.
Hyperventilating Indigo Church Building
  09/08/23
Cool story, pensive
Bespoke bearded windowlicker
  09/12/23
I think Y Comb is a red herring. My guess this is spacep...
cerebral lilac institution circlehead
  09/12/23
was root canal/latrell sprewell tp pensive?
Spectacular zombie-like selfie queen of the night
  09/12/23
Everyone itt is pensive
Bisexual Abode Sound Barrier
  09/12/23
MFCR
Hyperventilating Indigo Church Building
  09/13/23


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Date: September 7th, 2023 2:51 PM
Author: aromatic coldplay fan ladyboy

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: thriller library people who are hurt

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: Geriatric stock car cruise ship

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: Hairless partner legal warrant

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: Geriatric stock car cruise ship

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: 180 hall

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: Ruby crackhouse

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: dun spot doctorate

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: Outnumbered brilliant set brethren

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: Geriatric stock car cruise ship

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: aromatic coldplay fan ladyboy

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: Amethyst karate whorehouse

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: up-to-no-good stead

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: crystalline boyish boistinker

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: abnormal 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: Geriatric stock car cruise ship

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: Hyperventilating Indigo Church Building

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: vivacious ape

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: Chestnut digit ratio center

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: racy hunting ground

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: cerebral lilac institution circlehead

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: Onyx organic girlfriend

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: Nighttime Gas Station Tank

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: Nighttime Gas Station Tank

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: Appetizing 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: Hyperventilating Indigo Church Building

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: arrogant range rigpig

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: Ruby crackhouse

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: racy hunting ground

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: Yapping Canary Roast Beef

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: big lime sneaky criminal

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: up-to-no-good stead

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: hot cyan legend double fault

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: twinkling location

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: histrionic son of senegal

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: Appetizing 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: Exciting jewess really tough guy

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: Provocative property

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: Bearded market

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: Hyperventilating Indigo Church Building



(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: Ruby crackhouse

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: Hyperventilating Indigo Church Building

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: Erotic trip antidepressant drug tanning salon



(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: Erotic trip antidepressant drug tanning salon

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: cerebral lilac institution circlehead

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: Hyperventilating Indigo Church Building

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: cerebral lilac institution circlehead

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: Ruby crackhouse

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: Hyperventilating Indigo Church Building



(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: racy hunting ground

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: fear-inspiring liquid oxygen

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: Hyperventilating Indigo Church Building

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: Ruby crackhouse

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: dashing umber sweet tailpipe area

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: Hyperventilating Indigo Church Building

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: Amethyst karate whorehouse

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: alcoholic topaz theater stage useless brakes

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: Exciting jewess really tough guy

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: up-to-no-good stead



(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: Hyperventilating Indigo Church Building



(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: Provocative property



(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: motley dingle berry

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: up-to-no-good stead

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: Hyperventilating Indigo Church Building

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: Bespoke bearded windowlicker

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: cerebral lilac institution circlehead

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: Spectacular zombie-like selfie queen of the night

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: Bisexual Abode Sound Barrier

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: Hyperventilating Indigo Church Building

MFCR

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