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Pensive is Dead

Can't tell you who I am or how I know. This is 20 minutes ol...
Fishy Fantasy-prone Property
  09/07/23
nobody on current day orange site knows or cares about pensi...
Hairless costumed sound barrier
  09/07/23
The old ones must remember him.
Soul-stirring Den Depressive
  09/07/23
a real John Kennedy Toole
translucent location
  09/07/23
Is this true? Fuuuuuuck. Can't say I'm surprised, though....
Soul-stirring Den Depressive
  09/07/23
book was 'bucket complete' three years ago according to him ...
mint market nibblets
  09/08/23
He's probably overdone the perfectionism. Or maybe he has to...
spruce sanctuary
  09/08/23
natural causes = ???
Bright digit ratio
  09/07/23
autism
Flushed keepsake machete
  09/07/23
Probably heart. We're talking about a 47-year-old who had an...
Soul-stirring Den Depressive
  09/07/23
Can't say, but he's not that old.
Fishy Fantasy-prone Property
  09/07/23
so, AIDS?
boyish tattoo heaven
  09/08/23
He's 39 or 40. He isn't dead. This was a shitty rumor sta...
pearly swashbuckling crackhouse elastic band
  09/08/23
nah, he just poasted ch. 3 of farisa's crossing
diverse giraffe address
  09/07/23
stfu mike
fighting therapy
  09/07/23
If OP is correct, sounds like he did.
Soul-stirring Den Depressive
  09/07/23
RIP if true
Exhilarant Roommate
  09/07/23
He was playing a dangerous game, standing up to Silicon Vall...
Disgusting old irish cottage
  09/07/23
He literally tweeted 34 minutes ago 🤨
self-absorbed mad cow disease
  09/07/23
Sad he was still in the flower of youth and working at the h...
Mauve whorehouse
  09/07/23
Steve Mnuchin crashes out of ceiling More like END STAGE...
racy box office mood
  09/07/23
uh, looks like he posted 36 minutes ago on his twitter
talented drab casino toaster
  09/07/23
This is really weird. I got a text about it from my boss but...
Confused medicated lay
  09/07/23
What is the orange site saying?
Confused medicated lay
  09/07/23
I doubt it. I REALLY doubt it. Do any of you have HN acco...
House-broken jew
  09/07/23
Sorry to hear that Mike "Perch".
Exhilarant Roommate
  09/07/23
Oh great, time for XO death rumors
Irradiated sadistic coldplay fan nowag
  09/07/23
Someone needs to get over to Hacker News and ask around to f...
spruce sanctuary
  09/07/23
He was a bit of an asshole, but a correct asshole. Seriously...
Mauve whorehouse
  09/07/23
Sounds like u killed him, bro!
Poppy place of business
  09/07/23
I hope it's false, but Hacker News thinks it's true. http...
misanthropic adventurous trailer park
  09/07/23
I think it's false. I got a text about this at 11 am, same s...
pearly swashbuckling crackhouse elastic band
  09/07/23
tp
Mustard floppy black woman telephone
  09/07/23
sup Pensive.
Chrome school skinny woman
  09/07/23
finally some good news
Glittery Mother Chapel
  09/07/23
Just heard the same shit at a bar in the Mission. I really d...
House-broken jew
  09/07/23
We have friends in common who would probably know and they h...
Multi-colored Factory Reset Button School Cafeteria
  09/07/23
don't run pensive paul graham cs u
khaki weed whacker state
  09/08/23
The story has made it to the orange site.
Walnut Stirring Gaming Laptop
  09/07/23
...
Exhilarant Roommate
  09/08/23
Update: He's not. He just tweeted. Thank God whatever YC was...
spruce sanctuary
  09/08/23
Thank god was waiting for an update on this. I'm playing Amb...
Exhilarant Roommate
  09/08/23
...
Hyperventilating Candlestick Maker
  09/08/23
I know Pensive well and I can assure you that reports of his...
Hyperventilating Candlestick Maker
  09/08/23
https://twitter.com/michaelochurch/status/170018890183761512...
racy box office mood
  09/08/23
I really like it here
Exhilarant Roommate
  09/08/23
Paul can stand me, that’s why he banned me I’m ...
racy box office mood
  09/08/23
Not bad. Not bad at all.
spruce sanctuary
  09/08/23
...
Exhilarant Roommate
  09/08/23
rofl
Mauve whorehouse
  09/08/23
This is a new low, pensive
titillating rebellious queen of the night resort
  09/08/23
this is the kind of content the board needs. one man. one mi...
Exhilarant Roommate
  09/08/23
I'm pretty sure he agrees, but they did such a sloppy job, i...
spruce sanctuary
  09/08/23
Have no idea who this person is or why I should care that he...
cruel-hearted goyim sandwich
  09/08/23
he's a living (not dead!) legend bort autist
Exhilarant Roommate
  09/08/23
with gaids
boyish tattoo heaven
  09/08/23
they pushed the button too soon. They hadn't killed him yet...
Aphrodisiac sticky hairy legs background story
  09/08/23
This. If anyone still takes YC seriously, they shouldn't aft...
Multi-colored Factory Reset Button School Cafeteria
  09/08/23
...
pearly swashbuckling crackhouse elastic band
  09/08/23
...
Exhilarant Roommate
  09/08/23
...
khaki weed whacker state
  09/08/23
hi pensive
exciting friendly grandma knife
  09/08/23
Funny enough, no. I got one of the texts, but it was around ...
pearly swashbuckling crackhouse elastic band
  09/08/23
Not pensive. mayonnaise taint tp.
Exhilarant Roommate
  09/08/23
Cool story, pensive
razzle meetinghouse international law enforcement agency
  09/12/23
I think Y Comb is a red herring. My guess this is spacep...
racy box office mood
  09/12/23
was root canal/latrell sprewell tp pensive?
federal pontificating principal's office messiness
  09/12/23
Everyone itt is pensive
Laughsome Headpube
  09/12/23
MFCR
Exhilarant Roommate
  09/13/23


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Date: September 7th, 2023 2:51 PM
Author: Fishy Fantasy-prone Property

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: Hairless costumed sound barrier

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: Soul-stirring Den Depressive

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: translucent location

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: Soul-stirring Den Depressive

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: mint market nibblets

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: spruce sanctuary

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: Bright digit ratio

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: Flushed keepsake machete

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: Soul-stirring Den Depressive

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: Fishy Fantasy-prone Property

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: boyish tattoo heaven

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: pearly swashbuckling crackhouse elastic band

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: diverse giraffe address

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: fighting therapy

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: Soul-stirring Den Depressive

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: Exhilarant Roommate

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: Disgusting old irish cottage

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: self-absorbed mad cow disease

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: Mauve whorehouse

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: racy box office mood

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: talented drab casino toaster

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: Confused medicated lay

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: Confused medicated lay

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: House-broken jew

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: Exhilarant Roommate

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: Irradiated sadistic coldplay fan nowag

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: spruce sanctuary

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: Mauve whorehouse

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: Poppy place of business

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: misanthropic adventurous trailer park

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: pearly swashbuckling crackhouse elastic band

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: Mustard floppy black woman telephone

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: Chrome school skinny woman

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: Glittery Mother Chapel

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: House-broken jew

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: Multi-colored Factory Reset Button School Cafeteria

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: khaki weed whacker state

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: Walnut Stirring Gaming Laptop

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: Exhilarant Roommate



(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: spruce sanctuary

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: Exhilarant Roommate

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: Hyperventilating Candlestick Maker



(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: Hyperventilating Candlestick Maker

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: racy box office mood

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: Exhilarant Roommate

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: racy box office mood

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: spruce sanctuary

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: Exhilarant Roommate



(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: Mauve whorehouse

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: titillating rebellious queen of the night resort

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: Exhilarant Roommate

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: spruce sanctuary

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: cruel-hearted goyim sandwich

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: Exhilarant Roommate

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: boyish tattoo heaven

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: Aphrodisiac sticky hairy legs background story

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: Multi-colored Factory Reset Button School Cafeteria

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: pearly swashbuckling crackhouse elastic band



(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: Exhilarant Roommate



(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: khaki weed whacker state



(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: exciting friendly grandma knife

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: pearly swashbuckling crackhouse elastic band

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: Exhilarant Roommate

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: razzle meetinghouse international law enforcement agency

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: racy box office mood

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: federal pontificating principal's office messiness

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: Laughsome Headpube

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: Exhilarant Roommate

MFCR

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