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Pensive is Dead

Can't tell you who I am or how I know. This is 20 minutes ol...
Vigorous Poppy Stock Car
  09/07/23
nobody on current day orange site knows or cares about pensi...
useless senate
  09/07/23
The old ones must remember him.
Embarrassed to the bone blue codepig
  09/07/23
a real John Kennedy Toole
Adulterous Pearl Reading Party
  09/07/23
Is this true? Fuuuuuuck. Can't say I'm surprised, though....
Embarrassed to the bone blue codepig
  09/07/23
book was 'bucket complete' three years ago according to him ...
Iridescent Titillating Kitty Cat
  09/08/23
He's probably overdone the perfectionism. Or maybe he has to...
Maniacal henna death wish
  09/08/23
natural causes = ???
house-broken range idiot
  09/07/23
autism
aqua mildly autistic parlor
  09/07/23
Probably heart. We're talking about a 47-year-old who had an...
Embarrassed to the bone blue codepig
  09/07/23
Can't say, but he's not that old.
Vigorous Poppy Stock Car
  09/07/23
so, AIDS?
Vibrant Property
  09/08/23
He's 39 or 40. He isn't dead. This was a shitty rumor sta...
diverse carmine address hominid
  09/08/23
nah, he just poasted ch. 3 of farisa's crossing
hideous clown gaping
  09/07/23
stfu mike
stimulating mexican
  09/07/23
If OP is correct, sounds like he did.
Embarrassed to the bone blue codepig
  09/07/23
RIP if true
aromatic vengeful step-uncle's house
  09/07/23
He was playing a dangerous game, standing up to Silicon Vall...
dull chest-beating nursing home regret
  09/07/23
He literally tweeted 34 minutes ago 🤨
cobalt cuck home
  09/07/23
Sad he was still in the flower of youth and working at the h...
bat shit crazy giraffe
  09/07/23
Steve Mnuchin crashes out of ceiling More like END STAGE...
Self-absorbed candlestick maker
  09/07/23
uh, looks like he posted 36 minutes ago on his twitter
Self-centered orchestra pit international law enforcement agency
  09/07/23
This is really weird. I got a text about it from my boss but...
Sexy Principal's Office Persian
  09/07/23
What is the orange site saying?
Sexy Principal's Office Persian
  09/07/23
I doubt it. I REALLY doubt it. Do any of you have HN acco...
excitant fear-inspiring internal respiration
  09/07/23
Sorry to hear that Mike "Perch".
aromatic vengeful step-uncle's house
  09/07/23
Oh great, time for XO death rumors
Maize Milk Coldplay Fan
  09/07/23
Someone needs to get over to Hacker News and ask around to f...
Maniacal henna death wish
  09/07/23
He was a bit of an asshole, but a correct asshole. Seriously...
bat shit crazy giraffe
  09/07/23
Sounds like u killed him, bro!
shaky talented trust fund
  09/07/23
I hope it's false, but Hacker News thinks it's true. http...
ungodly boistinker
  09/07/23
I think it's false. I got a text about this at 11 am, same s...
diverse carmine address hominid
  09/07/23
tp
sienna casino
  09/07/23
sup Pensive.
sooty wild stag film queen of the night
  09/07/23
finally some good news
Exciting twinkling stage sound barrier
  09/07/23
Just heard the same shit at a bar in the Mission. I really d...
excitant fear-inspiring internal respiration
  09/07/23
We have friends in common who would probably know and they h...
Medicated salmon mental disorder
  09/07/23
don't run pensive paul graham cs u
Grizzly elite skinny woman
  09/08/23
The story has made it to the orange site.
tantric institution
  09/07/23
...
aromatic vengeful step-uncle's house
  09/08/23
Update: He's not. He just tweeted. Thank God whatever YC was...
Maniacal henna death wish
  09/08/23
Thank god was waiting for an update on this. I'm playing Amb...
aromatic vengeful step-uncle's house
  09/08/23
...
Aggressive Internet-worthy Dysfunction Wagecucks
  09/08/23
I know Pensive well and I can assure you that reports of his...
Aggressive Internet-worthy Dysfunction Wagecucks
  09/08/23
https://twitter.com/michaelochurch/status/170018890183761512...
Self-absorbed candlestick maker
  09/08/23
I really like it here
aromatic vengeful step-uncle's house
  09/08/23
Paul can stand me, that’s why he banned me I’m ...
Self-absorbed candlestick maker
  09/08/23
Not bad. Not bad at all.
Maniacal henna death wish
  09/08/23
...
aromatic vengeful step-uncle's house
  09/08/23
rofl
bat shit crazy giraffe
  09/08/23
This is a new low, pensive
free-loading locale hunting ground
  09/08/23
this is the kind of content the board needs. one man. one mi...
aromatic vengeful step-uncle's house
  09/08/23
I'm pretty sure he agrees, but they did such a sloppy job, i...
Maniacal henna death wish
  09/08/23
Have no idea who this person is or why I should care that he...
beady-eyed heaven hissy fit
  09/08/23
he's a living (not dead!) legend bort autist
aromatic vengeful step-uncle's house
  09/08/23
with gaids
Vibrant Property
  09/08/23
they pushed the button too soon. They hadn't killed him yet...
Big Fishy Center Pocket Flask
  09/08/23
This. If anyone still takes YC seriously, they shouldn't aft...
Medicated salmon mental disorder
  09/08/23
...
diverse carmine address hominid
  09/08/23
...
aromatic vengeful step-uncle's house
  09/08/23
...
Grizzly elite skinny woman
  09/08/23
hi pensive
Black travel guidebook
  09/08/23
Funny enough, no. I got one of the texts, but it was around ...
diverse carmine address hominid
  09/08/23
Not pensive. mayonnaise taint tp.
aromatic vengeful step-uncle's house
  09/08/23
Cool story, pensive
bull headed nudist forum mad-dog skullcap
  09/12/23
I think Y Comb is a red herring. My guess this is spacep...
Self-absorbed candlestick maker
  09/12/23
was root canal/latrell sprewell tp pensive?
Supple crackhouse
  09/12/23
Everyone itt is pensive
Plum resort personal credit line
  09/12/23
MFCR
aromatic vengeful step-uncle's house
  09/13/23


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Date: September 7th, 2023 2:51 PM
Author: Vigorous Poppy Stock Car

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: useless senate

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: Embarrassed to the bone blue codepig

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: Adulterous Pearl Reading Party

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: Embarrassed to the bone blue codepig

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: Iridescent Titillating Kitty Cat

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: Maniacal henna death wish

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: house-broken range idiot

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: aqua mildly autistic parlor

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: Embarrassed to the bone blue codepig

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: Vigorous Poppy Stock Car

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: Vibrant Property

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: diverse carmine address hominid

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 clown gaping

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: stimulating mexican

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: Embarrassed to the bone blue codepig

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: aromatic vengeful step-uncle's house

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: dull chest-beating nursing home regret

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: cobalt cuck home

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: bat shit crazy giraffe

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: Self-absorbed candlestick maker

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: Self-centered orchestra pit international law enforcement agency

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: Sexy Principal's Office Persian

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: Sexy Principal's Office Persian

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: excitant fear-inspiring internal respiration

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: aromatic vengeful step-uncle's house

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: Maize Milk Coldplay Fan

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: Maniacal henna death wish

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: bat shit crazy giraffe

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: shaky talented trust fund

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: ungodly boistinker

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: diverse carmine address hominid

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: sienna casino

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: sooty wild stag film queen of the night

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: Exciting twinkling stage sound barrier

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: excitant fear-inspiring internal respiration

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: Medicated salmon mental disorder

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: Grizzly elite skinny woman

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: tantric institution

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: aromatic vengeful step-uncle's house



(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: Maniacal henna death wish

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: aromatic vengeful step-uncle's house

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: Aggressive Internet-worthy Dysfunction Wagecucks



(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: Aggressive Internet-worthy Dysfunction Wagecucks

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: Self-absorbed candlestick maker

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: aromatic vengeful step-uncle's house

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: Self-absorbed candlestick maker

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: Maniacal henna death wish

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: aromatic vengeful step-uncle's house



(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: bat shit crazy giraffe

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: free-loading locale hunting ground

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: aromatic vengeful step-uncle's house

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: Maniacal henna death wish

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: beady-eyed heaven hissy fit

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: aromatic vengeful step-uncle's house

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: Vibrant Property

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: Big Fishy Center Pocket Flask

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: Medicated salmon mental disorder

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: diverse carmine address hominid



(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: aromatic vengeful step-uncle's house



(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: Grizzly elite skinny woman



(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: Black travel guidebook

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: diverse carmine address hominid

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: aromatic vengeful step-uncle's house

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: bull headed nudist forum mad-dog skullcap

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: Self-absorbed candlestick maker

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: Supple crackhouse

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: Plum resort personal credit line

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: aromatic vengeful step-uncle's house

MFCR

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