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Pensive is Dead

Can't tell you who I am or how I know. This is 20 minutes ol...
Galvanic Chest-beating Circlehead Haunted Graveyard
  09/07/23
nobody on current day orange site knows or cares about pensi...
maize unholy theater stage keepsake machete
  09/07/23
The old ones must remember him.
bull headed jew
  09/07/23
a real John Kennedy Toole
appetizing police squad
  09/07/23
Is this true? Fuuuuuuck. Can't say I'm surprised, though....
bull headed jew
  09/07/23
book was 'bucket complete' three years ago according to him ...
indecent prole
  09/08/23
He's probably overdone the perfectionism. Or maybe he has to...
confused background story
  09/08/23
natural causes = ???
Sick jap becky
  09/07/23
autism
hyperactive locale
  09/07/23
Probably heart. We're talking about a 47-year-old who had an...
bull headed jew
  09/07/23
Can't say, but he's not that old.
Galvanic Chest-beating Circlehead Haunted Graveyard
  09/07/23
so, AIDS?
pontificating kitchen friendly grandma
  09/08/23
He's 39 or 40. He isn't dead. This was a shitty rumor sta...
Out-of-control cumskin yarmulke
  09/08/23
nah, he just poasted ch. 3 of farisa's crossing
swashbuckling mustard filthpig
  09/07/23
stfu mike
Orange alcoholic azn
  09/07/23
If OP is correct, sounds like he did.
bull headed jew
  09/07/23
RIP if true
slate lascivious church people who are hurt
  09/07/23
He was playing a dangerous game, standing up to Silicon Vall...
Multi-colored jet-lagged pit
  09/07/23
He literally tweeted 34 minutes ago 🤨
Talking hairraiser doctorate
  09/07/23
Sad he was still in the flower of youth and working at the h...
light temple toaster
  09/07/23
Steve Mnuchin crashes out of ceiling More like END STAGE...
red domesticated step-uncle's house
  09/07/23
uh, looks like he posted 36 minutes ago on his twitter
Razzle-dazzle Office Candlestick Maker
  09/07/23
This is really weird. I got a text about it from my boss but...
Titillating International Law Enforcement Agency Indian Lodge
  09/07/23
What is the orange site saying?
Titillating International Law Enforcement Agency Indian Lodge
  09/07/23
I doubt it. I REALLY doubt it. Do any of you have HN acco...
alcoholic hospital
  09/07/23
Sorry to hear that Mike "Perch".
slate lascivious church people who are hurt
  09/07/23
Oh great, time for XO death rumors
chartreuse nudist point
  09/07/23
Someone needs to get over to Hacker News and ask around to f...
confused background story
  09/07/23
He was a bit of an asshole, but a correct asshole. Seriously...
light temple toaster
  09/07/23
Sounds like u killed him, bro!
Mauve vibrant center gunner
  09/07/23
I hope it's false, but Hacker News thinks it's true. http...
walnut federal persian knife
  09/07/23
I think it's false. I got a text about this at 11 am, same s...
Out-of-control cumskin yarmulke
  09/07/23
tp
milky rebellious depressive pocket flask
  09/07/23
sup Pensive.
Umber thriller base
  09/07/23
finally some good news
peach lay
  09/07/23
Just heard the same shit at a bar in the Mission. I really d...
alcoholic hospital
  09/07/23
We have friends in common who would probably know and they h...
big violet party of the first part plaza
  09/07/23
don't run pensive paul graham cs u
White apoplectic ratface regret
  09/08/23
The story has made it to the orange site.
amethyst concupiscible half-breed
  09/07/23
...
slate lascivious church people who are hurt
  09/08/23
Update: He's not. He just tweeted. Thank God whatever YC was...
confused background story
  09/08/23
Thank god was waiting for an update on this. I'm playing Amb...
slate lascivious church people who are hurt
  09/08/23
...
crawly psychic
  09/08/23
I know Pensive well and I can assure you that reports of his...
crawly psychic
  09/08/23
https://twitter.com/michaelochurch/status/170018890183761512...
red domesticated step-uncle's house
  09/08/23
I really like it here
slate lascivious church people who are hurt
  09/08/23
Paul can stand me, that’s why he banned me I’m ...
red domesticated step-uncle's house
  09/08/23
Not bad. Not bad at all.
confused background story
  09/08/23
...
slate lascivious church people who are hurt
  09/08/23
rofl
light temple toaster
  09/08/23
This is a new low, pensive
magenta casino kitty
  09/08/23
this is the kind of content the board needs. one man. one mi...
slate lascivious church people who are hurt
  09/08/23
I'm pretty sure he agrees, but they did such a sloppy job, i...
confused background story
  09/08/23
Have no idea who this person is or why I should care that he...
Judgmental Athletic Conference Location
  09/08/23
he's a living (not dead!) legend bort autist
slate lascivious church people who are hurt
  09/08/23
with gaids
pontificating kitchen friendly grandma
  09/08/23
they pushed the button too soon. They hadn't killed him yet...
Burgundy Boyish Clown
  09/08/23
This. If anyone still takes YC seriously, they shouldn't aft...
big violet party of the first part plaza
  09/08/23
...
Out-of-control cumskin yarmulke
  09/08/23
...
slate lascivious church people who are hurt
  09/08/23
...
White apoplectic ratface regret
  09/08/23
hi pensive
Fantasy-prone effete whorehouse legal warrant
  09/08/23
Funny enough, no. I got one of the texts, but it was around ...
Out-of-control cumskin yarmulke
  09/08/23
Not pensive. mayonnaise taint tp.
slate lascivious church people who are hurt
  09/08/23
Cool story, pensive
wild weed whacker dragon
  09/12/23
I think Y Comb is a red herring. My guess this is spacep...
red domesticated step-uncle's house
  09/12/23
was root canal/latrell sprewell tp pensive?
Frum Faggot Firefighter Potus
  09/12/23
Everyone itt is pensive
stimulating rough-skinned range voyeur
  09/12/23
MFCR
slate lascivious church people who are hurt
  09/13/23


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Date: September 7th, 2023 2:51 PM
Author: Galvanic Chest-beating Circlehead Haunted Graveyard

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: maize unholy theater stage keepsake machete

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: bull headed jew

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: appetizing police squad

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: bull headed jew

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: indecent prole

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: confused background story

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: Sick jap becky

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: hyperactive locale

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: bull headed jew

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: Galvanic Chest-beating Circlehead Haunted Graveyard

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: pontificating kitchen friendly grandma

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: Out-of-control cumskin yarmulke

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: swashbuckling mustard filthpig

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: Orange alcoholic azn

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: bull headed jew

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: slate lascivious church people who are hurt

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: Multi-colored jet-lagged pit

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: Talking hairraiser doctorate

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: light temple toaster

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: red domesticated step-uncle's house

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: Razzle-dazzle Office Candlestick Maker

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: Titillating International Law Enforcement Agency Indian Lodge

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: Titillating International Law Enforcement Agency Indian Lodge

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: alcoholic hospital

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: slate lascivious church people who are hurt

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: chartreuse nudist point

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: confused background story

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: light temple toaster

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: Mauve vibrant center gunner

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: walnut federal persian knife

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: Out-of-control cumskin yarmulke

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: milky rebellious depressive pocket flask

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: Umber thriller base

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: peach lay

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: alcoholic hospital

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: big violet party of the first part plaza

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: White apoplectic ratface regret

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: amethyst concupiscible half-breed

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: slate lascivious church people who are hurt



(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: confused background story

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: slate lascivious church people who are hurt

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: crawly psychic



(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: crawly psychic

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: red domesticated step-uncle's house

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: slate lascivious church people who are hurt

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: red domesticated step-uncle's house

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: confused background story

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: slate lascivious church people who are hurt



(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: light temple toaster

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: magenta casino kitty

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: slate lascivious church people who are hurt

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: confused background story

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: Judgmental Athletic Conference Location

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: slate lascivious church people who are hurt

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: pontificating kitchen friendly grandma

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: Burgundy Boyish Clown

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: big violet party of the first part plaza

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: Out-of-control cumskin yarmulke



(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: slate lascivious church people who are hurt



(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: White apoplectic ratface regret



(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: Fantasy-prone effete whorehouse legal warrant

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: Out-of-control cumskin yarmulke

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: slate lascivious church people who are hurt

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: wild weed whacker dragon

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: red domesticated step-uncle's house

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: Frum Faggot Firefighter Potus

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: stimulating rough-skinned range voyeur

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
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