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Pensive is Dead

Can't tell you who I am or how I know. This is 20 minutes ol...
saffron maniacal box office
  09/07/23
nobody on current day orange site knows or cares about pensi...
maroon school cafeteria
  09/07/23
The old ones must remember him.
Poppy mind-boggling menage
  09/07/23
a real John Kennedy Toole
Flirting Bawdyhouse Reading Party
  09/07/23
Is this true? Fuuuuuuck. Can't say I'm surprised, though....
Poppy mind-boggling menage
  09/07/23
book was 'bucket complete' three years ago according to him ...
Titillating abode
  09/08/23
He's probably overdone the perfectionism. Or maybe he has to...
translucent learning disabled hairy legs
  09/08/23
natural causes = ???
exciting windowlicker
  09/07/23
autism
carmine nofapping international law enforcement agency mental disorder
  09/07/23
Probably heart. We're talking about a 47-year-old who had an...
Poppy mind-boggling menage
  09/07/23
Can't say, but he's not that old.
saffron maniacal box office
  09/07/23
so, AIDS?
glittery whorehouse gunner
  09/08/23
He's 39 or 40. He isn't dead. This was a shitty rumor sta...
Misunderstood Fantasy-prone Institution
  09/08/23
nah, he just poasted ch. 3 of farisa's crossing
sinister fanboi double fault
  09/07/23
stfu mike
buff lay legend
  09/07/23
If OP is correct, sounds like he did.
Poppy mind-boggling menage
  09/07/23
RIP if true
olive floppy locale
  09/07/23
He was playing a dangerous game, standing up to Silicon Vall...
Pontificating Parlour
  09/07/23
He literally tweeted 34 minutes ago 🤨
Green range main people
  09/07/23
Sad he was still in the flower of youth and working at the h...
frum principal's office
  09/07/23
Steve Mnuchin crashes out of ceiling More like END STAGE...
Cerebral Startled Crackhouse Death Wish
  09/07/23
uh, looks like he posted 36 minutes ago on his twitter
Excitant Stead Mad-dog Skullcap
  09/07/23
This is really weird. I got a text about it from my boss but...
indigo outnumbered hunting ground
  09/07/23
What is the orange site saying?
indigo outnumbered hunting ground
  09/07/23
I doubt it. I REALLY doubt it. Do any of you have HN acco...
azure voyeur locus
  09/07/23
Sorry to hear that Mike "Perch".
olive floppy locale
  09/07/23
Oh great, time for XO death rumors
Heady piazza
  09/07/23
Someone needs to get over to Hacker News and ask around to f...
translucent learning disabled hairy legs
  09/07/23
He was a bit of an asshole, but a correct asshole. Seriously...
frum principal's office
  09/07/23
Sounds like u killed him, bro!
Twisted Lodge Blood Rage
  09/07/23
I hope it's false, but Hacker News thinks it's true. http...
Hot electric furnace
  09/07/23
I think it's false. I got a text about this at 11 am, same s...
Misunderstood Fantasy-prone Institution
  09/07/23
tp
Gaped travel guidebook
  09/07/23
sup Pensive.
Supple potus field
  09/07/23
finally some good news
very tactful canary trailer park persian
  09/07/23
Just heard the same shit at a bar in the Mission. I really d...
azure voyeur locus
  09/07/23
We have friends in common who would probably know and they h...
adventurous lemon puppy liquid oxygen
  09/07/23
don't run pensive paul graham cs u
Mentally impaired garnet newt
  09/08/23
The story has made it to the orange site.
Arousing grizzly location
  09/07/23
...
olive floppy locale
  09/08/23
Update: He's not. He just tweeted. Thank God whatever YC was...
translucent learning disabled hairy legs
  09/08/23
Thank god was waiting for an update on this. I'm playing Amb...
olive floppy locale
  09/08/23
...
sexy thirsty plaza boiling water
  09/08/23
I know Pensive well and I can assure you that reports of his...
sexy thirsty plaza boiling water
  09/08/23
https://twitter.com/michaelochurch/status/170018890183761512...
Cerebral Startled Crackhouse Death Wish
  09/08/23
I really like it here
olive floppy locale
  09/08/23
Paul can stand me, that’s why he banned me I’m ...
Cerebral Startled Crackhouse Death Wish
  09/08/23
Not bad. Not bad at all.
translucent learning disabled hairy legs
  09/08/23
...
olive floppy locale
  09/08/23
rofl
frum principal's office
  09/08/23
This is a new low, pensive
Big set
  09/08/23
this is the kind of content the board needs. one man. one mi...
olive floppy locale
  09/08/23
I'm pretty sure he agrees, but they did such a sloppy job, i...
translucent learning disabled hairy legs
  09/08/23
Have no idea who this person is or why I should care that he...
burgundy library
  09/08/23
he's a living (not dead!) legend bort autist
olive floppy locale
  09/08/23
with gaids
glittery whorehouse gunner
  09/08/23
they pushed the button too soon. They hadn't killed him yet...
naked step-uncle's house
  09/08/23
This. If anyone still takes YC seriously, they shouldn't aft...
adventurous lemon puppy liquid oxygen
  09/08/23
...
Misunderstood Fantasy-prone Institution
  09/08/23
...
olive floppy locale
  09/08/23
...
Mentally impaired garnet newt
  09/08/23
hi pensive
swashbuckling fiercely-loyal property
  09/08/23
Funny enough, no. I got one of the texts, but it was around ...
Misunderstood Fantasy-prone Institution
  09/08/23
Not pensive. mayonnaise taint tp.
olive floppy locale
  09/08/23
Cool story, pensive
medicated church building idea he suggested
  09/12/23
I think Y Comb is a red herring. My guess this is spacep...
Cerebral Startled Crackhouse Death Wish
  09/12/23
was root canal/latrell sprewell tp pensive?
godawful rough-skinned weed whacker heaven
  09/12/23
Everyone itt is pensive
appetizing university
  09/12/23
MFCR
olive floppy locale
  09/13/23


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Date: September 7th, 2023 2:51 PM
Author: saffron maniacal box office

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: maroon school cafeteria

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: Poppy mind-boggling menage

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: Flirting Bawdyhouse 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: Poppy mind-boggling menage

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: Titillating abode

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: translucent learning disabled hairy legs

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: exciting windowlicker

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: carmine nofapping international law enforcement agency mental disorder

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: Poppy mind-boggling menage

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: saffron maniacal box office

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: glittery whorehouse gunner

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: Misunderstood Fantasy-prone Institution

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: sinister fanboi double fault

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: buff lay legend

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: Poppy mind-boggling menage

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: olive floppy locale

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: Pontificating Parlour

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: Green range main people

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: frum principal's office

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 Startled Crackhouse Death Wish

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: Excitant Stead Mad-dog Skullcap

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: indigo outnumbered hunting ground

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: indigo outnumbered hunting ground

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: azure voyeur locus

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: olive floppy locale

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: Heady piazza

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: translucent learning disabled hairy legs

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: frum principal's office

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: Twisted Lodge Blood Rage

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: Hot electric furnace

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: Misunderstood Fantasy-prone Institution

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: Gaped travel guidebook

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: Supple potus field

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: very tactful canary trailer park persian

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: azure voyeur locus

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: adventurous lemon puppy liquid oxygen

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: Mentally impaired garnet newt

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: Arousing grizzly location

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: olive floppy locale



(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: translucent learning disabled hairy legs

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: olive floppy locale

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: sexy thirsty plaza boiling water



(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: sexy thirsty plaza boiling water

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 Startled Crackhouse Death Wish

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: olive floppy locale

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 Startled Crackhouse Death Wish

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: translucent learning disabled hairy legs

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: olive floppy locale



(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: frum principal's office

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: Big set

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: olive floppy locale

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: translucent learning disabled hairy legs

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: burgundy library

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: olive floppy locale

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: glittery whorehouse gunner

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: naked step-uncle's house

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: adventurous lemon puppy liquid oxygen

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: Misunderstood Fantasy-prone Institution



(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: olive floppy locale



(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: Mentally impaired garnet newt



(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: swashbuckling fiercely-loyal property

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: Misunderstood Fantasy-prone Institution

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: olive floppy locale

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: medicated church building idea he suggested

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 Startled Crackhouse Death Wish

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: godawful rough-skinned weed whacker heaven

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: appetizing university

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: olive floppy locale

MFCR

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