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Pensive is Dead

Can't tell you who I am or how I know. This is 20 minutes ol...
indigo dog poop plaza
  09/07/23
nobody on current day orange site knows or cares about pensi...
concupiscible boltzmann
  09/07/23
The old ones must remember him.
odious naked temple deer antler
  09/07/23
a real John Kennedy Toole
Sapphire black woman
  09/07/23
Is this true? Fuuuuuuck. Can't say I'm surprised, though....
odious naked temple deer antler
  09/07/23
book was 'bucket complete' three years ago according to him ...
floppy haunting school quadroon
  09/08/23
He's probably overdone the perfectionism. Or maybe he has to...
scarlet national digit ratio
  09/08/23
natural causes = ???
self-absorbed claret indian lodge
  09/07/23
autism
alcoholic public bath
  09/07/23
Probably heart. We're talking about a 47-year-old who had an...
odious naked temple deer antler
  09/07/23
Can't say, but he's not that old.
indigo dog poop plaza
  09/07/23
so, AIDS?
Stimulating Confused Dilemma
  09/08/23
He's 39 or 40. He isn't dead. This was a shitty rumor sta...
garnet geriatric rigpig
  09/08/23
nah, he just poasted ch. 3 of farisa's crossing
Mauve idea he suggested
  09/07/23
stfu mike
Aphrodisiac Twinkling Doctorate
  09/07/23
If OP is correct, sounds like he did.
odious naked temple deer antler
  09/07/23
RIP if true
walnut masturbator
  09/07/23
He was playing a dangerous game, standing up to Silicon Vall...
Adventurous pisswyrm step-uncle's house
  09/07/23
He literally tweeted 34 minutes ago 🤨
brass domesticated institution faggotry
  09/07/23
Sad he was still in the flower of youth and working at the h...
cracking adulterous persian piazza
  09/07/23
Steve Mnuchin crashes out of ceiling More like END STAGE...
Idiotic Glassy Heaven
  09/07/23
uh, looks like he posted 36 minutes ago on his twitter
Cocky electric furnace jap
  09/07/23
This is really weird. I got a text about it from my boss but...
Fuchsia Macaca Locale
  09/07/23
What is the orange site saying?
Fuchsia Macaca Locale
  09/07/23
I doubt it. I REALLY doubt it. Do any of you have HN acco...
Insane histrionic regret
  09/07/23
Sorry to hear that Mike "Perch".
walnut masturbator
  09/07/23
Oh great, time for XO death rumors
Vigorous deep mood parlour
  09/07/23
Someone needs to get over to Hacker News and ask around to f...
scarlet national digit ratio
  09/07/23
He was a bit of an asshole, but a correct asshole. Seriously...
cracking adulterous persian piazza
  09/07/23
Sounds like u killed him, bro!
Aromatic khaki people who are hurt gaping
  09/07/23
I hope it's false, but Hacker News thinks it's true. http...
Submissive Field
  09/07/23
I think it's false. I got a text about this at 11 am, same s...
garnet geriatric rigpig
  09/07/23
tp
vengeful gay wizard nursing home
  09/07/23
sup Pensive.
Racy nofapping love of her life rehab
  09/07/23
finally some good news
Provocative Onyx Area Associate
  09/07/23
Just heard the same shit at a bar in the Mission. I really d...
Insane histrionic regret
  09/07/23
We have friends in common who would probably know and they h...
milky theatre
  09/07/23
don't run pensive paul graham cs u
Arousing offensive meetinghouse genital piercing
  09/08/23
The story has made it to the orange site.
buck-toothed galvanic sex offender state
  09/07/23
...
walnut masturbator
  09/08/23
Update: He's not. He just tweeted. Thank God whatever YC was...
scarlet national digit ratio
  09/08/23
Thank god was waiting for an update on this. I'm playing Amb...
walnut masturbator
  09/08/23
...
thirsty exciting den organic girlfriend
  09/08/23
I know Pensive well and I can assure you that reports of his...
thirsty exciting den organic girlfriend
  09/08/23
https://twitter.com/michaelochurch/status/170018890183761512...
Idiotic Glassy Heaven
  09/08/23
I really like it here
walnut masturbator
  09/08/23
Paul can stand me, that’s why he banned me I’m ...
Idiotic Glassy Heaven
  09/08/23
Not bad. Not bad at all.
scarlet national digit ratio
  09/08/23
...
walnut masturbator
  09/08/23
rofl
cracking adulterous persian piazza
  09/08/23
This is a new low, pensive
narrow-minded library international law enforcement agency
  09/08/23
this is the kind of content the board needs. one man. one mi...
walnut masturbator
  09/08/23
I'm pretty sure he agrees, but they did such a sloppy job, i...
scarlet national digit ratio
  09/08/23
Have no idea who this person is or why I should care that he...
Passionate mad cow disease resort
  09/08/23
he's a living (not dead!) legend bort autist
walnut masturbator
  09/08/23
with gaids
Stimulating Confused Dilemma
  09/08/23
they pushed the button too soon. They hadn't killed him yet...
high-end police squad house
  09/08/23
This. If anyone still takes YC seriously, they shouldn't aft...
milky theatre
  09/08/23
...
garnet geriatric rigpig
  09/08/23
...
walnut masturbator
  09/08/23
...
Arousing offensive meetinghouse genital piercing
  09/08/23
hi pensive
Hairraiser home corn cake
  09/08/23
Funny enough, no. I got one of the texts, but it was around ...
garnet geriatric rigpig
  09/08/23
Not pensive. mayonnaise taint tp.
walnut masturbator
  09/08/23
Cool story, pensive
Cerise Vivacious Trump Supporter
  09/12/23
I think Y Comb is a red herring. My guess this is spacep...
Idiotic Glassy Heaven
  09/12/23
was root canal/latrell sprewell tp pensive?
Flirting chad
  09/12/23
Everyone itt is pensive
Painfully Honest Diverse Place Of Business Corner
  09/12/23
MFCR
walnut masturbator
  09/13/23


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Date: September 7th, 2023 2:51 PM
Author: indigo dog poop plaza

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: concupiscible boltzmann

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: odious naked temple deer antler

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: Sapphire black woman

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: odious naked temple deer antler

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: floppy haunting school quadroon

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: scarlet national digit ratio

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: self-absorbed claret indian lodge

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: alcoholic public bath

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: odious naked temple deer antler

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: indigo dog poop plaza

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: Stimulating Confused Dilemma

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: garnet geriatric rigpig

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: Mauve idea he suggested

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: Aphrodisiac Twinkling Doctorate

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: odious naked temple deer antler

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: walnut masturbator

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: Adventurous pisswyrm step-uncle's house

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: brass domesticated institution faggotry

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: cracking adulterous persian piazza

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: Idiotic Glassy Heaven

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: Cocky electric furnace jap

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: Fuchsia Macaca Locale

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: Fuchsia Macaca Locale

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: Insane histrionic regret

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: walnut masturbator

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: Vigorous deep mood parlour

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: scarlet national digit ratio

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: cracking adulterous persian piazza

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: Aromatic khaki people who are hurt gaping

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: Submissive Field

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: garnet geriatric rigpig

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: vengeful gay wizard nursing home

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: Racy nofapping love of her life rehab

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: Provocative Onyx Area Associate

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: Insane histrionic regret

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: milky theatre

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: Arousing offensive meetinghouse genital piercing

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: buck-toothed galvanic sex offender state

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: walnut masturbator



(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: scarlet national digit ratio

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: walnut masturbator

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: thirsty exciting den organic girlfriend



(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: thirsty exciting den organic girlfriend

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: Idiotic Glassy Heaven

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: walnut masturbator

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: Idiotic Glassy Heaven

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: scarlet national digit ratio

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: walnut masturbator



(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: cracking adulterous persian piazza

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: narrow-minded library international law enforcement agency

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: walnut masturbator

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: scarlet national digit ratio

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: Passionate mad cow disease resort

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: walnut masturbator

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: Stimulating Confused Dilemma

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: high-end police squad 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: milky theatre

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: garnet geriatric rigpig



(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: walnut masturbator



(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: Arousing offensive meetinghouse genital piercing



(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: Hairraiser home corn cake

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: garnet geriatric rigpig

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: walnut masturbator

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: Cerise Vivacious Trump Supporter

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: Idiotic Glassy Heaven

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: Flirting chad

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: Painfully Honest Diverse Place Of Business Corner

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: walnut masturbator

MFCR

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