https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7dmqb/richard-lowtax-kyanka-founder-of-something-awful-is-dead-at-45 (https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7dmqb/richard-lowtax-kyanka-founder-of-something-awful-is-dead-at-45)
Suicide. Apparently the guy had a domestic abuse problem too. He was, apparently, the indirect inventor of the Internet meme.
I had checked out the "Something Awful" forums occasionally and I did not think they were too bad. Apparently, I missed some awful stuff. According to the article, a lot of the Internets worst s**tholes---4 Chan, Kiwi Farms---spun off from Lowtax's forums when the most obnoxious trolls were kicked out.
A mixed legacy for sure.
:bouncegiggle:
Quote from: Rev. Powell on November 20, 2021, 07:21:23 PM
https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7dmqb/richard-lowtax-kyanka-founder-of-something-awful-is-dead-at-45 (https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7dmqb/richard-lowtax-kyanka-founder-of-something-awful-is-dead-at-45)
Suicide. Apparently the guy had a domestic abuse problem too. He was, apparently, the indirect inventor of the Internet meme.
I had checked out the "Something Awful" forums occasionally and I did not think they were too bad. Apparently, I missed some awful stuff. According to the article, a lot of the Internets worst s**tholes---4 Chan, Kiwi Farms---spun off from Lowtax's forums when the most obnoxious trolls were kicked out.
A mixed legacy for sure.
Wasn't this one of the people who wanted to get into the boxing ring with Uncle Uwe?
Quote from: Trevor on November 20, 2021, 07:52:12 PM
Quote from: Rev. Powell on November 20, 2021, 07:21:23 PM
https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7dmqb/richard-lowtax-kyanka-founder-of-something-awful-is-dead-at-45 (https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7dmqb/richard-lowtax-kyanka-founder-of-something-awful-is-dead-at-45)
Suicide. Apparently the guy had a domestic abuse problem too. He was, apparently, the indirect inventor of the Internet meme.
I had checked out the "Something Awful" forums occasionally and I did not think they were too bad. Apparently, I missed some awful stuff. According to the article, a lot of the Internets worst s**tholes---4 Chan, Kiwi Farms---spun off from Lowtax's forums when the most obnoxious trolls were kicked out.
A mixed legacy for sure.
Wasn't this one of the people who wanted to get into the boxing ring with Uncle Uwe?
Yes, he was. Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3M_wGfYewo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3M_wGfYewo)
Not familiar with any of this but R.I.P.
I have to give Lowtax credit, for better or for worse, for his huge affect on internet culture.
That said, supposed in real life he was a nasty piece of work.