decadentrebel@lemmy.worldM to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 29 days agoRichard "Lowtax" Kyanka - American internet personality who created Something Awful, had a history of domestic abuse, and later killed himselfen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down16
arrow-up181arrow-down1external-linkRichard "Lowtax" Kyanka - American internet personality who created Something Awful, had a history of domestic abuse, and later killed himselfen.wikipedia.orgdecadentrebel@lemmy.worldM to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 29 days agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareThroskie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·29 days agoI remember him from his days writing for PlanetQuake. You could tell even then he was fenced in and trying to eat hay from the other side. I never followed him to Something Awful, i grew up, i guess? But it irrevocably influenced the Internet as a whole. Sucks that he turned out to be a shitbag
minus-squareStamau123@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·29 days agoWhat does that mean, eat hay from the other side?
minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·29 days agoHe wanted to write about more than just one video game
minus-squareThroskie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days agoHe was “penned in” on PQ and couldn’t really let the creative juices flourish, but kept pushing the boundries regardless Sorry this took so long to respond back!
I remember him from his days writing for PlanetQuake. You could tell even then he was fenced in and trying to eat hay from the other side.
I never followed him to Something Awful, i grew up, i guess? But it irrevocably influenced the Internet as a whole.
Sucks that he turned out to be a shitbag
What does that mean, eat hay from the other side?
He wanted to write about more than just one video game
He was “penned in” on PQ and couldn’t really let the creative juices flourish, but kept pushing the boundries regardless
Sorry this took so long to respond back!