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AnonymouseNo5
Nov 11, 2021

pr0k posted:

why do people keep saying lowtax' "victims"

Because of this part of his history:

LadyAmbien posted:

I'd also like to address this, with me, Rich did not get physical. I am 5'11 and I used to weight lift and was in shape, by this I mean I was physically his equal if not stronger than him. There was one instance where he rushed me and I put my arms out to stop him, another where he pinned me down on the bed, but from what I can recall right now the rest was emotional, financial, verbal and lots of intimidation like punching holes in the wall, throwing and breaking things, screaming in my face.

He did get physical multiple times with his first wife and once with his girlfriend after me.

I don't know why I feel the need to clear this up, but, I do.

He was charged with domestic violence. But pled guilty on another charge to drop that (DV) charge in the past. LA's other post (that confirmed his death) states he was found guilty of it and was to pay her lawyer and kids fees.

(Hopefully this recap isn't breaking any rules)

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AnonymouseNo5
Nov 11, 2021

Vakal posted:

All this Lowtax nostalgia made me think of Planet Quake and it turns out the site is still up.

http://planetquake.gamespy.com/View452e.html?view=POTD.Detail&id=374

Sadly posts in the forum and other stuff is broken. Web 1.0 not being archived was a disaster. :(

AnonymouseNo5
Nov 11, 2021

RoboChrist 9000 posted:

So people were joking about the irony of EBaum outliving Lowtax; what's Ebaum - and his world - up to? Is the site even still around and if so is he still affiliated with it beyond the name?
I know Moot moved on to Google, because apparently creating a knock-off of a Japanese imageboard and then overseeing the rise of modern fascism qualifies you for a job with Google. And Maddox I think does podcast poo poo now?

Wikipedia posted:

The site was created and owned by Eric "eBaum" Bauman and his father, Neil. In August 2007, eBaum's World was acquired by HandHeld Entertainment, also known as ZVUE Corporation, for $15 million up front, $2.5 million in HandHeld stock and up to $52.5 million in cash and stock over 3 years.

On January 31, 2009, Bauman and the company's staff were terminated by ZVUE and the company moved to the San Francisco ZVUE offices. As of 2016, the Israel-based company Literally Media held a controlling stake of eBaum's World.

eBaum's World is owned and operated by Literally Media, which also owns Cheezburger, Know Your Meme, and Cracked.com.

Still kicking, but not what it was in that early internet era. That is, if Wikipedia is right, so grain of salt on the information and all that.

AnonymouseNo5
Nov 11, 2021

OMGVBFLOL posted:

i'm ignoring this and choosing to believe lowtax's last words were "i have to poop brb"

That meat constipation: Finally solved with a lead aspirin.

I'm not sure what these chat logs are supposed to support, if anything.

AnonymouseNo5
Nov 11, 2021

Who What Now posted:

Wait so Lowtax got like $300k for the site and couldn't use it to flee the country?

Red tape to leave is a pain in the rear end. You can't even guarantee if you'll get a green card (or whatever you'd call them) for the country you want to flee to.

AnonymouseNo5
Nov 11, 2021

Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:

This reminds me of something i can share now. Lowtax told me he got a buyout offer from a media company for $13 million in 2006. He was still having fun with the site and turned it down. He expressed lament at this to me during our own negotiations.

I did my own digging and this was the exact year that conde nast bought reddit and within the reported price range as well. I'm glad I don't live in that timeline.

Why would Condé want anything to do with SA? Doesn't seem "on-brand" for them. Reddit, I could see for the Digg-like alternative general and drill-down subreddit focus. But SA? :bighow:

Also wasn't that the year that Whiskey Media was broken u--No, that was 2012. I could've seen Whiskey maybe wanting SA, but that was created in 2007.

AnonymouseNo5
Nov 11, 2021

corgski posted:



oh wait... poo poo

Paint around the "Rich Kyanka" and "Hello Lowtax" with blue. Problem solved.

AnonymouseNo5
Nov 11, 2021

Baggot posted:

terminally online man finally succumbs in 2021



If only some of us were lucky to leave hell world sooner than later.</joking>

What in tarnation went on in the past twenty pages. Another alt account and some porno that was really disappointing.

AnonymouseNo5
Nov 11, 2021

GreenBuckanneer posted:

So like, I'm assuming the guy killed himself

That's been confirmed, yes.

AnonymouseNo5
Nov 11, 2021

Das Boo posted:

"Hello, Ma'am. I am from the internet."

"And I'm here to help."

AnonymouseNo5
Nov 11, 2021

Plant MONSTER. posted:

gonna post the vid of me puking about the cum

Puke is just stomach cum. :thunk:

AnonymouseNo5
Nov 11, 2021

Grand Fromage posted:

i tried a mangosteen once. it didn't taste like much of anything tbh. welp that's my story,

Probably because they irradiated it hardcore due to possible worms in it. Nuking stuff in the microwave loses some flavor, why not radiation for health concerns on import?

AnonymouseNo5
Nov 11, 2021

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangosteen

Wikipedia posted:

Not to be confused with mango.

I was confused as well.

AnonymouseNo5
Nov 11, 2021

Philthy posted:

i hate all those chud fuckers on twitter

Good thing they mostly went to Gab. Sort of. :/ :(


HonorableTB posted:

Mods plz give screamtag

AnonymouseNo5
Nov 11, 2021

bagmonkey posted:

Ugh cum picture person is back aren't they? Can we get more cum pictures or something

We're going to get Lowtax nudes out of that, do you really want that?

AnonymouseNo5
Nov 11, 2021

The other banner was better, tbh.

AnonymouseNo5
Nov 11, 2021

tetsuo posted:

please keep this thread open until my own overwrought and meaningless essay on 2000's humor and growing up or whatever is done, i think everyone needs to read it

So your essay is your NaNoWriMo book, then?

AnonymouseNo5
Nov 11, 2021

fartman posted:

Lowtax is dead. Gone. Shot in the head.

But other than that, Mrs. Lowtax, how was the play?

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AnonymouseNo5
Nov 11, 2021

FoolyCharged posted:

Dawn of the third day:
$1930 remaining in twitter sale fund

So at this rate, Futa has 193 days left to try to own us?



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