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Cool NIN Shirt
Nov 26, 2007

by vyelkin
ITT we discuss the politics of Richard “Lowtax” Kyanka.

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Cool NIN Shirt
Nov 26, 2007

by vyelkin
Was he a Trump guy? Seem like it, looking at his photos :thunk:

Al!
Apr 2, 2010

:coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot:
lowtax was definitely a strange guy, but luckily we have samples of his brain tissue preserved. some is preserved in the carpet, some in the drywall and even some preserved in the popcorn ceiling

Woodsy Owl
Oct 27, 2004

Al! posted:

lowtax was definitely a strange guy, but luckily we have samples of his brain tissue preserved. some is preserved in the carpet, some in the drywall and even some preserved in the popcorn ceiling

Jesus Christ


Voted 5

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

Al! posted:

lowtax was definitely a strange guy, but luckily we have samples of his brain tissue preserved. some is preserved in the carpet, some in the drywall and even some preserved in the popcorn ceiling

Trixie Hardcore
Jul 1, 2006

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Don’t know anything about the guy tbh

Trixie Hardcore
Jul 1, 2006

Placeholder.

Al! posted:

lowtax was definitely a strange guy, but luckily we have samples of his brain tissue preserved. some is preserved in the carpet, some in the drywall and even some preserved in the popcorn ceiling

idk if I’m supposed to probe this post. like if lowtax was here he def wouldn’t approve of it but

HashtagGirlboss
Jan 4, 2005

Trixie Hardcore posted:

idk if I’m supposed to probe this post. like if lowtax was here he def wouldn’t approve of it but

You should let it go, imo. Lowtax took his user name from a suicide and then he also suicided

It’s what he deserves

Fat-Lip-Sum-41.mp3
Nov 15, 2003
remember how he gradually permabanned every single one of his friends

Cool NIN Shirt
Nov 26, 2007

by vyelkin

Trixie Hardcore posted:

Don’t know anything about the guy tbh

Same, he never mentioned his political opinions as far as I can recall.

I’m guessing he was a “socially liberal, fiscally conservative “ type of guy

Trixie Hardcore
Jul 1, 2006

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HashtagGirlboss posted:


It’s what he deserves

Dude don’t say that. I gotta go to dinner, everybody please be mega chill about Lotax while I’m gone, try to remember the good times. mangosteen? Was that anything? I only know 3 things about lowtax and that one of them

War and Pieces
Apr 24, 2022

DID NOT VOTE FOR FETTERMAN

Cool NIN Shirt posted:

Same, he never mentioned his political opinions as far as I can recall.

I’m guessing he was a “socially liberal, fiscally conservative “ type of guy

Low Tax

Cool NIN Shirt
Nov 26, 2007

by vyelkin

HashtagGirlboss posted:

You should let it go, imo. Lowtax took his user name from a suicide and then he also suicided

It’s what he deserves

What if he had a humiliation kink and mocking his suicide is getting him horny beyond the grave lol

HashtagGirlboss
Jan 4, 2005

Fat-Lip-Sum-41.mp3 posted:

remember how he gradually permabanned every single one of his friends

Yeah the self destruction arc that played out over the majority of my adult life was something else. Never really cared too much about the guy but I’ve been posting here for 20+ years if you count my original long lost account (which lmao at myself for that), so it’s hard not to have picked up the lore


Cool NIN Shirt posted:

Same, he never mentioned his political opinions as far as I can recall.

I’m guessing he was a “socially liberal, fiscally conservative “ type of guy

His politics were whatever he thought he could say in the moment to sway people to his side, but so poorly considered it often backfired, like the time he called himself a trans ally because he liked trans porn, or the time he created a racism issues subforum and named it negrotown

Bilirubin
Feb 16, 2014

The sanctioned action is to CHUG


I can see him having had some terrible views, just looking at what he posted on the internet over a couple of decades

Koishi Komeiji
Mar 30, 2003



Edgy gen x wife beating pill heads tend to copy whatever the politics of their favorite comedian is so I guess if he was forced to explain his politics he would just parrot some half remembered Bill Hicks routine.

Woke Mind Virus
Aug 22, 2005

This was the last guy that banned me

lobster shirt
Jun 14, 2021

there was a brief lowtax era where he was an epic gritty dsa guy on twitter

HashtagGirlboss
Jan 4, 2005

lobster shirt posted:

there was a brief lowtax era where he was an epic gritty dsa guy on twitter

Lol I missed that but it reads true to form

Dreylad
Jun 19, 2001

lobster shirt posted:

there was a brief lowtax era where he was an epic gritty dsa guy on twitter

and then he pivoted to mra guy but then couldn't pull that off either

F Stop Fitzgerald
Dec 12, 2010

lobster shirt posted:

there was a brief lowtax era where he was an epic gritty dsa guy on twitter

that was when he got banned for saying he was gonna beat nancy pelosi with a chessboard or something iirc

lobster shirt
Jun 14, 2021

F Stop Fitzgerald posted:

that was when he got banned for saying he was gonna beat nancy pelosi with a chessboard or something iirc

lmao missed that detail

Azathoth
Apr 3, 2001

Koishi Komeiji posted:

Edgy gen x wife beating pill heads tend to copy whatever the politics of their favorite comedian is so I guess if he was forced to explain his politics he would just parrot some half remembered Bill Hicks routine.

He went from being an edgy dipshit with no detectable politics to a bog standard bitching about cancel culture suburban conservative but he never could fully lean into it because he had just enough common sense to know that the vast majority of his money comes from the various left of center people on this forum and liberals love boycotts.

Cuttlefush
Jan 15, 2014

Gleichheit soll gedeihen
but also he was woke and banned all the fyad nazis and also he was a consummate ally

man of contrasts

Al!
Apr 2, 2010

:coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot:

Cuttlefush posted:

but also he was woke and banned all the fyad nazis and also he was a consummate ally

man of contrasts

everyone thinks lowtax was attacking them specifically during "the troubles" (corny rear end name needs workshopping) but the truth is he was doing the only thing he knew how to do: poo poo up his only source of income and therefore life

Dreylad
Jun 19, 2001
like a lot of big silicon valley tech people, he stumbled on one really good idea and then spent the rest of his career chasing trends that were already over by the time he got to them. only difference is he never cashed out in the first place when the value of this place peaked

WrasslorMonkey
Mar 5, 2012

Cool NIN Shirt posted:

Was he a Trump guy? Seem like it, looking at his photos :thunk:



F Stop Fitzgerald
Dec 12, 2010

the bitch is dead

Cuttlefush
Jan 15, 2014

Gleichheit soll gedeihen
i think it was more all the domestic abuse that killed the income stuff wasn't it? people didn't really look into fyad too much until long after and his patreon was still fat, ignoring any site income. i wasn't reading the forums much then but consensus on fyad being all the things it was accused of being seemed pretty strong. plenty of people who read it or just weren't gullible fools knew what the deal was but i don't think could really get a word in until much later.

that vice article is still loving funny in a bad way

quote:

According to Kyanka, FYAD had been on the chopping block for a while. “Everyone who was funny on FYAD moved to Twitter,” he told Motherboard over the phone. “The people who were left were…right wing Nazi people.” Kyanka said that for the past few years, most of the FYAD posts were the kind of Nazi shitposting seen on 4chan and Twitter that is supposedly ironic but is harmful nonetheless. “I’ve found, in my 20 years of running the site, that whenever you ban an ironic Nazi, suddenly they become actual Nazis,” he said.

Kyanka said that FYAD routinely harassed trans goons (the name SA posters call themselves) and even doxed users, posting their information on other sites.

“They doubled down. They tried to get around the rules. They started making code names for certain posters,” Kyanka said. “The mods and admins were scared to death…so I’m just like, ‘OK. The end. This is done. All the funny people have left FYAD.’”

he was so loving stupid

F Stop Fitzgerald
Dec 12, 2010

"The mods and admins were scared to death" lmfao

War and Pieces
Apr 24, 2022

DID NOT VOTE FOR FETTERMAN
wow goons who survived FYAD really are just like Jacobians who survived the Terror

Hatebag
Jun 17, 2008


Hatebag
Jun 17, 2008


It only all the gun guys could do that

Bilirubin
Feb 16, 2014

The sanctioned action is to CHUG


Cuttlefush posted:

but also he was woke and banned all the fyad nazis and also he was a consummate ally

man of contrasts

A consummate ally who *checks notes* banned people being harassed on the forums

Cuttlefush
Jan 15, 2014

Gleichheit soll gedeihen

Bilirubin posted:

A consummate ally who *checks notes* banned people being harassed on the forums

and much, much more

Colonel Cancer
Sep 26, 2015

Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon
Mindblowing revelations itt

MLK Ultra
Mar 9, 2021


really queer Christmas
Apr 22, 2014

F Stop Fitzgerald posted:

the bitch is dead

He just died? Wow I didn't know that. He led an amazing life. What else can you say? He was an amazing man whether you agree or not. I'm actually sad to hear that.

Pentecoastal Elites
Feb 27, 2007

mods give me the lowtax account pw so I can post oooOOOooOoo in threads

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redneck nazgul
Apr 25, 2013

Cool NIN Shirt posted:

ITT we discuss the politics of Richard “Lowtax” Kyanka.

pretty good with gun control in the end

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