decadentrebel@lemmy.worldM to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoRichard "Lowtax" Kyanka - American internet personality who created Something Awful, had a history of domestic abuse, and later killed himselfen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down15
arrow-up175arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareThroskie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months 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-up9·2 months agoWhat does that mean, eat hay from the other side?
minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoHe wanted to write about more than just one video game
minus-squareThroskie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months 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!