Inactive Richard "Lowtax" Kyanka - Deadbeat (emphasis on "Dead") founder of Something Awful, forced out of his own community, on his second divorce, stuck his dick in crazy, "Birth Giver"

[Neil]

I hope his kids are at least provided for.

 

[Francis York Morgan]

At least Null has something to talk about other than Ralph on Friday.

 

[A Series Of Tubes]

Fragmaster has posted a thread and video claiming that Lowtax has died...

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3984488&pagenumber=1&perpage=40

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Considering that Fragmaster has pretty much retired from Internet life and hasn't posted on SA for years, I'm inclined to think it's not a joke.

Died of AIDS from fucking the wrong troon, calling it now
Ah hell, so he an heroed. Go figure.

 

[AntiSchwuletteAktion]

Remember those chat logs where he said he would probably be killing himself soon and not to try to convince him otherwise?

It's going to happen soon.

I hate being right.

 

[Orange Rhymer]

Like I give a shit, I'll be dead by then. Only this particular exceptional individual was dumb enough to die before I will. I should care why exactly? Fuck you, Dick. I hope you're burning in Hell.

Care to elaborate?

 

[LANCER]

oh wow lol, F
hope his kids wind out ok

 

[TurdFondler]

How do you guys think he did it? I'm thinking he got drunk and high and shot himself.

 

[The Real Taylor Swift]

I'm hearing that he did in fact commit unalive. RIP, I actually liked the guy.

 

[Odie Esty]

if I were to kill myself I would spend like 4 years maxing out credit cards getting into street fights and vacationing. then I'd kill myself doing something I literally can't do without dying, like skydiving without a parachute or driving off a cliff.

 

[RainwaterDrop]

Lowtax is dead. One day Moot will be dead. One day Null will be dead. One day Chris will be dead. What then, lads? What then?

In a meta way the old internet is dying together with the men behind it. This site is one of the few examples of those times, the web is getting less and less free as time passes by!

And not to deviate, rest in peace lowtax!

 

[Terrorist]

Killing yourself when you have kids is a real dick move, richard.

This far outweighs any positive memory of SA people might have. Rich doesn't deserve any respect when you look at what actually mattered (his real life and relationships with people). He brought down himself and everyone around him in a self-imposed spiral of shit.

And if you do have positive memories of SA, don't thank Rich. He didn't create any of what you remember fondly or the things that went on to influence the broader internet - it was the userbase, the funniest of whom left his hovel for better platforms. He was an incompetent absentee landlord who happened to be in the right place at the right time...wow, what a legacy.

If you want to mourn anyone, mourn somebody who deserves it like Barnacle Jim.

 

[Rebel Wilson]

How do you guys think he did it? I'm thinking he got drunk and high and shot himself.

His last stream the night before he did it he was chasing pills with rockstar energy drink so definitely od.

 

[Disrespected Pronouns]

Imagine deciding that the best course forward for your life going forward was to end it and the responses from everyone who even tangentially of knew you ranged from "lol" to "lol, sucks for his estranged kids I guess, but mainly lol"

 

[Badungus Kabungus]

Rest in peace, you fat bastard.

Always knew this day would come, but I figured it would be something like an OD or a drunk driving accident. Didn't think he'd have the balls to do it intentionally. To think, Lowtax was pivotal to some major historical events of the 21st century.

 

[Feline Companion]

So... No doom house 2...?

 

[Internet War Criminal]

This far outweighs any positive memory of SA people might have. Rich doesn't deserve any respect when you look at what actually mattered (his real life and relationships with people). He brought down himself and everyone around him in a self-imposed spiral of shit.

And if you do have positive memories of SA, don't thank Rich. He didn't create any of what you remember fondly or the things that went on to influence the broader internet - it was the userbase, the funniest of whom left his hovel for better platforms. He was an incompetent absentee landlord who happened to be in the right place at the right time...wow, what a legacy.

Yeah I agree, at the end of the day the guy created a website where other people made really funny thing and more or less had it on autopilot forever.

Compared to killing yourself when you have, what, three kids? Fuck off with praising him. He's a piece of shit.

 

[Never Scored]

This one is weird for me. On one hand he had undoubtedly become a cow. On the other hand he legit shaped much of my early internet experience. It's like hearing if Maddox or Tom Fulp or the Acts of Gord guy had died.

 

[Mr. Boogedy]

I discovered Something Awful as a young teen, SA and the things that spun-off from SA had a profound influence on my sense of humor, my taste in entertainment, the development and changes of my personal views, etc. over the years. I met people who I'm still friends with on SA. While I never particularly cared about Lowtax himself, his death reminds me of how much a part of my life Something Awful had been, and how little in my current life remains of SA. I'm honestly not sad that he died, but I am sad thinking about what he created, and sad about how he turned out to be a shitty person.

I wonder what some of the posters I used to be friends with are doing right now...

 

[MetokurGroomedMe]

so do i get my 10bux back?

 

[Drain Todger]

Just saw the news. Was kinda shocked, tbh. Early 2000s SA was practically the beginning of online cringe culture, and the internet was always eager to supply them with new material due to the low bar for entry in online self-publishing. Too bad SA turned into dog shit by pandering to the politically correct. Kinda defeats the purpose.

I kinda can’t believe he’s gone. Like him or hate him, call him a lazy fuck or a genius, but he always seemed to be at the center of huge shifts in the online zeitgeist. Lowtax was one influential motherfucker.