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"

[AnOminous]

You people laughing about what a loser Rich Kyanka is are going to be eating such delicious crow when he finally gets around to writing up that hilarious article about Notch that he was preparing when he drunkenly tweetraged about how the guy owed him minecraft money.

That was such a great mask slip. He really is bitterly resentful at all the people who moved on from SA to great success and thinks they somehow owe him, when if anything, the only reason SA was ever anything good was that these kinds of people were there at one point.

He could have had so many slices of so many pies, but instead he let utter assholes ruin his forum and drive off the only reason anyone but losers were ever there. Imagine if he'd put the kibosh on all the lolsorandom bans. Sure, a lot of people paid $10 to re-up, but you know what kind of person pays another $10 to be abused by a bunch of narcissistic shitheads? A complete cuck, that's what kind. People who weren't complete cucks just left.

 

[Jaded Optimist]

Isn't this what kratom is supposedly for? Incoming "dark web" purchases followed by just abusing that new thing instead.

Didn't he get pissed off because he found out Shmorky's girlfriend was ordering kratom to the SA office?

 

[DuckSucker]

Statistically, whether someone uses God, 12-step programs, therapy or just quits on their own, they have about a 25% chance of achieving any lasting sobriety.

You have to not only stop, but completely remove yourself from any part of society that still uses that substance. You have to like change your friends and social groups.

Isn't this what kratom is supposedly for? Incoming "dark web" purchases followed by just abusing that new thing instead.

Yeah kratom is supposedly good for withdrawals, opiod and benzo/alcohol withdrawals, but it can itself become addictive to some people (he probably would abuse it, just replace one substance with another without dealing with any problems) and it can have its own withdrawals or just straight up not work with other people.

 

[Sir Wesley Tailpipe]

Statistically, whether someone uses God, 12-step programs, therapy or just quits on their own, they have about a 25% chance of achieving any lasting sobriety.

Coming from you, I’m gonna need screenshots.

 

[Leonard Helplessness]

He's pretty much admitted to doing drugs and hitting the sauce hella hard for years. See: this post from 2014 asking goons to come over and do drugs and get drunk with him to celebrate the SA office closing.

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I went to that event. There were no drugs, though a lot of beer and pulled pork from a local joint.

We played video games, watched shitty movies, and Lowtax tried desperately to be interesting. There was something very clearly wrong with him, even back then. Also one of the restrooms had a trash can overflowing with toilet paper, which Lowtax said was the result of Shmorky stuffing wads of the stuff into his shirt to resemble breasts.

All in all, the event was meh.

 

[NavyGuzzler]

You have to not only stop, but completely remove yourself from any part of society that still uses that substance. You have to like change your friends and social groups.

Exactly. Even if Rich did go into short term treatment to separate himself from drugs, he'd likely get right back on them of he returned to a life of indolence, isolation and resentment. Getting clean is like losing weight. You have to want it, you have to work for it, and you have to be willing to make sacrifices. If you're dedicated enough, once you come out the other side of it you'll find that the work was worth it, and that the things you sacrificed (whether it's shitty food, shitty friends or a shitty lifestyle) weren't really worth having in the first place.

Unfortunately, most people won't make any kind of real lifestyle change without consequences. And as long as Lowtax has enough money coming in that he can afford drugs and not have to work, well, he may not feel the heat.

That's not to say some people don't get sober without losing everything first. But Rich seems exceptionally dumb, plus he has an army of sycophants to tell him that whatever he's doing is A-OK.

 

[AnOminous]

Statistically, whether someone uses God, 12-step programs, therapy or just quits on their own, they have about a 25% chance of achieving any lasting sobriety.

That's because they don't actually want to quit. Sure, they don't want to suffer the negative consequences of their addiction, but they still want to do drugs. They just keep thinking they can find a way to get the endless high without all the inevitable negative events connected with it.

 

[Humble Shitpost Merchant]

Why? You wouldn't believe them, either.

I believed it. Stupid of me or not, Lowtax reacting to that getting out there is telling.

I still think you should just dump what you have.

 

[Rekkington]

That's because they don't actually want to quit. Sure, they don't want to suffer the negative consequences of their addiction, but they still want to do drugs. They just keep thinking they can find a way to get the endless high without all the inevitable negative events connected with it.

That's why those programs tend to help, it's a completely new environment which I think is necessary for change. Most people go the other direction, they find a new environment to indulge in hedonism and destructive behavior but it can work the other way too.
The reason they fail is the reason they can maintain relationships for so long: they're masters of manipulation and forcing others to compromise and they end up doing that to themselves. Alcoholics especially are good at this. While I don't think people NEED to hit rock bottom to fix themselves, having a visual or physical reminder is a constant reminder. That's why alcoholism turning you into a fat mess with fucked up skin is pretty good.

 

[Useless Idiot]

I don't think Lowtax is a conservative, he might have been a libertarian years ago but I think nowadays he's too lazy and drugged up to give a damn about politics, and just adjusts his views and talking points based on inertia from what his goon clients think.

We need Moviebob and Lowtax to have a political debate. The guy with no actual opinions beyond getting back at people who bullied him in high school VS. the guy with no actual opinions beyond keeping himself in pills and box wine via Patreon bux.

It'll be the Lincoln-Douglas debates of autism

 

[Baggywrinkle]

I don't think Lowtax is a conservative, he might have been a libertarian years ago but I think nowadays he's too lazy and drugged up to give a damn about politics, and just adjusts his views and talking points based on inertia from what his goon clients think.

He was a libertarian back when he made enough money to pay significant taxes, which of course he did not. Then he got poor and hypocritically bashed all those rich fuckers for not paying their fair share to fix his broken neck. He believed women like his idol zoe Quinn until he needed ammo against his wife, and now it’s just not fair that men get the shaft in domestic disputes.
Whatever helps his immediate need and gets people to feel sorry for him is what he believes.

 

[Never Scored]

It's almost like everyone from Web 1.0 with absolutely anything to offer moved on to better things, while Richard has stagnated, simmering in a soup of laziness, technical and financial ineptitude, and lots of substance abuse.

There's a few that come to mind that just kind of stagnated. Maddox is a big one.

The thing about Web 1.0 shit is there were tens of thousands of little communities, each one with it's own group of cool forum kids superstars. Places like SA were just the much bigger ones, but the little ones were exactly the same. It wasn't like today where if a new TV show comes out and you want to talk about it, you start a new subreddit or facebook group. Basically every piece of pop culture had its own forum with its own forum superstars who became mods and went on power trips, and they were all these isolated little fiefdoms. Today, all those communities are under these bigger consolidated platforms with their own overarching set of rules owned by billionaires. The point is, most web 1.0 superstars are most likely losers or dead today, you just don't know who they are because they were plugging away at a hobby in relative obscurity.

 

[RisingPhoenix]

There's a few that come to mind that just kind of stagnated. Maddox is a big one.

The thing about Web 1.0 shit is there were tens of thousands of little communities, each one with it's own group of cool forum kids superstars. Places like SA were just the much bigger ones, but the little ones were exactly the same. It wasn't like today where if a new TV show comes out and you want to talk about it, you start a new subreddit or facebook group. Basically every piece of pop culture had its own forum with its own forum superstars who became mods and went on power trips, and they were all these isolated little fiefdoms. Today, all those communities are under these bigger consolidated platforms with their own overarching set of rules owned by billionaires. The point is, most web 1.0 superstars are most likely losers or dead today, you just don't know who they are because they were plugging away at a hobby in relative obscurity.

In terms of fan sites ect - generally the following happened

1) You get too old/ jaded to continue being webmaster and host and eventually just close forums down to live your life

2) You still exist but now live in an age where companies have started noticing their fandoms and your site is propped by the company owning the IP you love dropping details to you early which makes it a little difficult for you to be critical lest the supply stops. You secretly envy/hate unofficial reddits and twitter accounts that can speak freely without consequence.

3) You get into journalism and get a stick wedged up your butt as a result. (2 and 3 can happen together)

4) the communities themselves eat themselves alive, usually because you end up with some smartarse who joins that eventually peeves everyone off enough to cause them to eventually move on or with creepers that the mods refuse to do anything about.

 

[Never Scored]

In terms of fan sites ect - generally the following happened

1) You get too old/ jaded to continue being webmaster and host and eventually just close forums down to live your life

2) You still exist but now live in an age where companies have started noticing their fandoms and your site is propped by the company owning the IP you love dropping details to you early which makes it a little difficult for you to be critical lest the supply stops. You secretly envy/hate unofficial reddits and twitter accounts that can speak freely without consequence.

3) You get into journalism and get a stick wedged up your butt as a result. (2 and 3 can happen together)

4) the communities themselves eat themselves alive, usually because you end up with some smartarse who joins that eventually peeves everyone off enough to cause them to eventually move on or with creepers that the mods refuse to do anything about.

I agree, but I'd add the following which is the current process happening over at SA:

5) Communities fall into an extended decline. The number of posters drop exponentially. A handful of people continue to post long after the administrator and mods abandon the site. The rules are no longer enforced. No one knows who pays for hosting or why. It's probably sitting on someone's VPS using so little bandwidth they don't notice.

 

[Pepper Jack]

Not to sound like a fag but i know lots of people who replaced opoids with god. Yes they went through terrible withdrawals still but when they found god something clicked for them.

The people at the suboxone clinics always relapse.

Lowtax could also replace pills with weed as weed is more effective for chronic pain

Not to sound like a fag but i know lots of people who replaced opoids with god. Yes they went through terrible withdrawals still but when they found god something clicked for them.

The people at the suboxone clinics always relapse. Without spiritual and self esteem healing, you will never beat the addiction imo



Tho i agree i just can imagine Lowtax ever getting help

Agreed

That's because they don't actually want to quit. Sure, they don't want to suffer the negative consequences of their addiction, but they still want to do drugs. They just keep thinking they can find a way to get the endless high without all the inevitable negative events connected with it.

This 100%

I would not be surprised if Lowtax is dead before 2023.

Spoiler: Slight PL

I am coming up on a year clean from opioids. It has been the best and worse year of my life. A year in and I am still dealing with the effects of my 3 year addiction. The withdrawal symptoms last for months and you feel godawful everyday. Luckily, I have access to medical cannabis and it works better than an opiod ever did.

When I say that Rich doesn't have the will to get sober, this is where I am coming from. He doesn't have the will and fortitude to quit and deal with the hell of staying clean. The difference is I wanted to quit and I did it with no rehab.

Even if Rich goes to rehab, they only help with the addiction not all the shit that you did in your life to get addicted first. You have to get help, involve friends and family, and if you are inclined a church. He will do no such things.

 

[tantric_depressive]

If he really does have a bad drug habit, Lowtax is doomed. People who can never take personal responsibility for their failings never get clean.

 

[Pissmaster]

If he really does have a bad drug habit, Lowtax is doomed. People who can never take personal responsibility for their failings never get clean.

Lowtax can't even turn off his terrible sense of humor in serious situations. I really wouldn't be surprised if he ended up dying in a mental ward.

 

[Ilmseil]

lol Lowtax can't even write a drugged up hate-filled text to his own daughter without getting in some weird non-sequitur r/atheist jab at the bible (THIS I S BLACK AND WHITE, JUST LIKE THE BIBLE TAKE YOUJR SHIT ANDAD SHSOVE IST DAFUGHER) (wtf does this even mean lol, I don't think that, regardless of your personal theological philosophy, a major religion with literally hundreds of different sects, all ascribing to a different interpretation of the bible, counts as "black and white")), so I don't think Lowtax is gonna find God. Although the Mormon angle here is fairly intriguing...

 

[Dan Abrams]

When your wife and kids are in a shelter in some other state but U gotta still game

 

[repentance]

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