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Re: _why is no more

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Post by frankjones »

Found this _why's tweet from Google's cache. I'm not quite sure what this is about - and everybody might have already seen this, but here goes:

"burying myself feet first in the woods with the hope that this will lead to a career as a much beloved and sought after mouth-under-a-rock."

Link to Google's cached _why Twitter page: http://bit.ly/2h5PKy

Re: _why is no more

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Post by chaelus »

I'm afraid my impression of _why from what I've read lately is that he wasn't exactly happy. Adding to that.. has anyone read the last few pages of chapter 6 of his guide recently? Apparently his sister was drinking and got alcohol poisoning or might have been on drugs. All in all it seems he was deeply troubled by this and by his deteriorating relationship to his sister. When did he write this and is this stuff about his sister true? I really, really hope it isn't and that he or his sister didn't do something tragic.

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Post by devynci »

chaelus wrote: post #392

I'm afraid my impression of _why from what I've read lately is that he wasn't exactly happy. Adding to that.. has anyone read the last few pages of chapter 6 of his guide recently? Apparently his sister was drinking and got alcohol poisoning or might have been on drugs. All in all it seems he was deeply troubled by this and by his deteriorating relationship to his sister. When did he write this and is this stuff abou…

I think that was all a joke. He likes to make up stories, you see.

Re: _why is no more

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Post by devynci »

Did anyone try calling (801) 415-2566? Supposedly it's Jonathan Gilette's number. If this really is _why, which I'm not sure, and I'm kinda doubtful.

Re: _why is no more

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Post by avit »

yooshooa wrote: post #260

in pursuit of this new knowledge i have discovered that every... easily accessible (so far)... copy of his poignant guide to ruby has disappeared as well what an eff you i'm pretty dissapointed. if anyone has a copy, i would love to talk... i'm certainly the intended audience. yooshooa@yahoo

It's still out there: http://mislav.uniqpath.com/poignant-guide/book/

Re: _why is no more

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Post by chaelus »

devynci wrote: post #394
chaelus wrote: post #392

I'm afraid my impression of _why from what I've read lately is that he wasn't exactly happy. Adding to that.. has anyone read the last few pages of chapter 6 of his guide recently? Apparently his sister was drinking and got alcohol poisoning or might have been on drugs. All in all it seems he was deeply troubled by this and by his deteriorating relationship to his sister. When did he write this and is this stuff abou…

I think that was all a joke. He likes to make up stories, you see.

Well thats the problem with people who tell lots of stories isn't it? You can never tell if a story is actually true or not.. At least it does seem to me to be a remarkably depressing section in an otherwise fun and quirky book.

Re: _why is no more

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Post by devynci »

malvim wrote: post #240
mr_justin wrote: post #218

Earlier quoted context omitted.

_why's account on github has always been "why", presumably because github does not allow an account name to start with an underscore. _why deleted his account and somebody snatched it up real quick

Also, the only current repo in this account (now called "because" and not "lol" anymore) has been CLONED by two other people! They made some commits, even. wtf?

The new /why account is a placeholder. The because repo is a thing that says some things about _why, stuff like theories on why he might have done it. Not a hack. (although I'm still not sure about the 'lol' thing...)
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