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A terrible tragedy: Dan Haubert of Ticketstumbler (fallentimes) has passed away

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Re: A terrible tragedy: Dan Haubert of Ticketstumbler (fallentimes) has passed away

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Post by ojbyrne »

ojbyrne wrote: post #150
tdavis wrote: post #12

Tom here. I am exhausted so pardon the informality and lack of feeling. Questions, etc. please contact me. Paul has a note that he's going to be posting on the YC blog at some point; try to keep discussion to one post, for my sanity. I will be keeping an eye on stuff and answering questions where possible. tom@ts also gtalk

Wow, sorry to hear. Can't really think of what to say.

Ok, now I can think of something to say. Compared to Dan and Tom, I'm kinda old. And yet, I went out to a hockey game and a baseball game, and beers with the two of them, and Dan made me feel comfortable, and I felt that he was my friend. I've just moved to Boston, and was looking forward to going out with them again, and drinking too much, and laughing, something I don't do enough of these days. It really sucks. I, personally, will miss him. And hope that Tom can keep going with ticketstumbler on his own, and have lots of good things in his future. And at least I'll be able to have beers with him. Everyone should use ticketstumbler for their next purchase, just as a vote of confidence for Tom, or a memorial for Dan, or both. I'm going to do that tonight.

Re: A terrible tragedy: Dan Haubert of Ticketstumbler (fallentimes) has passed away

#152

Post by tdavis »

ojbyrne wrote: post #151
ojbyrne wrote: post #150

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow, sorry to hear. Can't really think of what to say.

Ok, now I can think of something to say. Compared to Dan and Tom, I'm kinda old. And yet, I went out to a hockey game and a baseball game, and beers with the two of them, and Dan made me feel comfortable, and I felt that he was my friend. I've just moved to Boston, and was looking forward to going out with them again, and drinking too much, and laughing, something I don't do enough of these days. It really sucks. I,…

Dan was always great at making everybody feel like his friend -- the crazy part is that he was pretty much always sincere about it!

He was definitely the reason we met you in the first place (hell, he's the reason I know a lot of people) and I'm sorry you're now stuck with the short end of the stick, as far as TS founders go :(

Re: A terrible tragedy: Dan Haubert of Ticketstumbler (fallentimes) has passed away

#154

Post by kragen »

ryanspahn wrote: post #101
brandnewlow wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You keep it hidden because for every 1 person who takes your advice and helps you out there are 5 who will write you off as a serious person for the rest of your life. Edit: I'm not saying this is right/wrong, but there are real consequences to outing oneself as a depressive.

What? "You keep it hidden because for every 1 person who takes your advice and helps you out there are 5 who will write you off as a serious person for the rest of your life. Edit: I'm not saying this is right/wrong, but there are real consequences to outing oneself as a depressive." What are the consequences? After dealing with OCD and social anxiety issues from 18 to 28, I finally started to open up and talk about…

There's what appears to be an excellent discussion here in the comments, from people grappling with the consequences of depression and other difficult mental states — people talking about their struggles and the issues that have come up for them. This is exactly the kind of discussion that can help people who are dealing with these issues themselves, and prevent tragedies like Dan's suicide.

But these posts have been [dead]ed by some administrator.

Whoever deleted those posts bears the responsibility for the next YC founder suicide, a tragedy which may happen this year, or next year, or five years from now. This person should be stripped of their administrator bit and publicly chastised for their misbehavior.

Re: A terrible tragedy: Dan Haubert of Ticketstumbler (fallentimes) has passed away

#155

Post by [deleted] »

kragen wrote: post #154
ryanspahn wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What? "You keep it hidden because for every 1 person who takes your advice and helps you out there are 5 who will write you off as a serious person for the rest of your life. Edit: I'm not saying this is right/wrong, but there are real consequences to outing oneself as a depressive." What are the consequences? After dealing with OCD and social anxiety issues from 18 to 28, I finally started to open up and talk about…

There's what appears to be an excellent discussion here in the comments, from people grappling with the consequences of depression and other difficult mental states — people talking about their struggles and the issues that have come up for them. This is exactly the kind of discussion that can help people who are dealing with these issues themselves, and prevent tragedies like Dan's suicide. But these posts have been…

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Re: A terrible tragedy: Dan Haubert of Ticketstumbler (fallentimes) has passed away

#156

Post by _joanna »

My boyfriend is a YC founder. After the class of S08 met for the first time, I anxiously awaited his phone call to see how it went. When he called, what was the first thing I heard about...pg...no...Dan Haubert. I heard how he had crazy courage. Then I met him and discovered his gentle heart. Dan, you will be greatly missed.

Re: A terrible tragedy: Dan Haubert of Ticketstumbler (fallentimes) has passed away

#160

Post by speby »

tdavis wrote: post #152
ojbyrne wrote: post #151

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ok, now I can think of something to say. Compared to Dan and Tom, I'm kinda old. And yet, I went out to a hockey game and a baseball game, and beers with the two of them, and Dan made me feel comfortable, and I felt that he was my friend. I've just moved to Boston, and was looking forward to going out with them again, and drinking too much, and laughing, something I don't do enough of these days. It really sucks. I,…

Dan was always great at making everybody feel like his friend -- the crazy part is that he was pretty much always sincere about it! He was definitely the reason we met you in the first place (hell, he's the reason I know a lot of people) and I'm sorry you're now stuck with the short end of the stick, as far as TS founders go :(

Don't kick yourself while you're down, Tom... I know Dan was certainly more on the business side of it and this could mean that things may not continue as planned but there may be good things you can do with what you do have left. Even if that means starting or doing something else (I hope not because of all that's been invested thus far) but by no means are you the shorter end of some stick, dude.

You are a talented mother fucker, is what you are.

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