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I’m surprised no one has mentioned the domestic abuse allegations. The Something Awful forums almost completely melted down because of that, and it’s certainly left me with a very negative final impression of the man who’s sense of humor I once idolized.

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See: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=0&th...

> An hour later I was contacted by my attorney who informed me that Rich had shot himself earlier in the morning. > So. There it is. His other ex and I got to tell our children that their father died without saying goodbye to them, or that he loved them, or to my knowledge, left a note for them.

This rubs me the wrong way. Also the countless posts dissing someone who committed suicide.

That's just goon culture, though. The same culture that Lowtax helped to invent.

Allegations need not be true...

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