{"id":48385,"date":"2021-11-11T07:45:07","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T12:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pappp.net\/?guid=da19390d129fc9edc5f7011cb44014d8"},"modified":"2021-11-11T07:45:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T12:45:07","slug":"something-awful-founder-richard-lowtax-kyanka-dead-at-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=48385","title":{"rendered":"Something Awful founder Richard &#8220;Lowtax&#8221; Kyanka dead at 45"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/boingboing.net\/2021\/11\/11\/richard-lowtax-kyanka-dead-at-45.html?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=richard-lowtax-kyanka-dead-at-45\">Boing Boing<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color : #fff7d5;\n\t\t\tborder-width : 1px; padding : 5px; border-style : dashed; border-color : #e7d796;margin-bottom : 1em; color : #9a8c59;\">Article note: SA was never a community that I had any interest in, but it sure did have a lot of influence, and created some memorable content. \nI do miss the era of people spinning and managing internet communities, it's all soulless corporate overlords and actual Nazis now.<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/boingboing.net\/2021\/11\/11\/richard-lowtax-kyanka-dead-at-45.html\" title='Something Awful founder Richard \"Lowtax\" Kyanka dead at 45' rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/boingboing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-11-at-7.44.43-AM.jpg?fit=1672%2C1004&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" link_thumbnail=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/boingboing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-11-at-7.44.43-AM.jpg?w=1672&amp;ssl=1 1672w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/boingboing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-11-at-7.44.43-AM.jpg?resize=600%2C360&amp;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/boingboing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-11-at-7.44.43-AM.jpg?resize=930%2C558&amp;ssl=1 930w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/boingboing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-11-at-7.44.43-AM.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/boingboing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-11-at-7.44.43-AM.jpg?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/boingboing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-11-at-7.44.43-AM.jpg?resize=1536%2C922&amp;ssl=1 1536w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/boingboing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-11-at-7.44.43-AM.jpg?w=1672&amp;ssl=1 1672w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/boingboing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-11-at-7.44.43-AM.jpg?resize=600%2C360&amp;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/boingboing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-11-at-7.44.43-AM.jpg?resize=930%2C558&amp;ssl=1 930w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/boingboing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-11-at-7.44.43-AM.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/boingboing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-11-at-7.44.43-AM.jpg?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/boingboing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-11-at-7.44.43-AM.jpg?resize=1536%2C922&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1672px) 100vw, 1672px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"\/><\/a><p>Richard Kyanka, better-known as Lowtax, died yesterday at 45. Kyanka was the founder and longtime operator of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.somethingawful.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Something Awful<\/a>, the sprawling web forum from which much web culture emerged. The news <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.somethingawful.com\/showthread.php?threadid=3984488&amp;userid=0&amp;perpage=40&amp;pagenumber=1#post519148386\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">was announced there<\/a> in a thread that quickly grew to hundreds of pages of bullshit before being summarily locked by admins&mdash;the perfect tribute. &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/boingboing.net\/2021\/11\/11\/richard-lowtax-kyanka-dead-at-45.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read the rest <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Kyanka, better-known as Lowtax, died yesterday at 45. 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