# Memorial thread for Doper Askia (1970-2007) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 27, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-thread-for-doper-askia-1970-2007/469842 "2008-10-27T20:53:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-thread-for-doper-askia-1970-2007/469842/81 "2008-10-29T17:36:27Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Once, WhyNot posted a pic of what she thinks he would look like, and I thought it was bang-on. I am really curious if he looks anything like that picture she posted. I did? Wow, I’d forgotten all about that. I think it was a whole thread on “what do you imagine other Dopers look like?” or something. It’d be cool to see it, if anyone can find it (and assuming the link still goes to the same picture.) I’d like to see a picture of the real man, too! ---
**Author:** ![Laudenum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Laudenum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laudenum)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-thread-for-doper-askia-1970-2007/469842/82 "2008-10-29T17:42:59Z")
Back when I lurked, I enjoyed many of his posts. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-thread-for-doper-askia-1970-2007/469842/83 "2008-10-29T18:06:01Z")
**Askia** was one of our best. His posts were always worth reading and usually made you laugh too. ---
**Author:** ![SoulFrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@SoulFrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulFrost)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-thread-for-doper-askia-1970-2007/469842/84 "2008-10-29T18:19:45Z")
Well that’s some rotten news. **Askia** was one of the best and brightest, filled with genuine concern for others (and that trademark rapier wit). He is missed. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-thread-for-doper-askia-1970-2007/469842/85 "2008-10-29T18:24:38Z")
I always looked forward to his posts. He will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-thread-for-doper-askia-1970-2007/469842/86 "2008-10-29T21:12:15Z")
Wow, dead at 36 is a crime against nature. R.I.P. Askia; peace to your family and friends. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-thread-for-doper-askia-1970-2007/469842/87 "2008-10-29T22:51:34Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > I did? Wow, I’d forgotten all about that. I think it was a whole thread on “what do you imagine other Dopers look like?” or something. It’d be cool to see it, if anyone can find it (and assuming the link still goes to the same picture.) [It was this one.](http://www.thenewblackmagazine.com/Photofiles/black%20power.jpg) From [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9142289&postcount=55), in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=442710&highlight=askia). I loved it, because it captured his spirit in a way that I thought was great. Not because I think he actually looks like that. This is more searching and linking than I have done since joining this board. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-thread-for-doper-askia-1970-2007/469842/88 "2008-10-30T02:07:21Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > [It was this one.](http://www.thenewblackmagazine.com/Photofiles/black%20power.jpg) > > From [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9142289&postcount=55), in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=442710&highlight=askia). > > I loved it, because it captured his spirit in a way that I thought was great. Not because I think he actually looks like that. > > This is more searching and linking than I have done since joining this board. Oh, wow. Thanks for finding that! Yeah, that was what I felt about it, too. Not what he looked like, maybe, but what he felt like. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-thread-for-doper-askia-1970-2007/469842/89 "2008-10-30T11:09:40Z")
_SHIT!_ Jeez…where the hell does time go? I mean, I’m bad enough with names and dates, but I would have thought I’d have noticed _him_ being gone for an entire friggin year. Better knowing late than never knowing at all, I guess, but…jeeez. ☹ He was—augh, “_was_.” :(—a hell of a character. I’ve still got a number of his [comic insights](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=4038383&postcount=24) archived away, for future reference and artistic inspiration. Maybe I’ll name some malefic, cosmos-striding black supervillain after him, if I ever get the chance. I think he might have liked that. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-thread-for-doper-askia-1970-2007/469842/90 "2008-10-30T13:35:06Z")
For years I’ve been feeling sort of guilty because I had promised to send a Boston postcard to some kids he’d been working with on a school project. I never got to it, and I guess now I never will. My condolences to his family. He was one of our bright lights, and the world is drabber for his absence. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-thread-for-doper-askia-1970-2007/469842/91 "2008-10-30T13:49:49Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > He was—augh, “_was_.” :(—a hell of a character. I’ve still got a number of his [comic insights](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=4038383&postcount=24) archived away, for future reference and artistic inspiration. Aw, that’s a fun post. He made a lot of those - he was great at mocking and pointing out stereotypes and examining those issues humorously. That’s such a valuable skill. Years ago I came up with a black hero who contradicts almost all of those cliches. ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-thread-for-doper-askia-1970-2007/469842/92 "2008-11-02T01:18:32Z")
Stumbling on this thread from the thread in ATMB really shocked me. I’d kind of noticed he’d not posted, since he was one of the posters I’d always make a point to read, but I figured he just decided this place wasn’t worth his time anymore (for whatever reason). What a depressing revelation. My condolences to his family. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-thread-for-doper-askia-1970-2007/469842/93 "2008-11-02T01:33:34Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > _SHIT!_ > > Jeez…where the hell does time go? I mean, I’m bad enough with names and dates, but I would have thought I’d have noticed _him_ being gone for an entire friggin year. That’s what I was thinking. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-thread-for-doper-askia-1970-2007/469842/94 "2008-11-07T04:54:24Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Aw, that’s a fun post. He made a lot of those - he was great at mocking and pointing out stereotypes and examining those issues humorously. That’s such a valuable skill. Years ago I came up with a black hero who contradicts almost all of those cliches. **Askia** always made you punish your brain trying to think of counter-examples, too: a lot of people can take the piss, but he was so good at the kind of piss-taking that made you _think_. I posted a similar comment in another thread, but what the hell: **Askia** , this time the black guy did make it through to the end. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-thread-for-doper-askia-1970-2007/469842/95 "2008-11-07T04:59:33Z")
I wish he’d seen the election. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-thread-for-doper-askia-1970-2007/469842/96 "2008-11-07T05:06:09Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I thought this was one of his best and most interesting threads: [Way to kill my blowing off steam, cute lil’ white boy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=349096) Christ, this is sad. That OP is way up there in the pantheon (with I burning your dog, groundhogs, blimps, etc.). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-thread-for-doper-askia-1970-2007/469842.md?page=4)