# RIP Autolycus **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 5, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014 "2012-11-05T23:13:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/261 "2012-11-08T04:41:56Z")
This is a shocking thing to hear. Part of me wants to really believe that this is some sort of mistake or misunderstanding. I’ll really miss that guy. My condolences to his family and loved ones. RIP dude. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/262 "2012-11-08T04:59:15Z")
I am very sorry to hear this. Such sad news. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/263 "2012-11-08T05:38:55Z")
We lost a beloved poster suddenly on another message board I was on… his Mom became part of the boards & read a LOT of stuff about her son she probably didn’t wanna know. But it was way overshadowed by the outporing of love she saw there too… In fact he was so much a part of the group there a couple of folks from the forums did part of his eulogy on our behalf. He wouldn’t have cared about the more embarrassing tales. That was just how he rolled. I miss him. I’ll miss\*\* Auto\*\*. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/264 "2012-11-08T14:48:37Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > I don’t know. That’s part of who he was, and he was much younger then. If he were my son, I’d be amused at the story and proud of his growth since then. And I’d be delighted to know that a TMI posting was remembered and made into a humorous epitaph all those years later. This has to be the worst idea I have ever read on the interwebs. Rest in peace, Auto. mmm ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/265 "2012-11-08T17:53:59Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > This has to be the worst idea I have ever read on the interwebs. > > Rest in peace, Auto. > mmm Don’t read much, huh? I agree with **Dr.Drake.** ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/266 "2012-11-08T17:55:08Z")
I read a lot, and it’s a really bad idea. Can we go back to missing **Auto** now? ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/267 "2012-11-08T18:06:02Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > This is a shocking thing to hear. Part of me wants to really believe that this is some sort of mistake or misunderstanding. > > I’ll really miss that guy. > > My condolences to his family and loved ones. > > RIP dude. ☹ I’ve held off posting in this thread with the idea that I’d open it up and there’d be a post from **Autolycus** explaining that reports of his passing have been exaggerated. Godspeed to him. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/268 "2012-11-08T18:09:50Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I read a lot, and it’s a really bad idea. Can we go back to missing **Auto** now? I didn’t mean to start a hijack. Reasonable people can disagree, it depends on his parents whose feelings right now are more important than ours, and it really, really sucks that he’s gone. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/269 "2012-11-08T18:13:40Z")
Has anyone discovered how he died? ---
**Author:** ![Trinary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trinary/32/3151_2.png) [@Trinary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinary)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/270 "2012-11-08T18:45:40Z")
Godspeed, Autolycus, may the glory of the light that’s love engulf you, and may your loved ones experience a knowing that leads to peace. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/271 "2012-11-08T18:47:09Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Has anyone discovered how he died? I would like to know as well; it bothers me for him to die so quickly and to be so in the dark about what happened. I know we aren’t actually in his life(weren’t, I mean), but I still feel close enough that I can’t help but wonder what happened. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/272 "2012-11-08T18:56:55Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Has anyone discovered how he died? It was a medical problem as opposed to one of violence. And whatever it was, it came on very suddenly. That’s all I know. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/273 "2012-11-08T19:45:24Z")
Thanks, that’s something, at least. I hope his family is hanging in there. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/274 "2012-11-08T22:18:44Z")
Way too young. ☹ My condolences to his loved ones. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/275 "2012-11-09T02:23:57Z")
Coming in way late to this thread. **Auto** was a good friend, and I miss him. I had talked to him a week or so back, and was talking about visiting him; **Acid Lamp** told me about his death on the same day that he posted, but I’ve just now gotten here. May he have passed peacefully. My condolences to his family, who are charming and wonderful. They raised a great guy with a ton of potential and good work. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/276 "2012-11-09T02:47:30Z")
Does anyone know if there is an online funeral book we could sign? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/277 "2012-11-09T03:42:55Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Does anyone know if there is an online funeral book we could sign? Quite a few people have posted remembrances on his Facebook wall. PM me if you want the link. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/278 "2012-11-09T04:06:05Z")
Oh, damn. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/279 "2012-11-09T04:59:19Z")
It’s still not been cleared up as a misunderstanding? damn::(:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/280 "2012-11-09T13:54:12Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Does anyone know if there is an online funeral book we could sign? So far, as of today, I have not been able to find an online obit with any references to services. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014.md?page=15)