# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/161 "2012-11-06T15:25:16Z")
You know who’d have something both gently funny and sensitive to say at a time like this when no one’s sure what to say? **Autolycus**. _sigh_ ---
**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 6, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/162 "2012-11-06T15:33:21Z")
Like everyone else, I’ve delayed posting because I’m waiting to hear that it’s not true. I liked **Autolycus** , and hearing he is gone makes me very sad. If any of his family and friends (in addition to **tdn** ) are reading this, please accept my condolences. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/163 "2012-11-06T15:37:30Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I feel so bad about this. He was one of the few people who never lost his sense of humor, no matter what was going on. He’ll be missed. I know! I admired him for that! I long to be able to not let things faze me that much. Dude was hilarious. Man, posting the past tense just feels awful. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/164 "2012-11-06T15:44:06Z")
What a terrible thing. My sympathies to his 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:** [November 6, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/165 "2012-11-06T15:54:13Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Fuck. Aw. I know you and him were boys on the board. You guys had a connection. It was cool to watch; I peeped it. Auto was one of those posters who had mastered the art of disagreeing with someone with utter class and grace. Loved that about him. I don’t know him in real life…only in internet life, and in internet life, he was one of the coolest. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/166 "2012-11-06T15:56:06Z")
This is so sad. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/167 "2012-11-06T15:57:09Z")
This is so sad… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/168 "2012-11-06T16:00:28Z")
Very sad news. He will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/169 "2012-11-06T16:01:23Z")
Very sad news. RIP Auto. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/170 "2012-11-06T16:04:09Z")
I would like to note in passing that his last post here was [well-read.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15656696&postcount=559) ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/171 "2012-11-06T16:14:31Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Fuck. What he said. ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/172 "2012-11-06T16:15:11Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I would like to note in passing that his last post here was [well-read.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15656696&postcount=559) That gave me a smile. I think that was a perfect last post for him. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/173 "2012-11-06T16:31:08Z")
Oh, damn. He was awesome. **tdn** , my condolences to you and his friends and family. ---
**Author:** ![CreaseMunky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@CreaseMunky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CreaseMunky)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/174 "2012-11-06T16:40:33Z")
Well this is a crappy thing to learn right after I wake up. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/175 "2012-11-06T16:47:48Z")
Aw, man. I’m sorry to hear this. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/176 "2012-11-06T16:57:04Z")
What?! This can’t be true. It’s awful. Thank you for updating occasionally even when there’s nothing to update. I was hoping to see one that said, “Whoops, crazy story, but here’s how this silly misinformation got started.” ---
**Author:** ![Barrett\_Bonden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5e9695/32.png) [@Barrett\_Bonden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrett_Bonden)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/177 "2012-11-06T17:13:43Z")
I’m still hoping it’s some kind of mistake. ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/178 "2012-11-06T17:16:26Z")
> [@Barrett\_Bonden](#): > > I’m still hoping it’s some kind of mistake. Hear hear! Too young to die… ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/179 "2012-11-06T17:18:12Z")
I went to bed last night hoping that I would wake up to a moderator edit on the title of thread, and it would all be a silly misunderstanding. So sad. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014/180 "2012-11-06T17:28:35Z")
How horrible and what a shock. ☹ Condolences to his friends and family. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014.md?page=10)