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Still haven't seen Flying Squid around here since their departure several months ago.
Yes I don't know anything about FlyingSquid but I miss them.
Dude was a cunt.
But he was a nerdy cunt who learned in with us politically so it's okay!
Yeah he disappeared quickly, I DM him but no response. I just hope he is okay, and he was able to get his wife out of America.
This was reported as misinformation, but I have no idea what this means. To me, this looks like a bot talking to a bot. Can other people weigh in and confirm I’m not just ignorant of whatever this is about before I ban what I think are bot accounts?
What? FlyingSquid the former .world mod disappeared randomly.
It wasn't random and he absolutely did not kill himself.
Sure, he went insane. And I guess that wasn’t random because he was wreaking havoc all over the place.
And yes. He’s been planning his suicide for a long time. The fact you didn’t know that means you don’t know much about him.
He packed up his family and moved to the UK due to Trump's America being too dangerous for them.
Only to find out that the UK was becoming equally dangerous and it serves him right for being such a cunt. Hah! Plan failed.
However, he personally told me—many times—his intention to kill himself after he “saved” his allegedly estranged wife and daughter. Something about medical issues. Clearly mental but I don’t know what else.
So, unless your ass has heard from him in the past… oh, 6 months or so, then I’m sure he just did what he wanted to do the entire time. I seriously doubt someone to obsessed with abusing people online could stay away from Lemmy.
It wasn’t misinformation. It’s just disliked information. Prove he didn’t.
Guy was an ass but that's not cool. He had shit going on in his life and in the grand scheme of things never hurt you.
The hell? I’m just stating facts.