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I've never met Alexis in person but I E-mailed him for startup advice several times over the years (including the tough months that he mentions in this post).

I've never met Alexis in person but I E-mailed him for startup advice several times over the years (including the tough months that he mentions in this post). He always responded with a chipper E-mail and very helpful advice on everything from accounting to licensing agreements to acquisitions.

dpritchett 16y ago
I only ever interacted with Alexis on a pre-reddit gaming forum and we didn't get along at all. All I've seen of reddit-founder Alexis suggests he's a standup guy though. I may have been a little too self-righteous back then. Sorry!
- kn0thing 16y ago
  Wha?! Clan Nocturnal?
  - dpritchett 16y ago
    Indeed! I was a grouchy forum mod who took the whole thing too seriously. http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197960465637 http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197960465637
    - kn0thing 16y ago
      Wow! Stroker Ace - nice to see you again. Yes, I did have an internetargument (tm) with quite a few folks on that board :-/ I feel like it was political? (2000 election maybe?) but I still remember when Paul (sgt!oink) and I started the original Nocturnal clan for Half-life. No hard feelings.
kn0thing 16y ago
Only you never listened to me when I advised you to give me 51% of the equity in fleaf[l]icker! But seriously, that's the magic of email, right? I'm just glad I was helpful. I only wish I had little elves who could help me get through my email faster... *edited to sound less naughty auf Deutsch
- rb2k_ 16y ago
  > 51% of the equity in fleaficker I just wanted to mention that "ficker" is the German version of the word "fucker", so if you ever get that equity, you might want to be careful about expansion
  - woodall 16y ago
    Another interesting German translation is "gift", which in English means "poison".
    - pmjordan 16y ago
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_friend http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_friend There are links to false friend lists at the end of that page.
    - presidentender 16y ago
      My favorite is Billion. That gets confusing if you don't know what's going on.
    - Schmidt 16y ago
      And as a sidenote, in most nordic languages as well...
    - Mz 16y ago
      Completely off topic: I know this because my mom is German and my dad American and there is an anecdote from their early years related to this. They used to speak in half-English, half-German when they were first together. My dad came home one day and said to my mother "Ich habe ein gift fur dir" ("I have a gift for you")-- everything in German except the word 'gift'. She wondered what she had done that he would wish to poison her. On topic: I'm pretty open about my medical situation in online forums but most folks at work don't know about it. I'm getting well, so I can't really relate to the stories that end more tragically. It always leaves me ambivalent about bringing it up at all around people who are battling such situations. On the one hand, I would like to help. On the other hand, I rarely seem to be able to do much good in such situations, which frequently leads to hard feelings.

dpritchett 16y ago

I only ever interacted with Alexis on a pre-reddit gaming forum and we didn't get along at all. All I've seen of reddit-founder Alexis suggests he's a standup guy though. I may have been a little too self-righteous back then. Sorry!

kn0thing 16y ago
Wha?! Clan Nocturnal?
- dpritchett 16y ago
  Indeed! I was a grouchy forum mod who took the whole thing too seriously. http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197960465637 http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197960465637
  - kn0thing 16y ago
    Wow! Stroker Ace - nice to see you again. Yes, I did have an internetargument (tm) with quite a few folks on that board :-/ I feel like it was political? (2000 election maybe?) but I still remember when Paul (sgt!oink) and I started the original Nocturnal clan for Half-life. No hard feelings.

kn0thing 16y ago

Only you never listened to me when I advised you to give me 51% of the equity in fleaf[l]icker! But seriously, that's the magic of email, right? I'm just glad I was helpful. I only wish I had little elves who could help me get through my email faster... *edited to sound less naughty auf Deutsch

rb2k_ 16y ago
> 51% of the equity in fleaficker I just wanted to mention that "ficker" is the German version of the word "fucker", so if you ever get that equity, you might want to be careful about expansion
- woodall 16y ago
  Another interesting German translation is "gift", which in English means "poison".
  - pmjordan 16y ago
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_friend http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_friend There are links to false friend lists at the end of that page.
  - presidentender 16y ago
    My favorite is Billion. That gets confusing if you don't know what's going on.
  - Schmidt 16y ago
    And as a sidenote, in most nordic languages as well...
  - Mz 16y ago
    Completely off topic: I know this because my mom is German and my dad American and there is an anecdote from their early years related to this. They used to speak in half-English, half-German when they were first together. My dad came home one day and said to my mother "Ich habe ein gift fur dir" ("I have a gift for you")-- everything in German except the word 'gift'. She wondered what she had done that he would wish to poison her. On topic: I'm pretty open about my medical situation in online forums but most folks at work don't know about it. I'm getting well, so I can't really relate to the stories that end more tragically. It always leaves me ambivalent about bringing it up at all around people who are battling such situations. On the one hand, I would like to help. On the other hand, I rarely seem to be able to do much good in such situations, which frequently leads to hard feelings.