42PETUNIAS

Kerensky287 · 04-01-2010, 03:45 AM

...I really don't feel like I should be the person writing this.

So, I'm sure a lot of you remember 42. He was one of the people who spent a lot of time on the Yaplet, getting it up and running... I think he spent a while in the games forum, too.

He passed away last weekend.

I mean, either that or it's an incredibly elaborate hoax he pulled. I dunno if I'm gullible, or if he just managed to trick me OVER AND OVER again, but when I first saw an e-mail from someone on Campus asking for obituary details I thought, "Haha, April Fools. Right?"

Jack and I weren't really all that close... he's on my MSN contact list. We spoke a number of times. Admittedly, a lot of the time he was kind of trying to invite himself over... he apparently wanted to "get drunk with an NPF member at least once." I kept pussying out because I'm underage, and I didn't feel right asking any of my housemates to buy me booze.

...I'm turning 19 in a week. He would've turned 19 in a little less than 3. The timing is pretty crappy... oh wow I really don't know what to say.

I'm still not 100% sure it's true. Gonna ask the administration tomorrow. Might be a "boy who cried wolf" scenario. If it's a hoax, pulled over facebook, with somehow an official bit of university news involved... You got me, okay 42? You got me good. Just tell me what an idiot I am, okay? I've got a midterm in 5 hours. I can't be thinking about this.

If it's true... I guess I'll raise a glass to him next chance I get.

RIP Jack Windeler, aka 42PETUNIAS

Kim · 04-01-2010, 03:55 AM

I'm very sorry to hear this, even though I didn't really know him.

DFM · 04-01-2010, 04:43 AM

Kerensky.

Kerensky.

I don't believe you.

Kerensky287 · 04-01-2010, 05:00 AM

I know I don't say it often enough, but fuck you DFM.

Corel · 04-01-2010, 05:12 AM

I'm so very sorry for friends and loved ones of 42, and the (ir)regular chat goers on Yaplet who know of him.

I remember talking to him about his excitement going off to Unviersity, and a possible Ottawa meet up some time in the future.

Condolences all around.

Si Civa · 04-01-2010, 05:25 AM

The most depressing thing about this all is that he was so young. Death is always lost but his age just hit me more than anything else really.

Hopefully his family finds strength somewhere to live with this situation.

Kerensky287 · 04-01-2010, 07:41 AM

Just verified it. He's got a half-page obituary in the school paper (not like they had anything else interesting to write about). He committed suicide last weekend and left a note asking his parents to focus their attention on other people. I just... I don't know what to say about it. Jack never struck me as the type.

Turns out I missed the memorial. It was held at his residence at some point and I guess I just wasn't connected to anybody who would have been able to tell me. That said, it feels pretty shitty that the first time I hear about it is in an e-mail that I didn't read for a day because I was being a lazy fuck and sleeping all afternoon.

I'm gonna take a break from NPF. Gonna focus on school, real life, and the people I know. Hoping to make sure I'm not missing any obvious signs that shit isn't going well... I've been such a self-centered ASS for a while that people might have been reaching out to me and I didn't even respond.

Turns out I had Jack blocked on MSN. Not sure how long that had been going on. Maybe I just forgot to unblock him after an argument? Doesn't matter. Now I feel partially responsible.

TTYL.

Nikose Tyris · 04-01-2010, 07:55 AM

I actually had his school information on me still, since I once snail-mailed him Goatse as a prank. I gave a call to talk to him.

Turns out yeah, this wasn't an April Fools prank.

Shitty. He was a fun guy.

greed · 04-01-2010, 08:14 AM

Well shit. I spent more time on Yaplet than anyone other than him and Mumu, he was one of the first friends I made online. I never would have seen this coming he was always so lively you know. I mean a month or two back he was joking about suicides in general and we all thought it was just morbid humour. Shit. I mean shit. I mean now thinking that if we just knew him better, and maybe mentioned that conversation to RL friends this might have been avoided. But he did say he was fine and he was just joking around when asked so we just let it slide, he did have a pretty black sense of humour so it didn't seem that out of place. Hindsights a bitch I guess, or in this case a massive kick in the gut. I just don't know what to say, goddamnit I've never lost a friend before, let alone to something like this.

Also Meister in DFM's defence as someone who knew 42, or at least thought he did, this is exactly the kind of stunt he would pull on April Fools. Hell he has, last year he faked Kerensky's death on Yaplet actually. If Kerensky didn't link that university website I'd be thinking it was a prank myself.

Well anyway I guess I'll have a drink in his honour, can't think of anything more appropriate right now. Keep yaplet alive I guess he really did care about that, and it would be a shame to see it die now.

Yeah, on second thought, I'm gonna reverse that infraction but run it past the others. Wasn't really feeling it, anyway. Editing instead of replying 'cause I'd rather hijack one post than make an off-topic one. -Meister

Amake · 04-01-2010, 08:22 AM

I only talked to him on the forum on one or two occasions, but I remember he always seemed witty and in good humors. To everyone who knew him, my simple sympathies.

04-01-2010, 03:45 AM	#1
Kerensky287 Just That Good Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,426	42PETUNIAS ...I really don't feel like I should be the person writing this. So, I'm sure a lot of you remember 42. He was one of the people who spent a lot of time on the Yaplet, getting it up and running... I think he spent a while in the games forum, too. He passed away last weekend. I mean, either that or it's an incredibly elaborate hoax he pulled. I dunno if I'm gullible, or if he just managed to trick me OVER AND OVER again, but when I first saw an e-mail from someone on Campus asking for obituary details I thought, "Haha, April Fools. Right?" Jack and I weren't really all that close... he's on my MSN contact list. We spoke a number of times. Admittedly, a lot of the time he was kind of trying to invite himself over... he apparently wanted to "get drunk with an NPF member at least once." I kept pussying out because I'm underage, and I didn't feel right asking any of my housemates to buy me booze. ...I'm turning 19 in a week. He would've turned 19 in a little less than 3. The timing is pretty crappy... oh wow I really don't know what to say. I'm still not 100% sure it's true. Gonna ask the administration tomorrow. Might be a "boy who cried wolf" scenario. If it's a hoax, pulled over facebook, with somehow an official bit of university news involved... You got me, okay 42? You got me good. Just tell me what an idiot I am, okay? I've got a midterm in 5 hours. I can't be thinking about this. If it's true... I guess I'll raise a glass to him next chance I get. RIP Jack Windeler, aka 42PETUNIAS

04-01-2010, 04:43 AM	#3
DFM Om Nom Nom Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,850	Kerensky. Kerensky. I don't believe you. __________________ [14:26] ManoftheRus: YOU GODDAMN SNEAKY DEE

04-01-2010, 05:12 AM	#5
Corel Welcome, to Paedogeddon! Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,015	I'm so very sorry for friends and loved ones of 42, and the (ir)regular chat goers on Yaplet who know of him. I remember talking to him about his excitement going off to Unviersity, and a possible Ottawa meet up some time in the future. Condolences all around. __________________

04-01-2010, 08:22 AM	#10
Amake Keeper of the new Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: A place without judgment Posts: 4,506	I only talked to him on the forum on one or two occasions, but I remember he always seemed witty and in good humors. To everyone who knew him, my simple sympathies. __________________ Hope insistent, trust implicit, love inherent, life immersed

04-01-2010, 03:55 AM	#2
Kim adorable Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 12,950	I'm very sorry to hear this, even though I didn't really know him.

04-01-2010, 05:00 AM	#4
Kerensky287 Just That Good Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,426	I know I don't say it often enough, but fuck you DFM.

04-01-2010, 05:25 AM	#6
Si Civa Nothing's gonna change my world Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1,078	The most depressing thing about this all is that he was so young. Death is always lost but his age just hit me more than anything else really. Hopefully his family finds strength somewhere to live with this situation.

04-01-2010, 07:41 AM	#7
Kerensky287 Just That Good Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,426	Just verified it. He's got a half-page obituary in the school paper (not like they had anything else interesting to write about). He committed suicide last weekend and left a note asking his parents to focus their attention on other people. I just... I don't know what to say about it. Jack never struck me as the type. Turns out I missed the memorial. It was held at his residence at some point and I guess I just wasn't connected to anybody who would have been able to tell me. That said, it feels pretty shitty that the first time I hear about it is in an e-mail that I didn't read for a day because I was being a lazy fuck and sleeping all afternoon. I'm gonna take a break from NPF. Gonna focus on school, real life, and the people I know. Hoping to make sure I'm not missing any obvious signs that shit isn't going well... I've been such a self-centered ASS for a while that people might have been reaching out to me and I didn't even respond. Turns out I had Jack blocked on MSN. Not sure how long that had been going on. Maybe I just forgot to unblock him after an argument? Doesn't matter. Now I feel partially responsible. TTYL.