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Vine, HQ Trivia Co-Founder Colin Kroll Found Dead of Suspected Overdose (techcrunch.com)
TechCrunch has confirmed with TMZ that Colin Kroll, the 35-year-old co-founder and CEO of the HQ Trivia app and co-founder of Vine, has been found dead of an apparent drug overdose in his apartment. TMZ cites a police source saying cocaine and heroin were believed to be involved. From the report: Kroll was only named CEO of the HQ Trivia mobile game show app three months ago, replacing fellow co-founder Rus Yusupov who moved over to serve as chief creative officer. Prior to taking the CEO role Kroll served as HQ's CTO. He co-founded the startup in 2015, a few months after moving on from Vine -- the Twitter-owned short video format startup which got closed down in 2017. It's not clear who will take over the CEO role for HQ Trivia at this stage but Yusupov looks a likely candidate, at least in the interim.
Kroll started his career as a software engineer at Right Media, which went on to be acquired by Yahoo in 2006. From then until 2011, he led the engineering team in Yahoo's search and advertising tech group before joining luxury travel site Jetsetter as VP of Product -- where he went on to be promoted to CTO. In 2012 he left to start Vine with co-founders Dominik Hofmann and Yusopov.
Kroll started his career as a software engineer at Right Media, which went on to be acquired by Yahoo in 2006. From then until 2011, he led the engineering team in Yahoo's search and advertising tech group before joining luxury travel site Jetsetter as VP of Product -- where he went on to be promoted to CTO. In 2012 he left to start Vine with co-founders Dominik Hofmann and Yusopov.
Were the CEOs of the 18th and 19th centuries as careless with their coke and opium as they are today? Or... was it murder?? What did he know? And when did he know it? Where were YOU last night?
“He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
According to TMZ, it was his girlfriend who called in the wellness check.
That said, the incel community tends to have a bit of a crab bucket mentality--wait, no, that's insulting to crabs. It's not a Good Idea to let them know you're leaving because you realized growing the fuck up (or even just basic self-care) was a good idea and hey, awesome, you're able to get a girlfriend! While it is going to be less entertaining to us incel watchers, going ghost for your exit's probably safest.
Though ODing fatally with the cops refusing to even confirm that yes it was your girlfriend you called it in isn't a bad alternate either. Might not keep your grave from being vandalized, but...you're dead, odds are you won't care. And hopefully nobody'll dox your girlfriend which will keep foamy-mouthed incels from bothering her...but you're dead, odds are you won't care about that.
Also disproportionately victims of abuse, and those facing many other serious struggles who turn to drugs to cope in the absence of better support systems. "Weak minds and low self-esteem" is an oversimplification that does nothing but perpetuate stereotypes and stigma.
Part of being an adult is recognizing when you can't handle something on your own and need to ask for help. For support systems I'm also including medical help and community groups, but access to those can vary depending on income/location - though it's better in countries with socialized medicine.
Once they start ingesting the zombie sauce, growing up won't work anymore. They grow up into zombies, wandering the streets breaking into cars for the console change.
At the moment in time where they made that choice, that's was their last chance to grow up into a human, and they failed the test.
So you are a psychopath with no real feelings. The majority of humans aren't and (as a social animal) need other humans. Pretty simple but you wouldn't understand that being a strong, independent individual and all.
Lack of empathy is a lack of humanity.
The guy had more than enough money to pay for sex, which he likely didn't have to since ... wait for it ... he had more than enough money to pay for sex. I guarantee you that if he was celebit, it was not involuntarily.
Guns don't kill people; Physics kills people! - John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun
It's called the recovery "industry" for a reason. There is far too much money to be made when addictions is a problem for real solutions to be implemented in the US.
Guns don't kill people; Physics kills people! - John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun
Blue. No yel-- Auuuuuuuugh!
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
I don't know...if I had as much money as this guy had after being anointed a Twitter billionaire, the last thing I'd be doing is overdosing on drugs. If you're that rich you can pay for a non-contaminated known-good supply...and probably have a crew of people managing your intake.
That, and why is it that celebrities and rich people feel the need to do destructive things? Especially suicides...it just boggles my mind. You get these rockstars who have millions of fans, people of the opposite gender throwing themselves at them, and enough money to buy anything, go anywhere and experience anything...and they're depressed? It's inconceivable. Depression is not a disease of the fabulously wealthy. Money like that would solve any personal problem I had instantly.
I'm With Her shit around
Gross!
Ezekiel 23:20
Surely you meant celebyte.
Ezekiel 23:20
Honestly, I agree with you as long as we're not talking 'predictive punishment' or simply punitive 'you're rich, I'm not' revanchism.
But yes, absolutely I think that $1 million is a pretty decent number to say that is a death-penalty offense: theft of that or greater (by any means - robbing a car, or selling overrated derivatives*) should be up for a death result.
*this would include anyone paid over $1 million in pay, bonus, options, or other compensation whose acts are knowingly illegal.
I'm wondering how we could have this massive crash of the economy 10 years ago, and I still don't see anyone really punished for it?
-Styopa
That is simply not true.
I have a schizoid personality disorder and hence not really much empathy. Yet I am very much human and I actually do help people every now and then, sometimes even a lot, mostly because it is the right thing to do.
I don't give a shit about the junkies, though.
"It's such a fine line between stupid and clever" -- David St. Hubbins, Spinal Tap
Only if he was celebit 8 times in a row.
"It's such a fine line between stupid and clever" -- David St. Hubbins, Spinal Tap
So you are saying you went down hard
Guns don't kill people; Physics kills people! - John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun
Awkward grammatical construction, I'm afraid. I was going for "doing the work for oneself", not "growing up for oneself", Sorry about that.
But what's the point of doing the work for oneself? That's easy: nothing else gets the job done. Growing up is a thought-based process, and no one can think for you. If you want to grow up, you have to grow up; no amount of girlfriends or mothers or anyone else can grow you up.
This is not a pleasant or quick process. I understand that only too well. Growing up isn't easy. But you still have to do it, and more to the point, you have to do it. Everyone else went through the process a long time ago, and it wasn't easy or pleasant for them either.