Stiletto Null

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Stiletto Null

Stiletto Null (Frank Chen), also known as Stiletto One, was a prolific poster on several internet communities, including Something Awful, DeviantArt, LiveJournal, and Wikipedia. On the afternoon of Sunday, February 11th, 2007, he was found by police in his car on a beach in North Carolina, dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Given the great extent of his participation in numerous communities, Stiletto Null was involved in a remarkably-small amount of drama and was well-liked in general.

Firearms

Stiletto Null was an enthusiastic and responsible firearms owner. He repeatedly demonstrated a substantial knowledge of maintenance and modifications related to military-surplus weapons, and was well-respected on the Something Awful guns subforum.

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Frustrated love life

Though he was able to acquire guns easily, there was one thing missing from his life that he could never buy: a woman. The only thing he could attract was a single homosexual. So why does he have so many pictures of chicks in his photobucket?

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*grumble*. DeviantArt journal

Suicide

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You don't say.

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Tool of choice.

Note on LiveJournal

Stiletto Null gave no indication that he was suicidal or even depressed, and posted on IRC and SA hours before he took his life, as if nothing was wrong.

“	The past 14 months have been a more or less continuous withering away of my connections to my own life. At this point, I'm not sure of my own sanity anymore. I could probably work my way through it all (patience, eh?), but I just don't have any good reasons (or excuses?) to bother. I don't feel like I'd be particularly missed, and I don't feel like anything in particular matters anyway. I'm replaceable.	„
—Stiletto Null

After Stiletto Null's death, Something Awful posters began to make memorial image macros commemorating his presence on the forums. One slogan, "R.I.P Stiletto Null: No one knew how to roll with the punches quite like you" was frequently juxtaposed over a pile of ammunition. This led to much derision by SASS posters because, quite obviously, anyone who hasn't committed suicide knows how to roll with the punches better than Stiletto Null.

Reactions

“	Frank was also a guy who was looking for someone to share his bed with.. not for sex, but for the comfort of having someone nearby.	„
—a friend describing Stiletto Null's unrealistic expectations

“	there is a part of me which respects, and almost even admires him for going through with it.	„
—future hero

“	I have refrained from comment because of the suicidal thoughts I myself have had I do not have any wisdom to impart on this subject.	„
—they're crawling out of the woodwork

Other

Stiletto Null was also an avid ballroom dancer. Who would have guessed?

Gallery About missing Pics

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• Wait, is this even him? Azns all look the same.
  Wait, is this even him? Azns all look the same.
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• Actual pic of the CZ-82 he used, from his photobucket.
  Actual pic of the CZ-82 he used, from his photobucket.
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External links

• Wikipedia userpage
• LiveJournal
• DeviantArt
• Photobucket
• University newspaper article
• A friend's blog reaction