Aren’t you both wrong, though? The way I heard the story, he was (somewhat reasonably) asked/given an ultimatum to focus exclusively on football and drop baseball and he (wisely) wasn’t willing to do that. Since he’d completed his academic requirements, he was allowed to leave without sitting for a year, so he did. I…

It wasn’t memorable, smart, or surprising, eh? Please name three comparable movies that you enjoyed more. The backlash to the praise for Mad Max always reminds me of people saying the Beatles are overrated: Lots of vague “meh” surrounding people’s enthusiasm and the critical response without really getting into what…

Does someone need to make the list of professional football players who have said they can’t detect difference of .5 or 1 PSI? Does someone need to point out to you that “prep footballs” can be construed to mean, and has explicitly been explained as scuffing them so that they’re not “right out of the box” but rather…

Beating the Colts like they were Adrian Peterson’s kids on a sugar bender in the second half seems like pretty clear evidence that all of this is total nonsense.

I’m not sure whether I should be proud or embarrassed that I don’t have this bookmarked:

All of this, plus the weirdly symbiotic relationship with the Cowboys:

1) the two mascots are thematically linked in pop culture,
2) there are tons of Cowboys fans here who have “never been to Dallas,” rightly hate WAS for all the reasons you mentioned, and find it easy to get under the skin of WAS fans,
3) the…

ESPN980 has an app and Audio Now where you can actually call in and listen to the station... Since every show is usually one segment of general sports, one segment of any other local team that is active, and the rest is coverage of the Washington Football Club, there are plenty of outlets for the loathing and mockery.

The film room must’ve been BRUTAL that week...

Strong point. Devastating counter-point.

Don’t blame LSD for your friend’s inability to let a sober person blow his mind...

I say a little prayer every night that he ends up wearing an Eagles uniform in 2016...

Discourse has a silhouette? Such a wordsmith! So sophisticated! I think you make an excellent point about parroting though: Most of the drivel you’ve typed about Skruplex and Dillo perfectly recreates arguments previously made about rap music, pop music, rock music, and jazz... The casually dismissive tone you’ve…

Insecure. Projects insecurities onto others. Transparent displays of sophistication and false sense of superiority masked by narcissistic tone. Inconsistent to the point of limited coherence of thoughts and assertions. Considers insults and name-calling germane points as part of self-selected “reasonable” discourse. I…

Please explain examples to me, venerated master...

The important takeaway from this is that jazz is thriving because EVERYONE reveres Louis Armstrong. And the knowledge we’ve acquired as a byproduct is that you are very intelligent. Class is over. I’ve learned a lot. Thank you, wise and noble teacher.

Bravado? Backed into a corner? I’m exactly where I started: Interacting with someone with an over-inflated opinion of himself and a distinct inability to actually communicate in a way that is persuasive to anyone other than himself... You could say this whole exchange has been rather... substantive-less. But I can…

Did you really type “substantive-less” buddy?

Every concert you’ve ever seen involves the artist making decisions about how their fans get to experience it. But why am I trying to explain this to you? You think asking people to be considerate of themselves, the artist they paid to see, and the other people who paid to see that artist is obnoxious.

To be fair, it’s lame because Drake is involved. It can only really be in competition with any other Drake-related stories.

You have a right to your opinions and to express your opinions and I fully support that; that was an incredibly dumb comment.

If you don’t like Savages or if you think they’re a shitty hipster band, don’t go see them. If you want to go to a Savages show, or any show, and use your phone, do it (venue permitting). But…