I would think being the poor bastard whose car gets scratched/dented is worse.

My sister-in-law’s ex has Celiac and he said the gluten-free fad has been great for him because he can finally find gluten-free foods on restaurant menus. I would imagine that it's riskier now that a server won't take you seriously because of all of the people who are concerned about gluten but don't really have a…

Yup. Leave the issue of cheating out of it, and you’re left with a colossal asshole who ruined other people’s lives to try to cover up his cheating. Even if you have no problem with the cheating itself, how could anyone ever justify the rest of it?

Exactly. It really sucks for the guy who got hurt, but a fourth-round rookie is exactly the type of player who needs preseason games. If it had been a Pro Bowl receiver getting hurt, saying that the preseason sucks would be one thing, but you can only gain so much from practice (and injuries can and do happen then,…

I would not go so far as to blame the victim, but my knee-jerk reaction to the story is that I would never volunteer for any type of demonstration involving cops and guns. One of the tangential things I've learned from the increased media coverage of police brutality and unjustifiable shootings is that cops are pretty…

That’s always been my argument for any doomsday scenario. Honestly, if society as we know it is done for and it’s not a matter of just evacuating my specific town and going on with life...just kill me anyway. I'm not equipped to survive with electricity, running water, etc.

Yeah. It’s one thing to argue that wearing the hijab is a choice that should be respected, and another to simultaneously hold the view that women should not come into physical contact with men even to shake hands while also believing that women need a male chaperone to go out in the world. I don’t see any way to…

I think it’s a very bad idea for intelligent people to base their decisions on what the masses do. Are there many people who either can’t or won’t save even minimally for their retirement? Absolutely. I don’t see any reason why that should have any bearing on one’s decision whether to prepay their mortgage or put that…

Take the 30-year mortgage, but don’t even think about paying an extra penny on it until you are maxing out your retirement savings and have a very healthy emergency fund.

There’s some good advice here, but everyone should note that the author comes at this from a very risk-averse perspective. I hope he maxed out his retirement accounts before paying off his mortgage insanely fast, because a paid-off house is nice but it won’t keep you fed in retirement.

The Bears bring out the worst in Chicago fans. Exhibit A is Jay Cutler. We all know that he’s simultaneously a mediocre player and the best QB the Bears have ever had. He also signed a contract that briefly made him the highest paid QB in the league, which was laughable of course but is now a middle-of-the-road…

Except that Cutler had statistically one of his best seasons last year, throwing to the likes of Marc Mariani and Josh Bellamy.

This is dumb on so many levels, the biggest of which is that San Diego is essentially saying that they spent a #3 overall pick on a guy they’re worried will not be good enough to be on the team for four years.

I’ll buy more grotesque for sure, but it’s not like the basketball player’s life was ever in question.

I wonder how much the crash played into Abbott’s loss. You have to think that seeing the leader motionless on the side of the road would make you a little more cautious on the rest of the descent.

I think in this context OK means alive and not paralyzed. I can't imagine she doesn't have some pretty serious injuries she will hopefully recover from.

And a week ago, Deadspin had a normal amount of ads for a news site. Putting ads between every single comment on mobile is a bit much. (Although it’s apparently variable, because I’m not seeing that today. I was on Friday).

That was one of the most brutal things I’ve witnessed live. Hope she’ll be okay.

They are honoring the contract. They still have to pay him through next season.

Truth. I vividly remember the feeling of despair and disbelief the morning of my first four-drink hangover. “But...but...I only had four! And I was sober when I went to sleep. This can’t be happening; it’s not fair!”