Yup. The fact that deadspin (part of a web platform that explicitly attacks organizations and institutions for maintaining any ties whatsoever with anyone they deem to have committed any of their ever expanding list of transgressions) would write up this fawning puff piece and literally only mention the rape…

I prefer one of the ways of thinking about it that was presented in the article but can always use more emphasis- throwing out food just because that one particular meal may not provide the most optimal health benefits imaginable is wasteful and silly. The chicken is fine- the only problem may be that it doesn’t taste…

To get into Canada’s socialized health care system...?

Another good option (I think...? Someone correct me if I’m way off base here) is sous viding it. The slow cook at a consistent temperature is great for killing bacteria, so if you’re a little unsure you can always throw it in the water for long enough to pasteurize it. My understanding is anything over 130 degrees for…

Or it’s just a relatively new iPhone...?

The irony of your response is outstanding.

Did it occur to you that using a pro bodybuilder supplementing with steroids to increase his T levels and performance was maybe an intentional choice to support his underlying thesis?

Agreed- the conclusion is a logical hypothesis being put forth in response to the available evidence, both scientific and otherwise. Pretending like he’s just saying that because he wants to discriminate against one particular runner is ridiculous.

“These efforts to “protect” women mean the times they run in mixed-gender competition aren’t considered Olympic qualifying times. In mixed events, women can paced by men who run faster, which could help women outpace their usual times.”

I found it interesting that the article itself discusses why whiter cultures haven’t presented athletes with these issues- namely, the medical treatment of these individuals at a young age to suppress this advantage. To then say “they’re not applying this to white athletes b/c they’re just biased against black…

“In other words, while seeking to prove that women with naturally high testosterone have an unfair advantage over their competitors, Bermon admits no one has actually studied the effects of testosterone on women’s athletic performance. Instead, he assumes that because female athletes have used synthetic testosterone,…

It’d been a while since a read a full Bernie Bro rant. Thanks for reminding me of what made his supporters in 2016 so obnoxious.

I always roll my eyes at Bernie supporters bias towards him. He didn’t invite a celebrity to speak, and that’s a sign of how he’s really not picking people for political gain. Except for the fact that him choosing the union guy to speak gets him a huge amount of political capital with his supporters! It’s one of his…

Absolutely! It was just left vague and unexplained. All we know is that he ends up dead at some point. That whole subplot was handled very poorly I thought.

I wanted to know that to! Last we saw, Tom had pinned him down at gunpoint, but then the next day the cops went to the hotel and it just looked like the room had been ransacked- they didn’t know where he went, and we didn’t find out he was dead until a later timeline. So who killed him? I don’t see Tom doing it, so…

I completely agree about the length. For what the show was, it could’ve been 4 episodes. For what they could have turned it into, they needed 10 episodes. So many things weren’t fully explored which, if examined in more depth, could’ve made the show great, necessitating more episodes. But if they weren’t going to give…

I think you’re grasping here. The actor that plays Mike Ardoin was born in 1974- he looked about as old as a guy born around that time would look because that’s how old he really he is (he’s actually a few years older than Mike would have been in 2015). Junius seemed to be clearly moving slower and look older than he…

I agree that there’s a lot of things that weren’t done perfectly, but I think those are just flaws and tropes that the show used. Bending over backwards to find explanations for why it was REALLY an intentional choice seems like a more complicated explanation than necessary. It opened to the exact right page because…

Except he’s explicitly NOT an unreliable narrator....

I have issues with a lot of those things as well. The one thing I’ll say is that the show’s creator explicitly addressed the unreliable narrator questions and said the following: