Jesus dude, do you honestly not know what the words “criteria” or “metrics” mean? No wonder you think Kobe is the 3rd best player of all time.

Still. I mean, what’s the actual criteria? 

For sure. Does any other website care enough about Deadspin to do the same to the writers on here?

Claiming he’s the third best player ever is absolutely ludicrous. How do you justify that? What metric are you basing it off of?

Not to mention the utter uselessness of public opinion polls, at least in the way Hot Take is using them. Public opinion polls support medicare for all- until you change the wording slightly to highlight how much your taxes will go up. He’s using simplified opinion polls to describe where the majority of Americans are…

Deadspin literally just published a puff piece fawning all over Ronaldo like 4 days ago, and the only mention of the rape case against him (which he settled with the accuser who is now raising very legitimate claims) was to provide a link (with virtually no description) to an article about Juventus’ owner not talking…

Those VOX stats just prove he’s center left. If they showed that he was more conservative than 25% of republicans then the claim would be justified. But the Democrats are too the left of center- showing he’s not as liberal as many in the left party doesn’t make him right. 

What a terrible defense of the article. “This article was worthwhile because when you run for President all sorts of people will say all sorts of stupid things, some good and some bad.” Okay, true. If the article had been about Beto saying that the coverage of him was unfair then your point might make sense. But why…

“Should you be universally condemned without actually going through due process.”

This is bizarre. You say we should judge him as a freelancer looking for the best gig, but then imply that nobody can opine on whether he actually got the best gig. He’s not a traitor, he’s just a guy looking for the best job. But we can still look at what he actually got out of his actions and say whether or not his…

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…