I have no solutions. This post just reminded me of this picture. And I think it does a good job displaying the problem.

and then Harden snaps his neck back like he got jabbed by Mike Tyson.

(reads gray comments)

the greatest basketball player of all time

I don’t think this guy is making lattes at a coffee shop, you probably can’t expect to backfill a position like this. Its part of the reason he’s well compensated. You can’t get paid for unlimited for the same reason you can’t take home leftovers from a buffett. It’s specifically to prevent people from racking up an…

Sounds like you have smug down already.

He’s making $200,000/yr. Options for better treatment at similar pay may not exist.

It made me crazy with Ken Lay and it makes me crazy now. There is no reasonable purpose to this statute. Even if a case is in appeal, there is already a judgment on the books. Someone dying has zero impact on that previous conviction. If anything, the statute should state that the currently active judgment is final…

Right?!?! I mean fuck the families of those killed! They are such greedy whores. Maybe he could have helped his daughter by not killing three people and then himself.

And in his last act as a man who never murdered anybody, Aaron Hernandez killed himself.

Hypothetically, if I murdered people for spilling a drink on me, maybe my daughter shouldn’t get anything until the families of my victims get theirs.

I’m reminded of Budd Dwyer, then-treasurer of Pennsylvania, who was to be sentenced for bribery. The day before his sentencing, he held a press conference and offed himself on live television. Because he technically died in office, his wife got survivor benefits. Had he lived, there would be no pension and plenty of…

Is this a uniquely Massachusetts law, or is this common in other states? This seems totally fucked up. He was convicted once, but because he deliberately took his own life before his appeal, his conviction gets tossed out? What in the actual fuck? Like you said, this case is obviously getting notoriety because of his…

I’ll be in a cold hard grave before I pay that $1.10.

Does the suicide trick work for library fines, too?

Are you suggesting a Deadspin article may be slightly biased and or incomplete? Funny Deadspin is, journalism it is not.

Which makes this even sweeter.

William was at Gizmodo for a few months, it’s not even remotely comparable.

I’m honestly surprised there aren’t more responses like yours. Tom’s leaving out a lot of context and details. Boston was still a championship contender, it was only 5 years, Miami was a true Boston rival, etc.

“Me and my sports writer friends didn’t act like professional athletes did!” Who gives a fuck Ley