“It is impossible to talk about alcohol and not talk about sex.”

No, extortion. They never had any right to be holding him in the country in the first place.

So, a bribe.

Did Lochte lie or just shade the truth? The story on deadspin published last night seems to be the most accurate and comprehensive order of events.

4 piss ass drunk swimmers vandalize a gas station at 6am. Security comes up and demands compensation speaking a foreign language and a gun may or may not have been drawn.

In…

Get your tweets in order to make the possibility of your demise more palatable!

It will be “Rosebud.”

I’ve disliked a lot of what I’ve read about Semenya, and this piece provides a good counter-weight, but Semenya’s circumstance really does trip over a lot of hidden faultlines in how we think about gender and how we think about sports.

Make a list of the last fifty things you bought. Now think about whether you’d want the person you bought them from making a public post with your full name about it.

I’m not. I don’t want to engage in shitty tactics just for the wow factor like he does. How does that make us better? And really, this jewelry business can do whatever they want, but this act seems like they want a big congratulatory high-five for a minor thing.

They could have donated the money and sent her the note. They didn’t need to plaster it on social media though. I feel it would have been far better if they just did the note and everything and just kept it to themselves.

I know. I’m not famous (like super not famous) but the idea that it’s cool for a company to be like “Hey, Sehjma, thanks for ordering <potentially embarrassing thing> from us!” all over their social media is...not cool.

I agree. Also, this type of shaming is coming from a bad angle that just renders the whole thing embarrassing.

I agree. If they wanted to write and include the note to her- fine. But posting it publicly is crossing boundaries/ a bit of a violation to me. Not cool.

Yeah, I don’t know about this... in theory it’s an awesome burn. But to put it out on social media seems like a low blow. I can’t say that I’m cheering for this even if it’s coming from someone in my political corner.

I’m a little surprised to be feeling so much “Nope” over this.

Yeah, I wouldn’t want my purchase displayed by any conservative business that felt like free publicity. It’s a nasty move.

Thanks so much for your order! It gave us an awesome excuse to release the details about a customer’s purchases while at the same time grandstanding and building publicity for our brand!

“Hey, I may be sleazy and corrupt, but...what was the third thing you said again?”

Well, there was a time when its scandals were nothing compared to gymnastics and figure skating judging, which at various times included money, threats, communism, and pay for play contracts prepared by the Law Offices of Satan, Beezelbub and Azazel LLC.

This is what you get for not banning the entire Russian delegation, IOC. Learn the lesson and get it right in 2020.