After the 5-min OT, the game is still tied. You can either pack up the bags and call it a day, or, you can give the fans a fun (albeit not-really-hockey) spectacle that showcases the most skilled players.

I can't think of a better alternative.

" your refusal to really engage with the accusation of the scene as rape"

Are you saying people should feel ashamed of leading a privileged life?

You're kind of arguing against a straw man, here. I bet there are very few people who would set the age of consent at 11.

Hey Carmen, go duck yourself!

No, Neckbeard! Noooooo!!!

If "ifs" and "buts" were candy and nuts . . . you'd still be insufferable.

Bo noes spelling.

When something you say garners an almost-unanimously negative reaction (even from those with similar beliefs), do you stop and think, "hmmmm, maybe I should examine my behavior" or do you just double-down and convince yourself that you're acting appropriately and it's everybody else that is out of line?

No they're not.

No big deal. Somebody just asked Dana White to verbalize the deepest thought he's ever had.

Give me a break. I'm a liberal, and we're capable of just as much hypocrisy and disingenuity as the right wing.

Welcome to Jezebel. This site offers many great things, but intellectual consistency is not among them.

On the surface, it makes a lot of sense to increase NBA court dimensions, but I don't believe it would actually have a noticeable effect.

The unnamed players were initially concerned that coach was an intolerant bigot, but it turns out he was just frustrated by mental mistakes when he chided the team to "stop pulling those fucking boners!"

Is that true, though?

I don't mean this in a snarky way, but I thought the NBA has had a fairly strict dress code for the last 7-8 years?

You responded to a legit gripe (working on Christmas totally sucks, BTW) with a condescending, hackneyed scolding. Then you told the same stranger to "shut the fuck up."