After reading your first paragraph, I was unsure as of who of the two of us was having a stroke.

A travesty no one named that slotted flap anything other than flappity flap

The poor girl has gone through more in her 4 years of life than most people do. The last paragraph puts some shine on the whole story, I hope they continue to develop and maintain good health.

[Y]ou are better than a virus, you really want someone you know to get killed by some DNA scraps in a protein shell? Humans didn’t colonize six continents without the use of wheels or metal to settle for this bullshit. Goddammit, we’ve got opposable thumbs and frontal lobes, lets fucking act like it!

Came here for this, am not disappointed 

He chose to make this scene instead of, you know, asserting his managerial powers that allow him to force the substitution to happen.

First Man not even being nominated for its score is a farse.

I mean, jerking off is free. Literally.

Man, I’ve seen contortionists bending their backs less than the convolutions you’re making for the point you’re trying to make.

The animal kingdom sends its regards

Remember when Deadspin was castigating Jim Harbaugh for treating most of the players in that team as children?

Nope, that’s what SOME shareholders expect. Some of the largest and most profitable companies in the world have absolutely jack shit of a top line (or even bottom line) growth. They do, however, generate cash flow like a motherfucker and thus are able to churn out a very attractive dividend yield. Fuck, J&J has a…

Net income for FY 2018 was around 1.8 billion dollars. There are about 20 countries with smaller GDP than that and they’re all small nation islands. Activision Blizzard makes products and provides services to a much larger client base than the sum of all those 20 small nations put together.

Yeah, Bill Belichick is just a failson of his dad, the scout.

Hey, but don’t these C-suite executives have phones?

So, what’s your stance on white or non-black people wearing dreadlocks?

Have you considered that perhaps no nonwhite people live and work in Nebraska that like it so much they think “you know what, I’m gonna run for office because I want to serve this great state”?

“No treat for you! Bad boy! Bad boy!”

So this isn’t cultural appropriation?

I loved your book, Nate, and I love your writing. Though I agree with you that what Tony is doing is not akin to divination (there are patterns, after all, and when you’re trained enough, you will see them clearly), I think you may be off your mark this time.