Why do you care what other people drink? I don’t drink raw milk. I also don’t jump out of planes or smoke cigarettes. But I prefer to live in a society where people are allowed to do those things. And more importantly, why get so hepped up about the consumer choices other adults make? You remind me of those people who…

widely-agreed upon second-best soccer player ever

Hold on a second - that is not the rule. The question is, did he follow the rules? And again, the point is not to excuse the hit but to put the blame where it belongs, which is with the league and the sport, not the player.

Watch the video in slow motion. Lockett turns and sees him before he unloads. It’s a legal hit. That doesn’t mean it’s good; it means that football is incredibly dangerous even when guys play within the rules. The fine was a classic case of punishing the outcome instead of the deed, which the NFL does a lot now that…

The really scary thing is, it wasn’t even a dirty hit. Seemed like a typical blocking play in real time.

First rule of MMA: fight long enough and everybody loses. I know it wasn’t MacGregor’s first loss, but the point remains. People get way too hung up on endless win streaks that just aren’t sustainable in combat sports.

how many times did the shopkeeper dude tell him not to feed them after midnight

Fan entitlement is one of the worst aspects of video game culture. The fact of the matter is, fans don’t know what they’ll like until they get it, and pandering to fans is a recipe for making bad art, no matter what the medium. I hope Nintendo sticks to its guns.

Probably worth noting that people report sharply declining numbers of non-romantic friendships as they approach later adulthood even if they are unmarried.

Still my favorite.

Glad you wrote about the difficulty of being a casual fan of online multiplayer shooters. What I learned with Battlefield 3 was that in order for it to be fun, I had to play a lot in order to be minimally good. But I just don’t have enough time to play that much, so I feel left out from these kinds of games. It just…

So do people just not understand that Oscar Robertson would be a very improved player with modern conditioning, dieting, equipment, sports science, coaching, techniques, and the fact that he wouldn’t have to travel from Milwaukee to Los Angeles on a bus full of people smoking?

Whichever is cheapest. I don’t think there’s much difference from one to another.

Whichever is cheapest. I don’t think there’s much difference from one to another.

“He’s really stout” coming at the exact moment it does is perfect. You couldn’t script it better.

The thing is, the NBA hipsters absolutely love that these old players say this stuff, because the only thing you have to do to be big on NBA Twitter is to find what an ex-player says and flog the exact opposite perspective. I’ve never seen an example of people being more captive to the perspective of the side they…

The context is that a hardcore fanbase of certain media properties, made up of people who commonly call themselves “geeks,” has brilliantly appropriated the language of marginalized minorities, acting as if liking certain kinds of art is the same as being an oppressed group and loudly insisting that anyone who doesn’t…

You know what’s also an asshole move? Declaring the rest of the species assholes and yourself the only righteous person alive.

on the one hand you’re correct but on the other hand this is you rn

I see a 30 for 30 in his future.

Today’s obliteration of Detroit is probably just the start of a second-half reign of terror as Davis goes for that huge pile of coin.