Well, having now written their fifth piece about something they keep insisting is a non-story, it does seem like Deadspin is setting the bait and sitting back and waiting for the ‘you’re missing the point’ takes. It’s becoming a matryoshka doll of ‘who’s the real asshole here’.

In Team USA’s first game they beat Thailand 13-0. Some people thought that the Americans over-celebrated some of their later goals in that win as scoring, say, the 10th goal over a much smaller and less developed program isn’t an incredible accomplishment and their celebrations came off as bad sportsmanship.

It’s the most thin-skinned overreaction to the slightest criticism. “Hey, maybe tone down the celebrations when you’re up 10-0.”

Canadians getting high horse Morally Superior(tm)? WHY, I NEVER.

Americans not reacting well to gentle criticism? Whoda thunk it?

This is the dumbest take. 

OH MY GOD SHE CLAPPED! THINK OF THE OPPONENTS! ETHICS IN GOALSCORING! THEY’RE CELEBRATING! ACT LIKE YOU BEEN THERE BEFORE!!!

Honestly. As we all know, the only proper way for a woman to react upon accomplishing something great is to immediately apologize and abase herself on the pitch.

damn hard to believe someone who voted for trump isn't bright enough to discern extremely obvious sarcasm 

You believe that the author actually considers this “cool”? Did you read the text of the article? Do you have any comprehension of tone at all?

This is such an awesome comment.

If you’re a conservative, not rich, and voted Dump, you’re a fool. Seriously. He’s not for you. He doesn’t care about you. In fact he doesn’t give a rat’s rear about you. All he cares about is how much you’ll cheer for him at his creepy wannabe-Nuremberg rallies. That’s it.

16 isn’t a child. 16 is a teenager. This shouldn’t go down on his permanent record but I still think he needs to be tried as an adult if only to scare him straight.

Lets just all remember that he is a child and likely doesn’t have the perspective to understand how awful this is. And instead blame the scores of adults who still made it happen.

Very much. I have to believe that there’s some kind of payout and/or job offer at the end resulting in some kind of Move That Bus! feel good moment. If not, it’s just televised cruelty.

After a series of escalations, the punchline of every prank is apparently “Actually, you are still unemployed.”

This sounds very much like a Bad Idea.

love too have my employment be a trick played on me by a rich child who will never have to work a real job in their entire life

That sounds mean spirited even for a typical prank show.