Actually... I don’t know if it does. But, shit, comedy!?!?!, I’m not even entirely clear how to approach the debate of “which one lands better.” But, “douchebag” is a heavily gendered word, so if the objective is “be hilarious while not inadvertently opening yourself up to the viewpoint of marginalizing a group of…

Maybe I’m reading that joke different than everyone else, but I thought the punchline of that joke is specifically because it is such a sharp, unambiguous, clear signal of his friends’ willful stupidity and obliviousness (because they are using the word faggot) immediately after his half-assed defense of his friends.…

(1) Direct infusion of cash.
(2) Scholarship funds.
(3) Build school.
(4) Job training.
(5) Direct funding of entrepreneurial ventures for your adults / families of children.
(6) Additional tutoring and personal training to prepare for university.
(7) Partnership with funding a NGO pursuing similar or exact same objective.
(7…

Like I said last time, if building a self-aggrandizing monument to himself was the *only* option he had available to help those kids, I would be fully in lockstep with you. But, clearly, there’s approximately a bajillion other ways a rich superstar athlete could have helped those kids WITHOUT building a monument to…

If that was the absolute only way he could have done so, then you’d be right. But VANITY PROJECT with a SOCIAL MISSION stapled to it is Clever Rich Asshole 101.

Yes, that is more humiliating. It is embarrassing when your opponent believes you’re not even worth engaging in a competitive manner.

Adventures in learning about long-distance running: the shameful shitting edition