Why not just ban college altogether? No more campus, no more campus sexual assault.

I think the book/film Fever Pitch had a lot to do with it their surge in popularity, both in Britain and abroad - casting them as the underdogs and their fans as “tried and true” appeals to exactly the sort of person who becomes a die-hard fan of a team as an adult.

I mean, NYC has kept up the tradition of mounted policemen for over a century after they ceased to be relevant, so they’d keep a ghostbusting unit at least as long.

Ghostbusters: The Big-Budget Fan Remake

Nah, it’s simple. You write a text message saying how attracted you are to someone to your friend, but - whoops! - accidentally send it to the person you’re interested in. If they’re into it, they respond accordingly, but if not, you didn’t technically proposition them so you didn’t technically get rejected. Otherwise…

I mean, Christ, if you think Billy is bad, try reading the Manchester Guardian.

Bigger question: why not just roll ‘em the hell up?

Spotlight is exactly the kind of film that the Academy loves, though. It “tackles” a social issue long after doing so ceased to be brave or risky, letting everyone feel like film is a force for good in the world without actually expecting it to do anything.

Theory: far from a fuckup, Newell planned for something like to happen. It’s a good way to publicly put everyone on notice that they’re done with the “old school” approach.

On the other hand, these are also places where rule of law and rules for financial oversight and weak, so there’s no guarantee that much of that money actually gets invested in soccer in any meaningful way.

You have Human Disorder, which according to DSM-IX is characterized by two broad groups symptoms, namely (1) Being Human, and (2) Not Being A Robot. Please visit your nearest Cybermechanization Processing Centre for treatment.

TV and film treat in stock characters and it’s hard to imagine someone being creative or interesting while being a stereotype of a STEM worker - Big Bang Theory only manages by pretty ruthlessly mocking its subjects. I guess you could do something with a highly successful startup or something, but these people…

Guy who doesn’t understand statistics or team management doesn’t understand basketball analytics? Color me 92.5% unsurprised.

Most diuretics are banned in at least some quantities because they can be used to dilute traces of PEDs below detectable thresholds. They’re also used by competitors in combat sports to try and make weight. Up to you to decide if there’s a connection.

Part of deadspin’s whole shtick is that they don’t have journeyman journalists assigned stories they don’t care about. If you’d rather read boring, forced reporting on another match, you can find that elsewhere.

Here’s how it works. You change the source code. You click “Build”. Voila, new signed binary. The FBI can’t hack it, but they don’t need to, all they need to do is get another false or misleading warrant.

It isn’t, they just didn’t enforce the rules.

Changing those identifiers to work on another phone is is as easy as changing a “Copyright 2015" statement to “Copyright 2016".

See also: Matrix 2 & 3, The Hobbit.