That paper is declining at an incredible rate. Baquet seems to deserve a huge portion of the blame, but it’s clear he’s not alone. They keep hiring the worst people while proclaiming how important they are. Thinking how many good journalists are currently out of work while a handful of elitist charlatans and…

I believe we call this The Jake Tapper Special: emailing someone about their completely-reasonable and fair criticism, and then demanding an apology.

I can tell from this post that you pronounce it “Barthelona.”

To letter writer No.1 - Depression really sucks and it can be almost impossible to get up off the couch and go for that walk, but don’t stop asking.

Dude dating the doctor: I’ve been through the same thing. Someone working an extended hours job, traveling for work, etc. If they want to keep in touch, they will. It does not take much time to send a text, and I guarantee you she’s talking to other people during that period... which means you’re not at the forefront…

Why are the commercials on the podcast so bad? The Capt. Marvel and Endgame commercials sound like a high school class project.

Luis’ credibility on soccer is on par with Billy.

Until recently it was widely regarded as a second-tier elite school. As one of my friends who went there put it, it wouldn’t pass the “man on the bus” test: “if a man on the bus asks you where you go to school, and you answer truthfully, will he be impressed?”

He (Stephens) also revels himself as a surface-level credentialist (“Oh, my, you went to a state school, my good fellow? Well, yes, that’s a fine ... accomplishment, if you will ... but do know your place”), to such an extent I was surprised to read from Wikipedia that he attended U. Chicago and not, say, U. Penn. or…

But you can’t argue with Bret. I get that maybe you could ignore Bret, but he isn’t going away. So your options are: 1. Leave him to continue writing shitty columns or 2. Let him know he is a hack and heckle him from the cheap seats.

Fuck off, dumbass. Psychopaths are not dealt with as delicate flowers with legitimate opinions, but as the evil shits they are.

I think you’re projecting. I read this as Samer thinking this made Stephenson look bad (which it does), not that it made Stephenson look worse than Samer.

Disagree. Why invest thought into someone you are not sure you are even engaged with. A submarine has to ping a target before it launches torpedoes.

Constant push back by any means, against evil people, does indeed work.

I stopped reading his reply when point 2 made it clear that his argument was “do you know who I am?!  I’ll make sure you never work in this town again!”

These comments just keep getting dumber and less self aware. I’m almost impressed.

People like Bret deserve no respect.

So what? An asshole like that should be trolled.

It has EVERYTHING to do with his outright evil views.

Nobody gives a shit about civil discourse you gigantic fucking nerd.