There are people who really think 73 isn’t the number?

The commenter is perhaps suggesting that that is not what the average man thinks. They also might not be offended, but pushing on something they disagreed with. Perhaps they are also not suggesting you don’t comment or speak up.

The gymnastics coverage is so great. And the tennis. But I’m a tennis fan who was a tennis kid, so, to be expected. But gymnastics? I know nothing. It’s fascinating and informative. Thanks!

See replies after yours. Apparently, Little Miss Guns-are-cool might have been making it up.

Half of these comments are versions of “I wonder if the NRA donates to....” followed by people who probably don’t vote sharing their political musings.

You could figure this out pretty easily. In fact, some might argue it’s your civic duty.

Do you guys genuinely get more pageviews or something for these fucking audio versions of things that I used to read?

Very interesting interview. But I have to argue with part of the framing: do we really need to rank historical events based on how many people died during them? (Or at all, for that matter.) That was the sense I got from the which-was-more-important-flu-v.-war discussion. Both significant, and significantly…

Rock/LeBron unity ticket!

WAIT A SECOND. How did I not realize that Manafort looks uncannily like Wile E. Coyote, Genius?

This former serve-and-volleyer heartily applauds. (And also loves Sampras, and thinks Stefan Edberg and Boris Becker, in that order, were the two most entertaining tennis players ever to watch.)

Looks to me like a hipster with a man-bun.

This enervating post (and especially the comments) illustrate something I read recently, along the lines of why Democrats can’t stop arguing amongst themselves, while Republicans have spent almost forty years coalescing, for the most part, behind a rock-solid (if abhorrent) ideology.

A German friend of mine complains about the underfunded, crumbling, hidebound German universities. Let’s not pretend the progressive vision is an infallible panacea.

While you’re at it, can you convince Americans to stop writing “whinge”? Cause that word blows.

Maybe try a light google; search terms police, rape, statistics, report; then come back and ask again. (Or don’t.) At least just click on this link: https://www.nij.gov/topics/crime/rape-sexual-violence/Pages/rape-notification.aspx

Also: “Truth is still first. I think we just disagree on what constitutes absolute truth vs what can be shown via reporting.” [head/table]

Eurogame enthusiasts would like a word...

Along with a college football nap. The best nap. Followed by: 2) golf nap; 3) Bob Ross nap; 4) How It’s Made nap; 5) NFL nap.

...................he’s been arrested in connection with a murder......????