It’s great that he was a good friend. Before judging those nasty, filthy commenters that never knew him, though, maybe you should consider whether some of the people that Deadspin et al slag on might also be decent people who are beloved by their colleagues. This is what people—including Deadspin writers—do on the…

I really don’t, but I don’t think they left in defense of any type of journalism, so much as they did over the hypocrisy of Gawker Media letting the sales executives overrule edit

“Years later, David Geithner’s children would look back on the day that ruined their family forever and remark that it wasn’t a total loss - ‘a bunch of awful people realized the value of friendship, at least.’ ”

Statistics do not work that way!

dude, diet coke SO much better than regular coke. nothing to do with calories.

I feel this too. My father gave up his life to be the sole burden carrier for my depressed mother, who only shit talks him and creates hateful emotional traps, especially around his children.

I'm glad you did include this. I will say that sometimes the most important thing a person who is the support can know is when it's time to walk away.

This article bugs me. I spent several years being the support for a loved one with depression and reading articles like this, which only served to make me feel like the burden of making the relationship work was put on me and any sympathy for what the support person is going through is minimized. And no, saying “it…

She’s a 17 year old girl and acted as such - expressing herself and making childish comments

Maybe a minor point, but I don’t agree with the assessment that white women are praised for altering their bodies. All women are criticized for altering their bodies.

The headline, like the previous Jez one “Bobby Brown Performs, Forgets Lyrics, While Bobbi Kristina In Hospice” makes it seem as if he’s not supposed to be doing those things while she’s dying. There is a definite negative tone, as if the man is supposed to constantly be at her bedside on a death watch.

i’m detestable for questioning you,good white ally? oh,i didn’t call you a racist,my dear. i suspect you of an unexamined racial bias which is not the same thing at all. telling.

Ditto. I’d suspect he’s not really mediocre, but rather has some psychological issues to work through which involve self esteem and possibly depression.

Right? Holy shit, he’s literally describing himself as someone who takes risks, makes a ton of money, and launches companies, but he’s “mediocre”. Not the guy pumping gas, not the girl flipping burgers, not the couple making $40k between them... no, he’s the mediocre one.

Computer Science isn’t about computers.

Really? I was also a comp-sci major (BS only, though) and wound up using a variety of different machines during my career, but it’s not like there’s a class where they sit you down and say “here’s how to put a CD in a drive.” If you know how to write software, they assume you can figure it out.

What on earth are you talking about? How did I “respond” to you? Are any of you even remotely sane?

Some people are just salty that they didn’t think to write a book about Beyonce while getting their PhD in women’s studies. Put down that Maya Angelo book, we don’t want you to understand our plight!

Anyone who thinks that Beyonce is going to liberate them from anything is basically living their life on Tumblr.

He started the class. It was his idea. It’s not like some Dean decided “gee, we should do a class on Beyonce” and assigned it to this guy.