I don’t necessarily agree with what King has done here, but this whole article is begging the question. King’s logic actually makes some sense even if you disagree or find it distasteful - when determining accolades for football achievements, only use football-relevant things. What Sharper did was immeasurably worse,…

Sure they were, otherwise she’d be filthy and covered in pressure ulcers and bedsores. They wouldn’t think she’s pregnant any more than you’d go to a 3rd grade Christmas pageant and think the chubby one in the middle is pregnant.  It’s borderline unthinkable that either one would be pregnant, and not really their job…

My mom was in a short term rehab after getting out of the hospital for a heart bypass. I had to raise hell just to get a doctor to examine my mother - turns out she had pneumonia. I really doubt anyone would have noticed or cared until she was on death’s door if I hadn’t said something. They also gave her food with…

I was figuring there was at least a timeout and some jersey swapping in a huddle. This is just lazyness on the officials’ part. Well, and blatant cheating by the trips, whether or not the coach knew about this specific instance.

As long as he didn’t wear those shorts with slides and socks, I can grit my teeth and overlook it.

Kind counterpoint, sir: As an official who works men’s college basketball, identifying a shooter for free throws is a vital part of what we do. At our level, the calling official will normaly announce the shooter to his partners before going to the table, but good, non-calling partners will also say, “I’ve got your…

There’s a statue of John Harvard (at Harvard, because where else would they put such a statue), and the left boot of it is extremely well polished because it’s supposedly good luck to rub it. Drunk douchey people piss on that boot on a nightly basis. I can only imagine how much piss is on Ronaldo’s statue dick.

clearly not handicapped

Oh, I agree with you. But unless you’re specifically trained there and on job for it? You can bet your ass you’re out the door. I’ve seen it happen to Managers and regular crew.

You should look up the term “invisible disability”

He even checks the receipt after.  Looking to see if the customer ordered the beat down I guess.

By “no one” do you mean those that get ticketed or towed for doing so regularly?

Wrong. Paying with cash is a perfectly acceptable way to buy fuel. Sitting in front of a pump or charger and NOT using it for its intended purpose is different.

You forgot the worst one of all: when a *football* player returning from a recent injury is said to be “on a pitch count”.

Agreed, that’s my hope as well.

In the coming years, more older politicians will die and we will again go through the same tiresome exercises that followed McCain and Bush’s deaths: it will be asked whether it is polite to remember a man’s dangerous policies in death, whether qualities like interpersonal kindness mean anything in the face of their…

But he wouldn’t have done this for, say, the NFL combine?

UFC president Dana White was a bit of a shithead towards a reporter on Thursday during the press conference for the recently-relocated UFC 232.

Who’s hysterical? Hysteria implies a disproportionate reaction, which you yourself just admitted is not the case here.

More and more I worry about the impulse, from the community and within the ranks of the police, to treat cops as heroes rather than just public servants, which is what they are. Yes, the face a heightened level of danger, but frankly so do nurses and sometimes even social workers (some of the clients they deal with…