Yeah but some of us middle-aged white guys who hated the NBA for years after Magic and Larry and Michael are in fact sentient beings with eyeballs who are aware that the post-Kobe NBA is awesome as hell

I have no basis to say that Get Out was the best of the nominees, because I didn’t see any of the others. But the people dismissing it for being a “b movie” or being based on a “simple” idea that “played the race card” and “could have been an 8-minute SNL sketch” are fucking idiots.

Nah. He’s just bullshitting and reveling in the attention. He thinks he’s a hilarious “provocateur.” Read McKay Coppins in the Atlantic this morning. This tells you everything you need to know about this jackass:

I didn’t realize conservative philosophy was “we need to free people and institutions from the shackles of regulatory bureaucracies so that ... we can then impotently scold them for not doing things they would have been required to do if we’d left the rules in place.”

I am gonna watch that video of the guy taking the Trump name off the sign thirty times tonight.

This is what it looks like when an absolute fucking moron tries to play Roger Stone’s “I’m just a zany shit-talker!” game.

This is the plot of a whole season of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

This game was so good I couldn’t even be upset when the Rockets won.

Jesus. Look nothing obligates anyone to like a particular film but don’t criticize it for “playing the race card” when the entire fucking film is like a giant game of race pinochle

One dude told me he liked everything about the movie except the “blatant” race stuff, and I was like...the whole fucking movie is blatant race stuff!

What the fuck man? Like - I haven’t seen any of the other nominees, and that is precisely because I basically only see movies in theater when the culture is so taken with a movie that I’m like “well I HAVE to see that so I know what everyone else is talking about.” And while I can’t say it deserves to win (since I…

I salute your dedication to these lols

Boring people.

I agree the pulling out is not part of a deliberate plan, it seems more like a compulsive tic

Wait I know this one it’s called sarcasm right? You’re saying that there is something between “everybody’s friend” and “sociopath.” If so I think you are right. Someone who is “everybody’s friend” would be extremely fun at parties whereas a “sociopath” would never even attend parties and I think we all know there are…

*fewer

Yes.

I am now picturing you lying on a clay tennis court with Rafael Nadal straddling your head and picking his butt.

Please give examples of Jordan’s extreme antisocial attitudes and total lack of conscience.

Can you provide a little more nuance to explain why this is a bad take? I totally understand feeling bad for him that he’s lost all the stuff - athleticism, confidence, resultant love of basketball - that gave him all that earning potential, but when your take is stated entirely in monetary terms, I am absolutely on…