From an RS commenter:

But unfortunately, she can’t have it both ways since athletes are contractually obligated to engage with the media.

“Relatively small bear” is a mama bear with her cubs, and is relatively large enough to seriously fuck up a human.

She wasn’t “let off the hook”. She made an agreement that called for fines if she didn’t fulfill that portion of the agreement. She decided paying the fine was the better choice for her. so could ANY OTHER PLAYER.

Her concerns were that doing press conferences caused her significant distress. I agree her timing in deciding not to do press conferences was inconvenient for the French Open (I also can understand that the feeling of “I can’t handle this” can come all at once and at the last minute...anxiety and mental distress…

I remember there was a big fuss a few years back when Steph Curry of the golden state warriors was rising. I myself don’t really watch pro basketball, but I know the playoffs are a long haul. So this dude has done interview after interview and one time he decides to bring his 3 year old along. She was a cute kid and…

I agree that this entire thing seems silly. Naomi Osaka’s job is to play tennis and win. Everything she does is done with that goal in mind, and that is what she gets paid to do by tournaments and sponsors. It’s not her job to make sure there’s plenty of fodder for gasbag pundits and stenographers to witter on about…

How often have you watched a tennis match to watch tennis? How often have you watched a tennis match because you want to have more context for what they say in the press conference afterwards? This seems beyond silly to me. She says talking to the press is bad for her mental health. What is there for her to discuss…

I’ve said it before here, so this is just a reminder that Gwen Stefani is...just not smart. Not bright, not a critical thinker. She’s a cute girl with good style that she aped from the OC rockabilly scene (especially Latinas), and because she dressed counterculture and sang in a rock band, everyone just wedged her…

There needs to be zero tolerance for this kinda shit. Go straight to jail. No bond. A prison sentence and enough of a fine that it ruins their lives forever. And do the same to all the assholes that harrass and assault retail employees. 

Hot take - this is the end result of low airfares and the democratization of air travel, combined with a refusal to punish bad behavior.

The moment he turned around and said “I’ve got you ma’am” to the flight attendant melted my heart. But the rest of it was absolutely horrible. One of the saddest things about the last four years is how the ahole in chief taught Americans to openly hate each other and removed the shame that previously stopped most idiot…

They should be put on the no fly list.

Not to apologize for this genre, which is certainly icky, but isn’t it a pretty well-established fact (from cops, witnesses and people who knew him socially) that Bundy was fairly charming and good-looking (though it’s amazing what was considered hot in the 70s), and that’s why he was able to talk women into going…

What I can’t stand about the mythologizing of serial killers is the prevailing belief that they must be “special” to have been able to kill x number of people or a real genius to be able to get away with it.

This is why so many of us were not impressed by this “take the high road” fuckshit.

IIRC she sued a guy she was dating a few years ago because she gave him a bunch of money for something and it turned out he was married, so I think she’s racist, comes from money, and is litigious. She definitely won’t be getting a lot of call-backs either way.

She’s stupid and likely has family or friends with money to fund this shit. While also completely not understanding that not only is her name now back in national news but HR depts are getting a refresher on how this woman should never, ever get a job anywhere, unless the Blaze or Bretbart feel like throwing some…

Remember when Christian Cooper beclowned himself but refusing to help bring the hammer down on her?

Cilantro tastes great and I can’t help it if some genetic freaks out there can’t appreciate that.