Where are they getting the $7,740,521 from, when the link in the WP article lists NRA donations to McCain as totaling $17,350? 

How about a return to the days when entertainers made jokes at every politician’s expense and stuck to the unwritten rule of avoiding deep political discourse? People watch because late night entertainment should be an alternative to that, and unfortunately Kimmel’s ratings will continue to show it.

See? Those are some responsible questions that contribute to a good conversation. Rather than knee-jerk blathering about its undeniable insanity due to its source, its good to see some fair acknowledgement of potential merits and a desire to work through its perceived problems for the common good.

do poor folks deserve to get to choose their own food?

Every single Gizmodo, Jezebel and Splinter writer could stand to read this one.

It can be a tricky thing to retroactively judge people based on contemporary social attitudes. In this case I think it’s right that the award is being withheld. It may have been the 70s and 80s, but Bushnell’s behaviour would still have been considered sexist. People were just more likely to shrug sexist behaviour off…

I agree that this isn’t the year, but we can’t whitewash him out of the history of video games. I know it’s hard to have nuanced discussions about these things, but we can’t really have a society where everyone is judged by the worst thing they have ever done. People are good and bad, people learn, people make…

Those who want change “racist” with “racially charged” (or with “simply offensive” or “Trump” with “Some orange old man” or “Gizmodo” with “Actually the Old Gawker In Disguise”), XKCD substitutions seems to be a favorite.

Why does the headline say “Replace ‘Racist’ With ‘Racist’ With This Chrome Extension?” I don’t understand!

I thought it was hilarious when I got to the end of the article and saw the same recommended one repeated so many times

For all the controversy surrounding this game, it always seems like these issues are only discovered by redditors and streamers, who I imagine are probably in the top 10% in terms of hardcore players.

These are high paying quality tech and finance jobs. They’re not putting stuff in boxes here.

Another day, another company announcing they will be increasing comp for their employees because of the tax cuts, another outrage post from Splinter about how it’s not enough.

Isn’t it the other way round? Xbox one is backwads compatible with Orange box?

1. I don’t remember clicking Deadspin! Which I only read for terrible soccer coverage.

Pictured: IOC Spokesman

Holy shit. IOC spokesman is really angling for a new job as Sports Information Director for an SEC school.

I think they might have lifted the idea maybe. Or imitation, flattery and what have you.

I see they're already regretting the decision to use UFC referees in the Olympics.