I think you guys are overblowing this thing a little too much.

Pardon me while I eat jumbo shrimp in deafening silence on the elevated subway. You have to admit its an awfully pretty sight sight to eat on the train. It’s kind of an open secret definitely maybe. 

They aren’t the majority. They’re just the loudest voices.

“Donkey Kong”

Hey, someone disagrees with Laserface1242, so instead of engaging with the person in a discussion on a forum designed for exactly that, you should dismiss him so that we maintain our righteous echo chamber.

“The issue is not whether something is offensive”

Yes it is, because offense is EXACTLY AS SUBJECTIVE AS HUMOR.

“In response to this director’s comment that pop culture is too sensitive these days, here’s an snarky, backhanded screed about how offended we are by his remarks.”

Jesus Tap-Dancing Christ, Splinter, just give the Pelosi/Congressional Democrat hate a rest for, like, two days. That’s all we ask. Just give us a couple of days off. It’s exhausting, and it makes you look like petulant, contrarian-on-purpose dickheads. Please. Begging.

This article is way too fucking long in service of a sequel to a mediocre game.

Rebecca, why did you even take the time to type all this out?

“But make no mistake: Rambo exists to kill.”

including the Pod Save America boys, who are definitively the biggest chodes in the world of podcasting.

Okay, I’ll admit I’m a bit torn here. I agree with points made by both sides of this debate and I’m as much an avid Splinter reader as I am a Pod Save listener, but mainly because I can differentiate bullshit from useful information so I’m getting something from both.

This is one of the finest 8th grade essays I have ever read.

Why are we assuming the writer was white? Or that anyone that lives in their block is white? 

I thought Libby Watson wasn’t writing here anymore. 

lmao you actually believe you ever educated a reader about anything

I’m happy that they have reclaimed this term that I have literally never heard or seen anyone use ever before but apparently was a extremely common slur

Thank goodness, now we can have it pass through the Senate and get signed by Trump before the week is out.

Crunchy Cheetos or GTFO