When I was in high school, a couple friends applied to the University of Chicago. One of their required application essay prompts was something like, “What’s the meaning of Wednesday?” Seems like a great NFL combine question as well.

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Why do you keep referring to her and other skiers as “athletes” when you mean “skiers”? Lots of dominant athletes have been world champions four times in a row. Michael Phelps won gold in the 200m medley five times in a row at one point (alternating between world championships and Olympics). Hicham El Guerrouj won…

This is the best Deadspin post in many moons. 

Not my story but still worth sharing. A friend, who is from a rural part of Norway, was taking an early morning bus back from Oslo to visit his parents. Let’s call him Thor. It was just him and one other guy as passengers until, as the bus was pulling away from the station, a young-ish couple ran up and banged on the…

Why not both? Airlines are flying sardine cans, especially on domestic flights. *And* this woman sucks.

Kill it with fire.

Always highlight truthers.

See but the point of the study is that a gun is likelier to result in you or someone you care about being hurt or killed than to contribute to a heroic act of protection. So no matter whether or not having a gun feels like a precaution, it’s really not! Your rationale is empirically wrong. 

He’s back!

Suggestion: look up the word “oligopsony,” read the definition, re-read your response, and spend a few minutes pondering this situation again.

Cool story bro: Han Xiao and I went to middle school together. In sixth grade gym class we had a table tennis “unit” during the winter. He was already or soon-to-be age group national champion in table tennis and it was absolutely unfair to play against him. He would beat most people 21-0, and I remember him playing…

Pharrell having his mind blown extremely endearingly by Nardwuar the Human Serviette is one of my favorite things to watch on the internet. He just seems so cool.

At the beginning of this year, my brother, who was living in New Hampshire, committed suicide. I live in Pakistan. Given my job and where I live, I spend a lot of time on long economy flights and I’m pretty well adapted to them. But when I had recovered enough from the call to think about logistics, I booked a…

Also good: yak. In northern Pakistan they make this dish that’s basically slow-cooked yak and handmade noodles and it is the truth. 

This is beautiful. I live in Pakistan, can’t wait to give my colleagues shit about it.

God damn it this is the funniest thing I’ve seen on the internet today.

Deep breaths.

105 times without stopping.

Joan Didion ethered Bob Woodward more than 20 years ago with an essay called “The Deferential Spirit.” If you, like me, enjoy a good hatchet job, check it out.