I had a friend who worked morning shift at a downtown grocery store that also sold liquor. If you’re employed as, say, a bartender, it’s just sort of understood that part of your job is watching folks gradually drink themselves to death in front of you. He was a little surprised to find that this was *also* part of…

Sure, “Couth” is impressive, but to be extra fancy you’ve got to find a way to work “Gruntled” into the conversation.

And it’s okay for kids to be ignorant, but it’s the responsibility of the adults around them to change that.

Remember the Argentina-England quarterfinal in the 1986 World Cup? Truly, I think the sport can never hope to reach the pinnacle it achieved in that game.

The problem is that in a world with Facebook (and more broadly, The Internet), any writer can near instantly reach an unlimited audience.  Given the unprecedented amount of *free* writing out there, what can you do to justify getting someone to actually *pay* you for it?

I love how “late capitalism” has become the “Mondays!” of the Gawker commentariat.

More to the point, he’s a *liquor store* checkout guy.  Late 30s dad buying White Claw isn’t one of the dozen most depressing things he saw *that day*.

Exactly.  The NFL has plenty of race issues, this isn’t one of them.  Though I would be interested to know if Brady and Rodgers hunted down 8 or 9 year old versions of their preferred helmets, or just switched to the new standard.

So basically, brace yourself for disappointment either way.

Gosh, it’s almost like Dale Earnhardt was a dangerous driver who counted on people putting up with his shit...

Being solely (and downright aggressively) from the male character’s perspective, this movie is one of the rare rom-coms that seems primarily aimed at men.  I was surprised the article didn’t mention that.

In the “there’s a sucker born every minute” sense, sure.  Paying twice as much for a vegetarian approximation of a burger doesn’t strike me as nuts.  Paying three times as much for spirits with the most expensive component removed, though...

Every time I hear this line, I think “as opposed to all the ethical (x) that happened under communism, feudalism, or anarchy”.

The teenager-level of thinking behind “he took money from a corporation, therefore he’s sold out his beliefs” isn’t particularly surprising coming from Mr. Haisley.

“Don’t worry, nobody dies. They’re healed and teleported back to fight another day. Their lives are never-ending cycles of not-quite-murder and painful near-death - fun for the whole family!”

You missed the best part - drunk Irish guy punches other drunk Irish guy *for refusing a drink*.

Okay, so it looks like they tried that and it didn't work.  I stand corrected.

I see the partnership with Barstool alienating a whole bunch of people who were unlikely to ever become NASCAR fans, and attracting a bunch of younger dudebros who are likely to age into exactly the same kind of people that are the majority of their current audience.  This doesn’t strike me as anything like the way…

I mean, this whole partnership sounds *very* on-brand for NASCAR to me. Barstool is popular with the younger versions of the kinds of white, male, straight, right-aligned fans that NASCAR currently has - this helps them bridge that age gap.

Also why the good ones were originally intended to be served cold rather than hot - any flavor profile is a lot likelier to hold up ~30 degrees colder than 100+ degrees colder.