“though granted, maybe they were laughing at me hoarding ketchup packets in my Mighty Ducks fanny pack”

I’m guessing an outside pitch. So she might be dispirited but in her own home and/or coffeeshop.

“Cold calling.”

I can’t imagine trying to start a serious relationship while mired in student debt. It just feels unfair to a potential partner to enter into something so potentially life-entwining with all this dead weight. I want a partner, not someone I’ll never be able to contribute equally with. And...dating someone in as much…

I wonder how many commenters who are saying they’d hypothetically break it off for $36k would also be super upset if they found out their SOs said the same thing.

So i’m thinking that any “liberal” triggered by this bland painting and its puddle-deep meaning should rethink their lives. Oh, what’s that you say? No one was triggered but a bunch of twitter bots? That sounds right.

this just reads like a rushed piece and pointlessly so, too. jez wasn’t breaking this news so there was no reason to write and publish without editing carefully.

yeah, i work as a writer/editor for a trade mag. i would be embarrassed/irrationally worried about getting fired if i turned in a piece with as many typos and grammatical errors as the average gawkmodo piece (i really don’t want to single this piece out because it’s only slightly worse than the average.)

seriously. for a website group that demands it be taken seriously (but only when it wants to be), the writers should probably take an AP style course (or just adhere to Gizmodo’s internal style guide!) and read their stories before hitting post.

I guess you are unfamiliar with the concept of “cancelling.”

I think a different version of this article should go up on every Gawkmodo vertical. I’d really love to see the ‘conclusions’ drawn by each hivemind.

Ken Patera was a wrestler. No “n.” Patera.

He is absolutely a giant dickhole for his $25k bullshit fine if a theater holds a post-show discussion.

He’s being interviewed by a pretty big paper so I think its safe to assume *someone* cares what he thinks. But besides that, yeah, Mamet had his day—and i still think he writes toxic masculinity well, even if he doesn’t see it as toxic—but its passed.

I roll my eyes so hard at people who make up their minds about a work before they’ve read/seen/evaluated it. The play will probably be bad (if it actually gets made) but you don’t get bonus points for thinking its bad from its conception.

So, like, were the two staffers black? ‘Cause it doesn’t feel like as much of a victory if this got two black employees fired.

McDouble’s are the best! Oh man, I love McDonald’s®. I’m glad to see someone else will say I’m Loving It® with me!

Oh man! This comedy is so great fellow Audio Visual Clubbers! The podcast is so insightful and just hilarious! I can’t wait to go get some McDonald’s® now!

but, like, if i was...wouldn’t you want a piece of that sweet, sweet frozen steak money...mmmmm frozen steak money

I think the movie totally lives up to the hype and absolutely loved it.