Re: Alien porn - this makes me think of one of my favorite short stories of all time, “And I Awoke And Found Me Here On The Cold Hill’s Side”, by James Tiptree, which is basically about people after first contact being completely obsessed with fucking aliens, to the point where it’s implied that it’s going to destroy…

The Angels probably wanted to abandon him before the relapse; the relapse only gave an excuse to bring it into the open. I don’t think their actual problem was with his addiction, it was that he OPSed .745

Friend of mine in college had this:

I’m honestly impressed that Drew isn’t trying to win all food-related arguments solely by screaming, “I WON CHOPPED, YOU BASTARDS!” at the top of his lungs.

This, except about Dexy’s Midnight Runners / the KLF (you listen to my after-punk and committed to the idea of passion trumping musicianship, genre-bending, complicatedly political and leftist, widely misunderstood, playful and theatrical, sometimes consciously hostile and offputting, but basically great British 80s…

Baseball is the best in playoffs

He doesn’t have a great point (it’s not like Deadspin is anything other than upfront about having a specific viewpoint, and it’s not like there’s some kind of ion law by which Deadspin should be required to publish only articles that this random dude happens to agree with politically). To the extent that he has a…

Maybe this makes me the dickbag, but I don't agree that you should feel compelled to join in the goofy mid-inning bullshit entertainment stuff. I mean, obviously, you should try not to be a smug dickhead and loudly disapprove of it. But I don't think there's anything wrong with just politely and quietly abstaining.

No, Wrigley Field shouldn’t be renovated because I hate video boards. Rich people have nothing to do with that. All rich people do is make the strident defenses of the renovation kinda ridiculous.

I’m glad to hear your confirmation of my ideas, and hope you’ll join me in condemning this senseless waste.

Agreed. All really modern ballclubs utilize advanced methods of revenue generation like having so few bathrooms that people wind up pissing on the wall. Frankly, it’s hard to be really competitive without saving money by just letting people take a leak wherever the fuck they want in a stadium. I’m glad the Cubs are…

FIFA's a far more complicated brand of corruption and evil than we're accustomed to, though. Multiple overlapping organizations and confederations and interest groups? Corruption that depends on things like international relations, the global economy, and post-colonial politics? That shit is too complicated, man. At…

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And why in hell shouldn't he comment? He's a smart man with opinions, why shouldn't he share them?

I don't believe you're actually Taylor Swift

Chicken and dumpling soup. Chicken and dumpling soup! CHICKEN AND DUMPLING!!!!! *