Absolutely fair re: Bucks, Delco, MontCo, Kensington, Northeast Philadelphia, South Philly, etc.

I also have no desire to visit Ohio. But this was the impetus of my singling out Idaho.

I don’t know what the hell this means, but it’s definitely food for thought!

As a black man in America, my list of “must visit” states is drastically smaller. Fuck if you’re ever going to catch me in Idaho.

Ohio: What if we took everything terrible about the Deep South and added cold weather?

THERE WERE 7 TURNOVERS, 8 SACKS, and 3 DEFENSIVE TDs. HOW THE FUCK DO YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT IT?

Of course, you know, because iconic moments like The Catch, The Drive, The Immaculate Reception, The Play (Stanford-Cal), the Miracle(s) at the Meadowlands, the Music City Miracle, the Helmet Catch...these are all very bad—and what’s more, not-good—endings for games.

The last 7 drives of the game had 3 punts, 2 interceptions, and 2 touchdowns...

A 27-24 game would likely have been decided by whichever team got the ball last...

There were 3- almost FOUR- defensive touchdowns in the game. Having the ball in that game also meant a higher-than-average likelihood of giving points to the opponent. Stop ignoring the fact that the DLs on both teams looked like monsters for 50% of the plays.

We all know why there are so many Skins fans in the south, right? And why there are so many black Cowboys fans in the DC area, right? I think there are plenty of Skins fans who would rather see them choke away the once-every-four-or-five-years Golden chance they have to see a division champ and playoff game than…

― James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time

Looks like the folks who said none of the war criminals from the Bush administration will ever face justice spoke a little too soon.

Jesus Christ I hate the goddamned Broad Street Bully Flyers but that Gritty is pretty hilarious.

My “fav” bit of Hillbilly Elegy (a terrible overrated Horatio Alger tale) was when a few pages after he told a story about him using pay day loans to take a girl on a date, he complained about how poor people make dumb decisions with their money (with no sense of self awareness).

“The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.

Does Splinter even have any POC staff anymore? I get they had to cut staff, but why only the POC staff? I truly wish I had your cognitive dissonance to call out privileged white people for having a platform as a privileged white person with a platform and not have the slightest bit of irony or self-awareness. That…

You missed the part where Gladwell specifically asked Simmons to be on the podcast to drop these ramblings of a lunatic. He came up with this idea and said “I simply MUST get this out into the world as fast as humanly possible”.