Yes. I can spot them pretty quickly. A tell is finding out where they go on holidays. The “back homes” are almost always college towns or vacations are almost always too exotic to be done on professor wages. For example, Ann Arbor or the South of France. The former is obvious, but the latter is because of generational…

In Gladwell’s defense, the Penn State coaching staff and administration probably spent more than 10,000 hours raping children and ignoring it, so he’d have to reject the entire premise of one of his own books if he didn’t recognize their expertise in the field.

Steve Smith has been the best wide receiver he’s ever played with, and it’s not even close. Greg Olsen has been his leading receiver since then. That organization had a generational talent at QB and failed abysmally to put even an adequate supporting cast around him.  

And don’t forget the NFL has a standing policy that, unlike Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers, a defender using his helmet to smash Cam Newton’s helmet (and Russell Wilson’s) is not a personal foul and, in fact, is encouraged.

Cam Newton is selfish can be described in on play, 4th and goal on the one yard line:
Selfish Cam - takes the snap, dives over the pile, scores.
“Good football” Cam - Hands it off to Christian Mccaffrey, who runs 20 yards to the left, before being tackled for a one yard loss (also acceptable, Cam drops back for a pass…

It’s insane to me that in the year of our Lord 2019 we’re still having “Cam Newton is selfish” conversations. The guy has had no offensive line, no noteworthy receivers, and a platoon of overrated running backs basically ever since he came in the league, and has muscled them to numerous playoff berths and a Super Bowl.

Jeez Paul, why not just wear a sign that says "I'm a racist" on you at all times? Cuz that's one goddamn racist take.

Cam Newton is playing injured and probably has been playing injured for the last 3 or so years. He continued to play, because the Panther’s only other option at that point was...*check notes*...A literal robot who was programmed to throw turnovers and make racial slurs. He didn’t play because he was selfish, he played…

I am an academic as well and this is so true. I had a career before taking a faculty position and the sheer numbers of my colleagues who have no idea what the world is like is, well, grand stereotype reinforcement. It is especially bad among the generation professors (parents and grandparents were professors too) who…

That is such horseshit. I have a “no more than 10 years younger than me” rule. My wife is only five years younger than me, but if I were single, I wouldn’t date anyone more than 10 years younger, because it’s just fucking weird.

Works for the Patriots.

Yeah, but they’re only tied for the best record in baseball, whereas a non-cursed team would have sole possession of the best record.

In a fluke year in Colorado where his OPS+ was lower than it is this year. The rest of his career was mediocre at best.

I used to joke in the late 90s and early 00s they had a machine they could plug mediocre players into and an hour later they’d pop out and play like all stars.

Didn’t we all learn this from Ben Carson?

Counterpoint: DJ LeMahieu is a 30 year old player who until this year had done nothing much of consequence in the major leagues. 92 OPS+.

I think I can speak for Baseball fans everywhere when I laugh and point at the Yankees’ misfortunes. Here’s to them getting their butts kicked in the ALDS by the Twins or A’s.

Faculty member here as well, thirding (after Insomniacrobat) this post.

There are a great many incredibly intelligent people in education as a whole, but the post-secondary ranks seem especially adept at attracting folks who are borderline geniuses in their field who also happen to lack the ability to understand that…

I used to work for UPenn. You hit the nail on the head.

College faculty member here. While completely inappropriate and extremely unsettling, it pains me to say that I am not surprised by Stallman’s comments and behavior. People who work in academia often lead very microcosmic lives. Especially at the post-secondary level. Some are considered experts and even pioneers in…