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This will probably be the most personally expensive comment I read this week. Read more

It would *probably* have to be in places where staffers live (so, uh, Chicago, NYC, LA, San Francisco). Read more

For a serious answer, the massive difference between the NFLPA and the MLBPA is that in baseball, there is no ready reserve of willing replacements to step in and provide at least some form of a representative replacement. The NFL showed in 1987 that it could field teams of players to play games of some sort when the Read more

If there's nothing she can do, why do you give enough of a shit to write a long, rambling post about it? Are you scared us girl gamers are gonna mess with your boy toys? Read more

Gamers: "We want games to be considered Art!" Read more

We've always used the proper terms with our kiddo (I'm a biologist, I'm not going to call it a wee-wee or a hoo-haa or whatever). She was then told by other kids she was saying "bad words." Her teacher started to tell her not to say those and she proudly said "My mommy says those are the right words and not to use Read more

In my very personal opinion (based on experience, as a child, but an opinion nonetheless), one of the biggest reasons domestic violence is rarely appropriately punished, and one of the biggest reasons women struggle to leave, is that domestic violence is seen as one of those things that is personal and between the Read more

Consider forming really strong opinions about independent video games. Read more

LIAR. You're a fucking LIAR. I only work on desktop Kluwe, get your shit together. Read more

Very interesting (and pretty plausible) theory

Well, that's just plain awful. As someone who was in the military, I can speak to the amount of damage all of this infidelity and drama do, and how much more prolific it is in the military compared to the civilian world. Read more

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Actually, the "fake news blooper" video link you posted is real. Fred Fred is a popular troll who was inspired by this video, which was the first popular use of "fuck her right in the pussy," and is fake:

I don't care if this is a sponsored post, a Dyson vacuum is a marvel of engineering, and it is fascinating to look at the deconstructed photo! (Now pay me.) Read more

Definitely no sane bosses in media. If they don't immediately appear mental it's just because they're successfully hiding it, at the moment. Read more

Non-Ivy league education, roots for underdogs, from Virginia, and hates redskins. Read more

Your "openly" sort of answers your question, doesn't it? Everywhere I've worked in media, we've bitched about the bosses, about their fatheadedness, their casual cruelties, the needless complications they introduce into our workdays. Nowhere but Gawker have I felt at liberty to say any of this stuff to a boss's face. Read more

If it was real, at what point did you get out of one car (with dual antennas on the rear deck) and into a different car, then switch back right before tearing into the garage? Read more