Splinter was Better than Deadspin

"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
11/12/2019 at 15:47 • Filed to: Down with sports bros, Deadspin, Splinter, Bad things

You could discuss, but you know I am right

DISCUSSION (38)

DutchieDC2R > For Sweden
11/12/2019 at 15:52

I wanted to comment to that last Splinter thing, posted earlier today, what would happen if I subsribed to the Splinter newsletter and make some sort of lame joke about falling into an alternate universe with cartoon cats quoting politicians constantly.......but it’s all too sad really. Too sad.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > For Sweden
11/12/2019 at 15:56

Should we have a debate?

Kinja'd!!!

For Sweden > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
11/12/2019 at 16:00

Only if the loser goes to HamNo's gulag

shop-teacher > For Sweden
11/12/2019 at 16:03

I didn’t care for either. I did read The Fun Bag occasionally.

The rest of the Kinjaverse died to me when they killed “Behind Closed Ovens.”

ttyymmnn > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
11/12/2019 at 16:03

It looks like they’re singing a duet at the Grammys.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > ttyymmnn
11/12/2019 at 16:07

Oh, we ain’t got a barrel of money
Maybe we’re ragged and funny
But we’ll travel along, singin’ a song
Side by side
Don’t know what’s comin’ tomorrow
Maybe it’s trouble and sorrow
But we’ll travel the road, sharin’ our load
Side by side
Through all kinds of weather
What if the sky should fall
Just as long as we’re together
It doesn’t matter at all
When they’ve all had their quarrels and parted
We’ll be the same as we started
Just travelin’ along, singin’ our song
Side by side

See that sun in the mornin’
Peekin’ over the hill
I’ll bet you sure, it always has
And it always will
Well, that’s how I feel about someone
And somebody feels about me
We’re sure in love with each other
And that’s the way it’s gonna be

For Sweden > shop-teacher
11/12/2019 at 16:08

Oh both were bad. Spinter had the decency to openly tout their “Kill the Libs” mission.

For Sweden > ttyymmnn
11/12/2019 at 16:12

Maybe they sang a duet at his wedding

GMT800 Tahoe Guy > For Sweden
11/12/2019 at 16:35

Don’t know where this fits in the argument, but I kinda like the old fusion better. It was more humble and less self-important.

For Sweden > GMT800 Tahoe Guy
11/12/2019 at 16:37

I’m sorry but humility is for smarmy bootlickers who will meet their fate when the revolution comes

Cash Rewards > shop-teacher
11/12/2019 at 16:40

Eh, it was amusing, but pinkham could be an asshole if you dared disagree with him

Spanfeller is a twat > For Sweden
11/12/2019 at 17:17

Splinter tried to be a liberal Fox News, and it failed. They killed it before it had to deal with an election season and all the scrutiny that would bring.

For Sweden > Spanfeller is a twat
11/12/2019 at 17:22

I agree, though I wouldn’t call them liberal. I don’t think they would call themselves liberal.

Spanfeller is a twat > For Sweden
11/12/2019 at 17:27

What would you call them, and what do you think they call themselves?

For Sweden > Spanfeller is a twat
11/12/2019 at 17:28

Leftists, socialists, marxists, etc.

shop-teacher > For Sweden
11/12/2019 at 17:32

Fair enough.

shop-teacher > Cash Rewards
11/12/2019 at 17:33

I never saw that, but to be fair I didn’t delve into the comments too much.

nermal > For Sweden
11/12/2019 at 17:45

The problem is that they made themselves into such an extremest caricature of goddam subu rbanite asshole liberal weenies, that they scared away their targeted user base of goddam suburbanite asshole liberal weenies, along with everybody else .

Now we get the belated sob story from all of the writers who got fired, and they are sad because t hey no longer get paid to create textual depictions of permanent offendedness.

Spanfeller is a twat > For Sweden
11/12/2019 at 17:47

Honestly, I think we should stick to looser terms like liberal and conservative because outside the context of the US, those people aren’t leftists, socialists, or marxists.

fintail > For Sweden
11/12/2019 at 18:10

The only revolution we will see is yet another undeserved tax break for those who deserve it least.

fintail > Cash Rewards
11/12/2019 at 18:11

Sounds like some jellopicnic bloggers

fintail > Spanfeller is a twat
11/12/2019 at 18:12

That’s a good way to describe it. Just as much of a caricature, too, although to their credit, Splinter never pretended to be “fair and balanced” to woo victim mentality boomers and their deplorable spawn.

For Sweden > fintail
11/12/2019 at 18:12

That sounds less bad than Chekist death squads

Spanfeller is a twat > fintail
11/12/2019 at 18:14

“The t ruth hurts” is less misleading I suppose.

fintail > For Sweden
11/12/2019 at 18:15

Class warfare has already taken place - it’s apparent in many areas who declared war, and who won.

fintail > Spanfeller is a twat
11/12/2019 at 18:15

Looking at the socio-economic and ideological chaos in the land now, it seems pretty accurate.

For Sweden > fintail
11/12/2019 at 18:17

See my previous comment. Also maybe vote?

Spanfeller is a twat > fintail
11/12/2019 at 18:23

I mean, is it?
Truth only hurts if you have a strange obsession with falsehood.

M ost articles that Splinter published were pseudo-edgy op-eds that are too bad to be published elsewhere... and those didn’t hurt because of the truth in which some of their arguments rested.

Cash Rewards > shop-teacher
11/12/2019 at 18:25

I think it's part of why it didn't stick there, or wonkette, or any of the other places it's landed

shop-teacher > Cash Rewards
11/12/2019 at 18:28

I followed it to wonkette, and then to wherever it went after that. When it moved the third time, I was done.

Cash Rewards > shop-teacher
11/12/2019 at 18:40

Same

facw > For Sweden
11/12/2019 at 18:59

For those who haven’t been following a dead site: Don’t Dream, It’s Over

I liked them both

fintail > Spanfeller is a twat
11/12/2019 at 19:07

The so-called right in Murka is addicted to falsehood. Remember, they are the party of “alternative facts” while embracing trickle down lies and Ayn Rand.

Splinter may have been flamboyantly edgy, but they weren’t intentionally dishonest or even misleading.

fintail > For Sweden
11/12/2019 at 19:09

See my comment. The end of this war is what voting has created. Two choices, fraternal twins.

Spanfeller is a twat > fintail
11/12/2019 at 19:12

I agree that the subset you refer to would be “hurt” by splinter’s repackaged truth that they took from actual journalists...

But for their target audience, who already agrees on what a fact is, wouldn’t be hurt by the truth. That’s what I meant... anyone who isn’t a Fox News viewer would be hurt by how shitty the content is; not the facts.

fintail > Spanfeller is a twat
11/12/2019 at 19:58

I thought it was funny, especially HamNo’s trolling hyperbole. Riled people up.

thatsmr > For Sweden
11/13/2019 at 00:21

The venture vultures have spoken. You are written off or sold off this has zero to do with what was most likely a smally profitable niche site. Has everything to do with a severe balance sheet saying we cant have niche things

For Sweden > thatsmr
11/13/2019 at 00:51

They were probably profitable before they published revenge porn