LOL Deadspin

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 10/30/2019 at 12:31 • Filed to: None

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Big game in the WS last night, and their big front page article today is titled “ !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ” I guess they don’t feel much like sticking to sports. Or even writing anything at all.

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > ttyymmnn 10/30/2019 at 12:36

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It’s a protest, right? Looks like they’re still on about it. Shame what happened to their editor guy. A few of them are still writing about sports, but I lost the energy to follow any sport properly years ago.

While I think it’s a worthy cause to say something about most protests are almost depressingly ineffective, so I’m just wondering what’s going to happen next. 

For Sweden > ttyymmnn 10/30/2019 at 12:37

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Like Drew asks for consent for anything sexual

ttyymmnn > VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely 10/30/2019 at 12:40

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I enjoy some sports, but really don’t follow any of them closely. I, and many others, apparently, enjoyed Deadspin precisely because it wasn’t just a rehash of sports scores. It will be interesting to see how long the protest goes on. Will G/O just kill Deadspin like they did with Splinter? With the can everybody and hire new people? Who would want that gig, knowing what management is like? It’ll be interesting to see how this ends.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > ttyymmnn 10/30/2019 at 12:40

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you know what though? Farmers pulled the ads

https://www.thedailybeast.com/farmers-insurance-pulls-million-dollar-ad-campaign-with-go-media-after-editorial-staff-raises-hell

this protest may actually work.  Kinja may beat yet another hurdle.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > For Sweden 10/30/2019 at 12:41

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:O

You know, we all make/made mistakes*. He seems like a decent guy overall and I enjoy his writing.

*not me.

ttyymmnn > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 10/30/2019 at 12:41

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Interesting. I wonder if they did it out of solidarity or because the spat made them look bad. I’m guessing the latter, since their annoying ads were what helped trigger this mess. 

jimz > ttyymmnn 10/30/2019 at 12:42

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I think they’ve all been partaking in large doses of “fukitol.”

benn454 > VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely 10/30/2019 at 12:43

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 Principles are great until you can't pay your bills.

For Sweden > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 10/30/2019 at 12:43

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We all make mistakes

We all don’t make THAT mistake

We all don’t turn our apology into a story of personal heroism.

Drew should accept who he is and work for Barstool Sports.

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > ttyymmnn 10/30/2019 at 12:44

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That’s one of the secrets of this and other industries . Businesses know that no matter how bad the morale is on the current team, unless you’re actively engaging in egregious criminal behaviour that directly shafts your team members and everyone knows, you can still get people to work for you for a pittance.

If everyone doesn’t know, if the criminal behaviour isn’t severe enough, if it’s not completely screwing over the staff, the name Deadspin alone should be effective enough for applicants who can at least talk without drooling and type without shitting themselves, which is all they need for clickbait revenue.

ttyymmnn > jimz 10/30/2019 at 12:45

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Deadspin news desk:

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > benn454 10/30/2019 at 12:46

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From what I’ve seen, most principles aren’t even that great. The ones that are, are always overridden by the fear that you will wind up starving on the street, because of... well, other principles. 

PatBateman > ttyymmnn 10/30/2019 at 12:48

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You are mistaken.  There was no game last night.  Nothing happened.  

Chuckles > ttyymmnn 10/30/2019 at 12:49

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It's the same weekly funbag that Drew does every week. The title is par for the course.

benn454 > VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely 10/30/2019 at 12:50

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 Yeah, it's much easier to be an activist when you're living in a dorm and Mom and Dad are paying your tuition. 

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > benn454 10/30/2019 at 12:51

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In my neck of the woods, it’s also easier to be an activist when you’re 71 and out of work and have nothing else to do but 30 more years to live. 

They have to be taught how to use social media, though.

PatBateman > For Sweden 10/30/2019 at 12:53

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I’ve seen Eli Roth movies with less violence than this comment.  

benn454 > VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely 10/30/2019 at 12:53

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 Around here, those types turn into NIMBYs and HOA board members. 

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > benn454 10/30/2019 at 12:54

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They’re not mutually exclusive, trust me.

For Sweden > PatBateman 10/30/2019 at 12:55

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A note to any men who read this comment chain:

If you want to punish an article on how you stopped assaulting women, don’t write it yourself. Ask and pa y the women who you affected to write the article. They will write the article you deserve.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > ttyymmnn 10/30/2019 at 12:59

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I mean, that’s just a normal Funbag headline, but yeah, RIP Deadspin, you will soon be kill

Stef Schrader > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 10/30/2019 at 13:01

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LOL, good.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > ttyymmnn 10/30/2019 at 13:01

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thats exactly why i follow them, i can get regular run of the mill game recaps from like 6 different sources. deadspin offered something different and i liked that

benn454 > VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely 10/30/2019 at 13:02

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Ain’t that the truth.

To get back to the original point, I'm pretty much in the same boat as you. Pulling for the writers against corporate dickbags, but not holding my breath. 

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Stef Schrader 10/30/2019 at 13:03

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Somewhere away from all this, some marketing dudes at farmers got chewed out harsh.

“You SPENT WHAT?”

Stef Schrader > Chuckles 10/30/2019 at 13:03

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“It’s Business Time” as the tag made me lol, though. 

benn454 > ttyymmnn 10/30/2019 at 13:03

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 Almost certainly the latter, but what does it matter so long as it works.

benn454 > ttyymmnn 10/30/2019 at 13:05

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 I need one of those. 

Chuckles > Stef Schrader 10/30/2019 at 13:07

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Same, along with the picture of the basketball so you could tell it was sports related.

The lack of other content is telling, and it's likely that the funbag wasn't posted on Tuesday (as it usually is) out of solidarity. But aside from the final email, it's still the same funbag.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > ttyymmnn 10/30/2019 at 13:09

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Also its Drews funbag, so it was likely submitted and scheduled to post a few days ago. the comments are great though

Stef Schrader > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 10/30/2019 at 13:15

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hahahahahahahahahahaha

Farmers is trash and they deserve it, though.

Their legal galax y brains (representing their 21st Century subsidiary ) actually tried to use a photo of me in a Cayman frunk taken before their insured driver hit me as proof that I wasn’t hurt. I think it was even pulled off of OppositeLock! They doubled down on that bullcrap not knowing EXIF data is a thing, and I had to tell the judge when we ultimately ended up in court that it wasn’t fair to use . It got thrown out quick, but I can’t imagine having internet access and not realizing that photos often get posted after the fact, out of order, or simply for effect.

Here’s a photo from 2013 in case they’re listening. You suck as human beings, you suck at research and you especially suck at ad buys, Farmers. 

jimz > ttyymmnn 10/30/2019 at 13:16

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jimz > ttyymmnn 10/30/2019 at 13:19

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The only sport I really truly follow is hockey, and they barely cover it. Lauren Thiesen writes good stuff about it, but not too often. occasionally Petchesky would phone in an article (saying that is what got me perma-greyed on DS.)

I don’t know why sports media- especially ESPN- is trying so hard to force us to care about soccer. 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Stef Schrader 10/30/2019 at 13:27

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Holy crap!

user314 > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 10/30/2019 at 13:28

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Wait, GMG has, or rather had,   real advertisers? I thought it was all just Taboola

b ullshit.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 10/30/2019 at 13:28

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“ I’ve never been madder about a media story than about what’s being done to Deadspin. Lump in my throat and too furious to sleep , just thinking about this absolute garbage. Cannot even imagine how it’s making you all feel. I can’t muster up the good-after-bad energy required to scream at your bosses from across the void, but I felt like it would be worthwhile to copy your entire masthead just to say thanks. You are one of the very best collections of writers, artists and thinkers that we have anywhere today. I know I’m not the only one who will continue to try finding a way to your work through whatever inane and dehumanizing obstacles that your purported superiors keep dumping in the middle of our path to each other. What you have created is valued and valuable, rare and special, and I hope you are all as proud of what you’ve built and the fight you’ve been fighting as your readers are of you. You have my deepest admiration and my strongest appreciation for everything you have accomplished to make Deadspin what it is. Simply put: thank you all for making my favorite website”

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > user314 10/30/2019 at 13:29

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Yeah farmers spent seven figures for auto play vids

Stef Schrader > Chuckles 10/30/2019 at 13:31

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Yeah. Drew posted it on Twitter like any other Funbag, but I think he also knows it falls way outside any “stick to sports” edict as a subtle FU to the goons who are apparently running the page today.

ttyymmnn > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 10/30/2019 at 13:31

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Hear hear. 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 10/30/2019 at 13:33

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I think, maybe, this guy needs to get out more.

user314 > Stef Schrader 10/30/2019 at 13:40

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Damn. Even for an insurance co., that’s shitty. JK Simm ons should be ashamed.

user314 > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 10/30/2019 at 13:41

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DipodomysDeserti > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 10/30/2019 at 13:58

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This guy spends waaayyyyyy too much time on the internet, but I appreciate how being a smartass is being recognized as an art form.

DipodomysDeserti > ttyymmnn 10/30/2019 at 13:58

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The fuckery with the umpiring last night is right up Deadspin’s alley, too.

McMike > ttyymmnn 10/30/2019 at 14:02

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!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!

https://www.thedailybeast.com/farmers-insurance-pulls-million-dollar-ad-campaign-with-go-media-after-editorial-staff-raises-hell

ttyymmnn > McMike 10/30/2019 at 14:10

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I read that elsewhere (I think) and it seemed to imply that the autoplay was Farmers’ idea.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > DipodomysDeserti 10/30/2019 at 14:13

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You, sir, are one of the very best shitposters that we have anywhere today.

RPM esq. > jimz 10/30/2019 at 14:26

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ESPN, more than anybody else, just follows the money. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world and has rapidly grown in popularity in the U.S. over the last 30 years, especially as more kids have grown up playing it. It’s not some sort of nefarious conspiracy.

I don’t follow hockey or baseball or lacrosse or horse racing or track and field or rugby or cricket or swimming or gymnastics but I don’t think anybody is trying to “force me to care about it” when a sports website publishes an article about them . What a bizarre accusation.

DipodomysDeserti > jimz 10/30/2019 at 14:45

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Soccer is a lot more popular than hockey, so it makes sense they’d cover it more. They aren’t trying to get people in Michigan to like soccer, they’re trying to get all the soccer fans to tune into their show.  

McMike > ttyymmnn 10/30/2019 at 14:46

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Ouch

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 10/30/2019 at 15:17

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The linked article suggests that G/Os ad team implemented auto play because they weren’t meeting the promised # of views.

Which kind of implies to me that G/O made a bullshit promise to Farmers that they couldn’t deliver on - if true, I wouldn’t blame Farmers for that.  

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW 10/30/2019 at 17:19

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Ok. I admit I didn’t read it that carefully.

Stef Schrader > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 10/30/2019 at 17:45

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The entire deal—how it was agreed to, proposed, implemented and ultimately pulled—is the absolute best example of “play stupid games, win stupid prizes” I can think of from start to finish. Just a series of very, very stupid decisions that everyone knows not to do in 2019.

Stef Schrader > ttyymmnn 10/31/2019 at 00:31

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Honestly, I wouldn’t feel like doing anything if someone was hellbent on destroying where I worked, either. I can’t blame them. I was barely productive today and while part of that was Migraine Hell Time, yeah. And hell, I left a year and a half ago.