Deadspin aims for The Root, ends up as The Onion

"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78) 04/23/2020 at 16:16 • Filed to: None

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I seriously had to read this three times before I realized they weren’t joking. The tone was just a little too serious, but otherwise this was a LOLfest.

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The issue of knee-jerk shootings of black people is real, this one just seemed like a major stretch to tie the stories together.

interstate366, now In The Industry > Ash78, voting early and often 04/23/2020 at 16:27

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With a stretch like that, I hope she didn’t pull any muscles.

SmugAardvark > Ash78, voting early and often 04/23/2020 at 16:33

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How long before this crop of writers is gone for not “sticking to sports”?

jimz > Ash78, voting early and often 04/23/2020 at 16:33

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remember that old episode of the Simpsons, where in the Simpsons universe there was a buddy cop TV show with a character named “Homer Simpson” who was cool, suave, and a bad-ass? Then after the first episode they rebooted the character into a bumbling, aimless man-child?

Deadspin is that reboot. 

Ash78, voting early and often > jimz 04/23/2020 at 16:35

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“ And that’s the end of that chapter!”

Love that episode. Then Homer shows up at Moe’s with scarf, price tag still attached.

user314 > Ash78, voting early and often 04/23/2020 at 16:36

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ranwhenparked > Ash78, voting early and often 04/23/2020 at 16:36

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Tbh, I had the same thought when I read that story at another source. Though, it could be that the homeowner just didn’t have his gun with him at the time, the whole encounter sounded pretty brief.

I wouldnt have any race-related hangups about shooting a white opioid addict who broke into my house.

Spanfeller is a twat > Ash78, voting early and often 04/23/2020 at 16:36

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That was a tough read

fintail > Ash78, voting early and often 04/23/2020 at 16:38

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If only they had comments sections.

WilliamsSW > Ash78, voting early and often 04/23/2020 at 16:38

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That’s the first Deadspin article I’ve read since the old writers all quit/got fired.

Also the last one I’ll read.

My bird IS the word > Ash78, voting early and often 04/23/2020 at 16:42

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#notall burglars

ClassicDatsunDebate > Ash78, voting early and often 04/23/2020 at 16:46

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It’s like if someone described old Deadspin to a technical writer and then said ...ok now you do that.

dogisbadob > Ash78, voting early and often 04/23/2020 at 16:48

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inb4 full of scabs

ranwhenparked > Ash78, voting early and often 04/23/2020 at 17:15

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I still don’t get why he was working as a cop instead of living the high life at his c astle in Europe

thatsmr > Ash78, voting early and often 04/23/2020 at 18:57

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Yeah didnt think deadspin was allowed these articles anymore. Too bad they canned all the good writers before all the sportsballs all got furloughed

ranwhenparked > SmugAardvark 04/23/2020 at 19:51

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I think this fits the rule. The example given in the infamous ”stick to sports” email was that it was OK to write about Donald Trump getting booed at a baseball game, but not OK to write about Trump in a non-sporting context. So, Tom Brady, football player, getting lost on the way to the home of a coach for his new team for a football-related meeting would probably be permitted.