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Spelling Bee Twitter Account Burns Dude So Hard He Deleted His Account In Shame
If you’re gonna try to roast the Spelling Bee for being soft, the worst sin you can commit is bringing that weak shit (noun: substandard effort or soft response, e.g. “Kevin liked the Warriors, but they lost because they brought that weak shit.”). Uh oh, good thing the Spelling Bee account was too busy tweeting…
The History of Pho | Lucky Peach
In our Pho Issue, we published this excerpt from Andrea Nguyen’s The Pho Cookbook, coming in 2017 from Ten Speed Press. Subscribe today for more great stuff like this. Pho is so elemental to Vietnamese culture that people talk about it in terms of romantic relationships. Rice is the dutiful wife you can rely on, we…
eBay founder backing Gawker’s appeal of Hulk sex tape verdict | New York Post
Two Silicon Valley billionaires with a history of bad blood are squaring off over Gawker. Pierre Omidyar, an eBay co-founder, is leading the charge to support Gawker in its appeal of a $140 million judgment awarded to Hulk Hogan, whose lawsuit was bankrolled by rival billionaire and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, The Post has learned….
Right-Wing Billionaire Peter Thiel Is on a Mission to Destroy Gawker
On Monday evening, Forbes and the New York Times reported that Peter Thiel, the right-wing billionaire responsible for some of Silicon Valley’s most successful companies, has been secretly underwriting Hulk Hogan’s legal battle against Gawker Media. Last night, Thiel confirmed his involvement in the Hogan case—and others against Gawker—in an incredible interview with Times reporter…
Want to blame someone for basement-dwelling millennials? Try the boomers. – The Washington Post
It’s true: Kids Today are more dependent on their parents than Kids Yesterday. At least when it comes to housing. Nearly a third of Americans age 18 to 34 were living with their parents in 2014, according to a new analysis from the Pew Research Center. That’s the highest share since the Great Depression. It…
Overwatch Heroes, Ranked
GIF Blizzard’s take on the class-based-shooter is so vibrant and full of personality, that each individual character has inspired its own army/fandom. And yet, some heroes are still better than others. Here is our definitive ranking of Overwatch heroes, ranked from worst to best. Soldier 76 Bastion Torbjorn Genji Hanzo Zenyatta Junkrat Roadhog Widowmaker McCree…
There’s A Solution To People Abusing Their Wealth: Super-High Taxes
Peter Thiel offers a case study in the way America’s top tax rate is much, much too low. This week, we learned that Thiel — a Silicon Valley techno-libertarian billionaire who co-founded PayPal, sits on the board of Facebook and is estimated to be worth $2.7 billion — is trying to sue Gawker Media out…
The Nazi Tweets of ‘Trump God Emperor’ – The New York Times
I am not the first Jewish journalist to experience the onslaught. Julia Ioffe was served up on social media in concentration camp garb and worse after Trump supporters took umbrage with her profile of Melania Trump in GQ magazine. The would-be first lady later told an interviewer that Ms. Ioffe had provoked it. The anti-Semitic…
Your wedding season anxiety antidote: The weird, wild, unlikely romance of “The Lobster” – Salon.com
“It’s no coincidence that the targets are shaped like single people and not couples,” says a bow-tied trainer to a schlubby Colin Farrell, during a shooting drill that could only come from the sunless reaches of Yorgos Lanthimos’s imagination (think “Dogtooth,” in English, with fewer smashed molars). In his dystopian feature “The Lobster,” such casual…