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he’s a fixbking cyborg or some shit. The
holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
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Was just coming to post this!
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Will be subscribing!
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They probably need to work on hiring some black people to avoid the Simmons trap.
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Considering they have a trans writer, I would think they'd be a little more open to POC writers than Simmons would be.
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Oh I think so, too, but the picture of them all in the zoom call isn't exactly a melting pot.
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I really have to assume they are on that. They've had some incredibly talented black voices in the past that moved on from them. I wish they could get a few of them back. Time to find new voices.
I just subscribed.
I just subscribed.
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This genuinely perked up my day.
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I know (eyeballing) 10 out of 18 white dudes isn't cause for celebration, but I imagine that's still pretty diverse for the sportswriting industry.
MAITREYI ANANTHARAMAN
TOM LEY
ALBERT BURNEKO
DAVE MCKENNA
DREW MAGARY
DAN MCQUADE
SAMER KALAF
KELSEY MCKINNEY
BILLY HAISLEY
DIANA MOSKOVITZ
GIRI NATHAN
PATRICK REDFORD
LAUREN THEISEN
CHRIS THOMPSON
LUIS PAEZ-PUMAR
DAVID ROTH
BARRY PETCHESKY
RAY RATTO
MAITREYI ANANTHARAMAN
TOM LEY
ALBERT BURNEKO
DAVE MCKENNA
DREW MAGARY
DAN MCQUADE
SAMER KALAF
KELSEY MCKINNEY
BILLY HAISLEY
DIANA MOSKOVITZ
GIRI NATHAN
PATRICK REDFORD
LAUREN THEISEN
CHRIS THOMPSON
LUIS PAEZ-PUMAR
DAVID ROTH
BARRY PETCHESKY
RAY RATTO
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It's true. It is not like a 80s sports page by any means.
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May I ask which level you're selecting? As someone who will very likely not take advantage of most of the additional items that come at the $99 level (commenting, live Q&A's, etc.), do you feel the newsletter may include things to help "make it worth" the additional $30/year? It need not be a particularly high bar, but just want to know what you think.
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If I sign up, and I probably will, I will do the base level. I think I commented like 5 times total at deadspin.
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Right. I'm just trying to find out if anyone thinks the $30 for the newsletter will be worth it.
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I did it just because. Another $2.50/mo for some extra amount of something I've truly missed on devices I'm in front of all day long for the forseeable future.
he’s a fixbking cyborg or some shit. The
holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
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I went $99 just to give a little extra support to their effort.DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 11:06 am Right. I'm just trying to find out if anyone thinks the $30 for the newsletter will be worth it.
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I'm most excited for the Roth and Magary podcast to comeback, Deadcast was easily the one I got happiest about when a new episode showed up. Although I guess I just assumed it would be free. Have they said if its available for subscribers only?
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Lawyers man. Wait. You didn’t go to that level.tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 11:17 amI went $99 just to give a little extra support to their effort.DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 11:06 am Right. I'm just trying to find out if anyone thinks the $30 for the newsletter will be worth it.
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I love both of their writing but man I did not dig the podcast. I really am just not a podcast guy I think.
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Never really got into Deadspin. Feel like a real outsider right now.
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Yup.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 2020 9:16 pm Never really got into Deadspin. Feel like a real outsider right now.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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In the last two years before they were torn apart from corporate raiders, their political stuff was as clear and concise about where things were at the moment and where it was heading as anything out there. They were literally one of few progressive sets of voices before they were silenced. It's why the "stick to sports" crap from their last media takeover overlords was what drove them to quit. They understood that you cannot separate sports from society at large. It is REALLY good their voices are coming back collectively.
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I remember I got into Deadspin because Will Leitch went on that failed Stephen A. TV show Quite Frankly and was told that Deadspin wasn't a good enough name for a website.
Then there was this magic a couple years after that:
Then there was this magic a couple years after that:
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Plus, Jambaroo.tennbengal wrote: ↑Thu Jul 30, 2020 8:08 am In the last two years before they were torn apart from corporate raiders, their political stuff was as clear and concise about where things were at the moment and where it was heading as anything out there. They were literally one of few progressive sets of voices before they were silenced. It's why the "stick to sports" crap from their last media takeover overlords was what drove them to quit. They understood that you cannot separate sports from society at large. It is REALLY good their voices are coming back collectively.
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And bear videos. I miss those.
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To be fair, this was more of a cultural blind spot than an "I don't get, or like, this" type of thing.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 2020 9:16 pm Never really got into Deadspin. Feel like a real outsider right now.
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Yup again.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Thu Jul 30, 2020 2:06 pmTo be fair, this was more of a cultural blind spot than an "I don't get, or like, this" type of thing.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 2020 9:16 pm Never really got into Deadspin. Feel like a real outsider right now.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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Yeah, people in here talked about Deadspin a lot, and I read a bunch of linked articles, but never get into it.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Thu Jul 30, 2020 2:06 pmTo be fair, this was more of a cultural blind spot than an "I don't get, or like, this" type of thing.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 2020 9:16 pm Never really got into Deadspin. Feel like a real outsider right now.
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Late deadspin may have had the clearest group moral compass on the internet. I have no doubt they would have set one of their own on fire if caught doing the things they were constantly calling out others for.
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Don't get me wrong, I'd go there every now and then, but it was sort of like top 40 radio for me in that I never really researched the authors like I do indie bands.
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Go time
he’s a fixbking cyborg or some shit. The
holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
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Hope it continues to tell me to upgrade my subscription if I want to comment every time I click on a new article...
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I created a password once, it still asks me to do it, I can ignore it and still comment
he’s a fixbking cyborg or some shit. The
holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
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I really enjoy how you can't use the shortest of shortcuts to open an article in a new tab, as well as the asking me for a screen name to comment on every one.
“All I'm sayin' is, he comes near me, I'll put him in the wall.”