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[–] 46 points 1 year ago (5 children)

This was great writing. I’m gonna keep this site in mind.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Defector is fucking great. It's the team that made Deadspin magical, who all revolted when Deadspin got bought by private equity and run into the ground, and banded together to form an employee-owned outlet whose authors are just all great writers.

    The editor in chief of Deadspin, who fought the dumb decisions when private equity took over, ended up resigning in a blaze of glory by posting this article on the site as she left.

    She also has a great new book out on how private equity breaks things.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Thanks for the heads up. 404 Media is also journalist-owned. They are a four person operation churning out great work.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    404 is great, too, for coverage of those topics.

    Defector is worth a special mention in large part because it's one of the few places on the internet that still makes me laugh out loud. It's ostensibly a sports site, but when they stray off topic it's some of the best stupid shit on the internet.

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  • [–] 59 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    While tantalizingly intelligible, there is sadly no way to know what en penischock translates to. I do not speak Swedish. No one does. Similarly, there is no way to know what the story is referring to further down where it says that "Robinsons penis hängd ute."

    ༼ つ ◕◕ ༽つ Journalism ༼ つ ◕◕ ༽つ

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    So we turn to the Swedes, who you'd expect to be all over a penis if one presented itself in Lane 3.

    ??? What does this author know that I don't

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Would be comical if they added this image:

    There is no greek word for penisshock

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago

    Despite? If my dick and balls fell out, I'd run faster than any human ever straight to the hospital! I need those for peeing and... Having balls!

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    [–] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Wow I thought this was a parody site until the video. I have similar, but easier to contain, issues playing pickleball.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Well yeah if my boobs popped out in front of a ton of strangers pretty sure I could win a sprint race too ʘ‿ʘ

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Thank you defector

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    Ah, the dick-and-balls-out stride technique is catching on. Interesting to see how athletes learn from one another and evolve the sport.

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    Good thing it wasn't a 4x100m relay.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Suck his dick and balls! He won the race!

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Those are some reasonable parts, congratulations.

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