what brought out strongman tombot
can we get back to "emotion lotion"
― mh, Friday, 8 September 2017 14:02 (six years ago) link
guys, http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 8 September 2017 14:25 (six years ago) link
I've been holding back too much, really.
lol I definitely recommend getting banned slightly quicker this time
― streeps of range (wins), Friday, 8 September 2017 14:28 (six years ago) link
hey mh: YOU GOT THE GOODS
― maura, Friday, 8 September 2017 16:56 (six years ago) link
lol
― mh, Friday, 8 September 2017 19:23 (six years ago) link
so the superstar machine thing came to mind last week, and i genuinely hope it was just me hearing about a weird cult thing and then reading something that reminded me of it and not a real reference
finally went back and finished melissa broder's "so sad today" book that she did after having some success with the twitter account and there's a brief aside where, becoming sober, she says she ended up finding a group that helped and to contact her via email if you have any questions about it
i mean, i'm 99% sure it's AA or a similar meeting group, but there was this jarring "oh no what if she's actually involved with this superstar thing" moment! hearing about groups like this always plants that seed of doubt, wondering who all these people meeting are and if i'd know of them
― mh, Monday, 11 September 2017 19:57 (six years ago) link
lol at Tombot going h on carpet_k here and then being Captain Save-a-Stevolende two days later
― shackling the masses with plastic-wrapped snack picks (sic), Monday, 11 September 2017 22:09 (six years ago) link
It's a strange one alright even tho obv it's not a total parallel
― passé aggresif (darraghmac), Monday, 11 September 2017 22:19 (six years ago) link
blame flopson
― El Tomboto, Monday, 11 September 2017 22:29 (six years ago) link
the John Cook send-off is a good read. I've really enjoyed all of their roast posts for departing staff. Denton might be a bit of an asshat, but he did allow a lot of very good and smart people to inhabit what seems to have been an incredibly collegial environment under frequently terrible circumstances (often self-inflicted, as many of these godspeed pieces have suggested, and as this thread itself generally argues)
https://specialprojectsdesk.kinja.com/how-can-you-mend-a-broken-shitheart-1819115519
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 14 October 2017 05:50 (six years ago) link
i love the roasts/send-offs
― gbx, Saturday, 14 October 2017 21:49 (six years ago) link
nick denton was the best boss i ever had who i wasn't already friends with
― maura, Sunday, 15 October 2017 02:08 (six years ago) link
at least when he was selling off idolator he was honest about why, you know? instead of being a shithead about it
― maura, Sunday, 15 October 2017 02:09 (six years ago) link
That’s cool. Never met the guy. I’ve learned there’s often a chasm between good boss and good employee. And when the latter concept starts squeezing on the former, the turnover rate almost reaches the spectrum of human hearing.
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 15 October 2017 02:20 (six years ago) link
john cook wrote a book about superchunk so while i don't know him i <3 him
'fuck you'
― mookieproof, Sunday, 15 October 2017 06:50 (six years ago) link
so that shitty media men list huh
― 龜, Monday, 30 October 2017 02:43 (six years ago) link
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2136064924/save-gawkercom
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 11 December 2017 17:13 (six years ago) link
$32,724 pledged of $500,000 goal
Maybe we overemphasized the importance of Gawker?
― Allen (etaeoe), Monday, 11 December 2017 23:32 (six years ago) link
it's two days into a 30 day pledge drive and I've only seen a little bit of coverage, let alone the further information explaining who is behind it and what the plan of action would be should they raise the funds
― mh, Monday, 11 December 2017 23:35 (six years ago) link
my guess is that they'll soon be announcing private investors to pair w/ the publicly raised money bcuz 500k doesn't get you very far in trying to buy a website, especially this one
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 December 2017 01:22 (six years ago) link
i meant to say "even this one" ha -- $1 million might get it done (for the record i'm guessing completely & have no insider info on how much the site would realistically go for)
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 December 2017 01:23 (six years ago) link
Hi sarge
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 01:51 (six years ago) link
are these people legit as buyers or as people to coordinate a group of buyers, is what I’m wonderinghaven’t looked around on twitter but I’d expect a legit effort to have at least a subtle sign-on by the bigger names
― mh, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 02:24 (six years ago) link
Reuters: Peter Thiel has made an offer to buy Gawker— Jon Swaine (@jonswaine) January 11, 2018
― mookieproof, Thursday, 11 January 2018 21:06 (six years ago) link
ffs what a shithead
― pee-wee and the power men (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 11 January 2018 21:25 (six years ago) link
Lol
― infinity (∞), Thursday, 11 January 2018 21:31 (six years ago) link
@GawkerMedia#BREAKING: Peter Thiel, Genius, Saves Journalism
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 11 January 2018 22:00 (six years ago) link
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/01/12/fashion/12THIELSUB/12THIELSUB-master768-v3.jpg
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 11 January 2018 22:14 (six years ago) link
*snort*
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 12 January 2018 13:25 (six years ago) link
I hope multiple somebodies have the Gawker archives backed up somewhere.
― WilliamC, Friday, 12 January 2018 13:58 (six years ago) link
https://www.thedailybeast.com/peter-thiel-got-his-revenge-on-gawker-he-may-yet-regret-it
― mookieproof, Monday, 26 February 2018 16:26 (six years ago) link
he won't
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 26 February 2018 16:39 (six years ago) link
a chain of links off that led to the "On Smarm" article and hoo boy this argument did not age well:
One of the silliest or most misguided notions that David Denby frets about, in denouncing snark, is that "the lowest, most insinuating and insulting side threatens to win national political campaigns." This is more or less the opposite of the case.
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Monday, 26 February 2018 17:56 (six years ago) link
I guess it's the opposite of the case in that they don't threaten to win national campaigns, they actually do win
Spotted in the cement in Williamsburg pic.twitter.com/Vp8TvZbw8J— MJ Franklin (@heyitsfranklin2) March 4, 2018
And shout out to the woman who was standing next to me, also taking a photo of this cement note, who turned to me and said “we’re both trash”I’ve never felt so seen— MJ Franklin (@heyitsfranklin2) March 4, 2018
― how's life, Monday, 5 March 2018 20:38 (six years ago) link
I'm so happy to hear that Peter Teal would like to take a meeting. I feel very optimistic about the future.— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 25, 2018
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 19:37 (six years ago) link
kanye-watching media twitter, once kanye goes alt-right: "well you see it's kind of complicated"
kanye-watching media twitter, once kanye mentions the one alt-right dude mostly known for suing the media: "OH NO"
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 19:41 (six years ago) link
I guess Peter Orange is the evil twin who's building villain fortresses in the middle of the ocean.
― .38 Special K - 'Hold On Muesli' (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 19:43 (six years ago) link
peter teal deer
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 19:44 (six years ago) link
We need a “splinternews folks. is everything okay?” thread
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 19:47 (six years ago) link
^ lol
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 19:49 (six years ago) link
http://www.vulture.com/2018/04/weve-read-the-hot-script-thiel-v-gawker.html
― flopson, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 20:32 (six years ago) link
has anyone watched the Netflix Gawker/Hogan doc? is it good?
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 26 April 2018 18:25 (six years ago) link
jeez is there a Netflix doc about everything?
― omar little, Thursday, 26 April 2018 18:27 (six years ago) link
looking forward to the Netflix series about modestmickey.
I'm currently filming that one
― mh, Thursday, 26 April 2018 18:43 (six years ago) link
https://www.netflix.com/title/80168227
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 26 April 2018 19:45 (six years ago) link
i made it through the first 15 minutes or so, thought it was borderline unwatchable
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 26 April 2018 19:58 (six years ago) link
https://specialprojectsdesk.com/univision-is-a-fucking-mess-1825836622
― 龜, Tuesday, 8 May 2018 17:26 (six years ago) link
Saw that this evening. Rough. "What have we got to lose?"
It very much sucks, I have become very accustomed to having heavily biased, snarky, profanity-laced news in my day-to-day.
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 9 May 2018 03:56 (six years ago) link