Oh so this book is what Garrison is referring to then
https://grrrgraphics.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/the_real_anthony_fauci-1536x1091.jpg
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Wednesday, 29 December 2021 04:41 (two years ago) link
kinda digging those lines to the left and right of the book. ben is learning to abstract the immense tension in his anus
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 29 December 2021 04:46 (two years ago) link
Is anyone reading nu Gawker? Is it even worth it?
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 18:33 (two years ago) link
I have not been, based on the first link on the front page doesn’t seem like I’m missing much.
https://www.gawker.com/celebrity/mess-alert-julia-fox-azealia-banks-are-going-at-it
Not that it’s celeb gossip but it feels more Buzzfeed than old Gawker.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 18:52 (two years ago) link
They've had some decent essays recently. That's not one of them, but nothing about Azealia Banks is ever worth reading, so.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 18:57 (two years ago) link
Gawker's current CSS/layout is bizarre. The logo is often halfway off the screen, layered messily under/over story images. I want to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume its intentional like some sort of Raygun thing but man does it look like shit to me.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 19:07 (two years ago) link
there have been some good pieces...the layout on my phone is readable at least.
― symsymsym, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 19:17 (two years ago) link
Yeah I think they designed the phone layout and then called it a day lol
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 19:18 (two years ago) link
when I clicked on the above link in iOS I got a screen that had "loading" flashing in neon green all over the page for 30 seconds, truly terrible design even on mobile
I went to old Gawker for the entire ecosystem - Deadspin (mostly Deadspin tbh), Jalopnik, Splinter. With all that scattered to Defector, Discourse Blog and Jalopnik (which is awful now) it's less compelling to bookmark the site.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 21:39 (two years ago) link
I like the present day gawker but it’s definitely a less spicy offering, with some flavors I remember
― mh, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:01 (two years ago) link
I still visit Kotaku because I’m a total idiot
― snarl self own (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:28 (two years ago) link
I occasionally visit io9 but I think one of the last decent writers left and it’s completely over
― mh, Thursday, 17 February 2022 01:34 (two years ago) link
i still read kotaku too but it's extremely terrible. every story is like a book report on steam comment threads or streamer drama. polygon is even worse, they recap comic book storylines and give them newsy headlines--"batman's parents are dead anymore," "dr strange bought a puppy" etc
nu gawker is occasionally entertaining, kills a few minutes here and there.
― adam, Thursday, 17 February 2022 16:36 (two years ago) link
We don't talk about FleshBot.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 17 February 2022 16:52 (two years ago) link
The Vane was the one I was thinking about recently...was that the name? Of the Gawker weather blog? God it was good.
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Friday, 18 February 2022 04:03 (two years ago) link
the vane!
haha! honestly that's such a good name it deserves the content
― dig your way out of the shit with a gold magic shovel! (Karl Malone), Friday, 18 February 2022 04:04 (two years ago) link
As of March 1, GMG Union is officially on strike. We're asking people not to click on—or contribute content to—@Gizmodo, @Jalopnik, @Jezebel, @Kotaku, @Lifehacker, and @TheRoot. Learn more about our fight for a fair contract with @GOMediaInc: https://t.co/xX0476MfI4— GMG Union (@gmgunion) March 1, 2022
― jbn, Tuesday, 1 March 2022 16:40 (two years ago) link
No prob.
― peace, man, Tuesday, 1 March 2022 16:48 (two years ago) link
haha
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 1 March 2022 16:54 (two years ago) link
i find their focus on celebrity gossip (like even moreso than Gawker 1.0) dull af and when they try to put on a more serious face, it results in something like this: https://www.gawker.com/celebrity/its-time-for-a-jared-leto-reckoning-morbius
shitty angle for pedophilia allegations - like if he was somehow more talented, it would be ok? lol ok
― Murgatroid, Thursday, 7 April 2022 19:46 (two years ago) link
Eww why does Gawker look like a shitty myspace page?
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 7 April 2022 23:37 (two years ago) link
i want to see Gawker's Top 9 friends
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 7 April 2022 23:40 (two years ago) link
Literally everything I needed to know about this crowd
This poured out of me... https://t.co/iZz8ezINLH— George Civeris (@georgeciveris) October 4, 2022
― barry sito (gyac), Tuesday, 4 October 2022 16:45 (one year ago) link
"By now you’re probably heard that the Try Guys"
Not sure if they're trying to say:
"You've probably heard" or"You're probably hard"
― “uhh”—like, this is an insane oatmeal raisin cookie “uhh” (President Keyes), Tuesday, 4 October 2022 16:48 (one year ago) link
"by now you don't need to know anything more about"
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 4 October 2022 18:33 (one year ago) link
This has been floating around today:
https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/blob/main/Source/WebCore/page/Quirks.cpp
Note the number of Kinja quirks.
― Allen (etaeoe), Friday, 14 October 2022 23:24 (one year ago) link
Why is it such a big deal that he had an extramarital affair? It’s certainly not a good thing to do — disastrous to his family — but it shouldn’t affect his ability to host a youtube show for idiots.
― treeship., Friday, 14 October 2022 23:56 (one year ago) link
Indeed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS7HXxy3_2c
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Saturday, 15 October 2022 00:25 (one year ago) link
Ok lol. Interesting that SNL is a voice of sanity here.
― treeship., Saturday, 15 October 2022 00:40 (one year ago) link
Although it seems like there was a ton of backlash to this sketch, which is interesting.
I can’t help but feel that this sort of moral outrage is disingenuous. Like people are pretending that they can’t imagine someone acting less than perfect for even one second of their life.
― treeship., Saturday, 15 October 2022 00:50 (one year ago) link
this sort of moral outrage is disingenuous
why are you even bringing this up weeks later?
― mookieproof, Saturday, 15 October 2022 00:55 (one year ago) link
Thread was bumped and i read the link from (i see now, squinting) october 4th
― treeship., Saturday, 15 October 2022 00:58 (one year ago) link
fair enough. in any case, this is not the best venue for your outrage or scorn of such imo
― mookieproof, Saturday, 15 October 2022 01:06 (one year ago) link
The interesting thing to me days after this topic has faded from the cultural hive mind is how crazy that comment section is in the snl youtube link. I am not really up on being a participant online, so I find a lot of modern stan culture baffling or skin-crawling. I get the same vibe from the comments on all gas no brakes vids, where there's this effusive landslide of indistinguishable praise for "true journalism". How could people be so invested in this that it reads like it got botted out?
― Bongo Jongus, Saturday, 15 October 2022 01:07 (one year ago) link
Maybe they are bots who knows.
― treeship., Saturday, 15 October 2022 01:19 (one year ago) link
It probably got posted to the Try Guys subreddit or something.
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Saturday, 15 October 2022 12:35 (one year ago) link
treeship, can I get an apology for detailing my Kinja quirks post? 😂
― Allen (etaeoe), Saturday, 15 October 2022 15:03 (one year ago) link
s/detailing/derailing
― Allen (etaeoe), Saturday, 15 October 2022 15:04 (one year ago) link
I don't know what that is for or how it's relevant
anyway this try guys thing is annoying AF, I have never once heard about these guys before this situation, and I don't think most people have either. the reactions to that sketch were fucking unhinged because it seems as though there is an entire demographic out there for whom adultry is tantamount to rape. but I also can't tell who these idiots are because they seems to only exist in youtube comments and on twitter.
― akm, Saturday, 15 October 2022 20:30 (one year ago) link
Recovering incels — that’s what I meant to imply with my Reddit reference.
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Saturday, 15 October 2022 20:49 (one year ago) link
The problem with having a job that revolves around your personality (and this guy’s personality revolved around how much he loved his wife) is that when you act in a way that’s discordant with how you sell yourself, fans feel betrayed and defrauded. That’s why their fans are OTT reacting, I think.
― just1n3, Sunday, 16 October 2022 10:17 (one year ago) link
this is why i never tell anyone i love my wife
― kurt schwitterz, Sunday, 16 October 2022 10:29 (one year ago) link
https://mashable.com/article/snl-try-guys-skit
corporate HR indoctrination is a helluva drug
― k3vin k., Sunday, 16 October 2022 12:18 (one year ago) link
He definitely was in the wrong, and I don’t think the other guys were out of line in firing him for having an undisclosed relationship with an employee. From their standpoint as stakeholders in the company their reaction makes sense. What I don’t get is what akm talked about — the suggestion that he is a monster and anyone who suggests otherwise is enabling monstrosity. The job of society is to throw stones, always be throwing.
― treeship., Sunday, 16 October 2022 13:34 (one year ago) link
i’m sad that i’ve now read enough to understand what this is about
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 16 October 2022 13:37 (one year ago) link
Social media strongly amplifies the witch hunt instinct too.
Aspiring bootlickers take heart!
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Sunday, 16 October 2022 13:38 (one year ago) link
that mashable article about gave me diarrhea. awful writing
― stank viola (Neanderthal), Sunday, 16 October 2022 15:45 (one year ago) link
Meantime over at Defector, their second annual report is out and basically they are still succeeding pretty damn well, essentially building on what they've already done and looking ahead with caution to their next year (given larger economic feelings etc.) -- worth a read.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 27 October 2022 15:52 (one year ago) link
good for them!
― k3vin k., Thursday, 27 October 2022 18:49 (one year ago) link
― stank viola (Neanderthal), Sunday, October 16, 2022 11:45 AM (one week ago)
it's awful, but (and I'm not sure the esteem in which people hold mashable, I've certainly never seen it as a serious outlet) to me it's just a symptom of the click economy, the need to churn something, anything out for 50 bucks without competent editing
― k3vin k., Thursday, 27 October 2022 18:55 (one year ago) link