In Comparison: LeBron James vs. NFL Quarterbacks

Can we talk about LeBron?

With LeBron James being one of the most polarizing figures in sports, he has drawn a lot of comparisons to other athletes. What other athletes have as much pressure to perform on them as LeBron does while trying to win his first NBA Championship and the second for Dewayne Wade and the Miami Heat? Continue reading →

A Ten Year Game of Civilization II

A post was made to Reddit a few days ago which detailed one commenter’s ten year game of Civilization II. This quickly went viral, as it depicted a fascinating dystopian future where war has been the norm for 1700 years, the polar ice caps have melted multiple times, the vast majority of the world is completely uninhabitable. Continue reading →

Fifty Shades of COW


Happy Friday, Crasstalkers! Your weekly COW PSA: if you’d like to nominate a comment for Comment of the Week (COW), please take a screenshot of it and email me it to me: crasstalkcow at gmail. If your nomination is multiple comments it’s okay to screenshot just the first one or two and send that, but always remember to tell me what post or OT your nomination comes from. Hit the jump for my recap of the week’s posts and your Comment of the Week!
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Queens Fifth-Grader Prohibited from Delivering Same-Sex Marriage Speech


Kameron Slade is in fifth grade at PS 195 in the Rosedale section of Queens. Given the freedom to choose a topic for a speech competition, young Kameron chose to write about same-sex marriage. He won his class’s competition and was expected to deliver his winning speech in a competition being held school-wide. The school’s principal put a stop to that, telling Kameron’s mother that the speech was inappropriate. Continue reading →

What the Hell is Going on with Sweden Lately?

I’ve always thought of Sweden as sort of like a window into the future of human life. It’s a bizarre place where poverty is virtually non-existent, the pop music is scarily well-produced and the furniture is appropriately minimalistic.

Which is why I was so surprised recently to watch Sweden collectively lose its fucking shit. This week has made me reconsider the fact that maybe the Swedes are just as crazy, arrogant and insipid as the rest of us. Maybe they don’t have it all figured out after all.  Continue reading →