Wait... wait... wait... so Clay was wrong!?!?!? I’m sure his last 50 tweets have been about the death rate
I like when he talks about his early years in sports media, like working on the local celtics broadcast and whichever low level espn gigs he had were like breaking concrete going to the celtics draft parties and bullshitting with danny ainge every year must have been hell
I read this thread a few times and I have absolutely no idea what she’s saying. (The ceo of barstool)
Prez just trying to "mix things up" with some "trial and error" is what causes him to become a regular on Tucker Carlson and say racist things and appeal to an aggrieved white male audience
I also really love how folks in this position regularly fall back onto the “we’re doing original groundbreaking comedy” thing. What the hell is groundbreaking about using the n word or saying somebody with brown skin looks like a terrorist?
And just like it was true the last 10 times they’ve done something horrifying, they are going to do it again. This is who they are. Literally unapologetically.
Evolution isn't born out of judgement; it is born out of people trying to mix things up. that was some A+ corporate speak
What kind of mental gymnastics do you play to ignore the fact that you support companies that commit horrendous human rights violations ? You see how easy this is ?
I do admire the content optimization of moving a post/response from one thread at the top of the board to another thread right below it.
There's no ethical consumption under capitalism But you don't have to do gymnastics to defend the awfulness because you like aggrieved White guy goop
It is clear now there is no such thing as ethical consumption under capitalism, and we must dismantle this economic system immediately. Portnoy will be first up against the wall with Phil Knight, Jeff Bezos, and randomly selected landlords.
one thread is full of people who generally enjoy barstool, this one is not felt like it was a better place for the discussion imo
I actually completely agree with this, and I also have no problem if you don’t consume barstool because of Portnoy. But everyone makes their own choices. DTX is ok with human rights abuse, which is fine.
me talking about how portnoy is a piece of shit jumped all the way to me being ok with exploiting labor in 2 messages that’s a next level stan i’m not even mad
You deeply offended him. Be more sensitive when talking about someone else’s sports and commentary consumption. Oppressor.
How is there a logical difference ? People who like PMT compartmentalize Dave's behavior from them. People who buy pretty much any product compartmentalize the horrific behavior of whatever corporation they bought from.
if Barstool wants to have no-ceiling growth they have to get rid of Portnoy at some point if they want to be a niche outlet that still makes lots of money for everyone involved, that's fine but there's a ceiling to that. especially when there's a world if he keeps drifting away that advertisers start to get shaky.
The difference is that Portnoy is the brand. He’s the founder. He’s the editor. He’s the point of view for the company.
What are the chances this actually happens though? Seems like it would be a complete 180 for the entire brand.