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J-No
11/05/09

In reply to Gladwell, I Am Told, Is Often Misunderstood
This is like the time you fucked a pretty good friend because you both thought it would be hot. Then it sucked, so you went back and tried it 2 or 3 more times only to realize something was off and it just plain sucked. Stop going back. #malcolmgladwell
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Moe
11/05/09

In reply to Gladwell, I Am Told, Is Often Misunderstood
Oh wow, and to think I didn't bother even sending this story to A.J. because I didn't think Deadspin readers would find it relevant to their lives. My bad! Quick summary: Who's more irritating, Malcolm Gladwell or his pompous Brooklyn hyperhaters* you hang out with to avoid having a one-night-stand with someone whose only books are Malcolm Gladwell? Yeah, I thought his pompous critics might be more irritating too, until I read everything Malcolm Gladwell ever wrote and nearly offed myself. (You will be pleased to know, Deadspin commenters, that you are to thank for making me so tough.) Blah blah blah, hair dye is like Watergate but Enron is not like Melrose Place, and ketchup is (surprisingly!) nothing like mustard but diapers are (surprisingly!) like semiconductor chips… dogs = good Dr. Atkins = BAD ritalin = good estrogen = bad Asians = good arguments = bad… Etc. etc. etc. Iraq coolhunters homelessness khakis shopping babies, babies, babies, babies? Puppies! Feeling stupider yet? You've got company, sitting next to you on the plane. We all should have stuck with that Pat Tillman book, the end.

*These types of sports fans, if you remember that story, doesn't everyone? #malcolmgladwell
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Pete Gaines
11/05/09

@Moe: Plz come to Deadspin more often, thx. #malcolmgladwell
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Moe
11/06/09

@Pete Gaines: ha, maybe when "self-sabotage" finally becomes an olympic sport. or "ill-advised fucking" #malcolmgladwell
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Phintastic
11/05/09

In reply to Gladwell, I Am Told, Is Often Misunderstood
This article appeared in the November 23, 2009 edition of The Nation.

She's from the future! She's from the future! #malcolmgladwell
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FEAST
11/05/09

In reply to Gladwell, I Am Told, Is Often Misunderstood

...unforgivable. #malcolmgladwell
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Theodore Donald Kerabatsos
11/05/09

In reply to Gladwell, I Am Told, Is Often Misunderstood
It's not that I couldn't understand it. It's that the internet has decimated my attention span and comprehension skills to the point that I can no longer...

Fuck it, let's see what going on at Fleshbot.
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Edited by Theodore Donald Kerabatsos at 11/05/09 5:32 PM

MarkKelsosMigraine
11/05/09

In reply to Gladwell, I Am Told, Is Often Misunderstood
At the risk of being torn limb from limb, I never understand what everyone's problem is with her. The article seems well considered and executed.

Maybe the problem is she more multi-syllabic words than Jeff Pearlman. #malcolmgladwell
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Phil Mickelsons Man Tits
11/05/09

In reply to Gladwell, I Am Told, Is Often Misunderstood
I'm pretty sure Moe has no ambitions of being an actual writer. The only explanation is that she's subjecting us to performance art. #malcolmgladwell
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Phintastic
11/05/09

In reply to Gladwell, I Am Told, Is Often Misunderstood
Gladwell for Dummies

Really? Then why do you start off making sure at least half of your readers are lost in the first paragraph?

Your choice of language comes across forced and reeks of someone trying to prove their intellectual superiority.

While the readers of The Nation may be of a higher educational background, you appear to be trying too hard to fit what they might consider literary.

/Learning Curve'd #malcolmgladwell
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HebrewHammer
11/05/09

In reply to Gladwell, I Am Told, Is Often Misunderstood
Patty Mayonaisse looks awful. #malcolmgladwell
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ClintonPortishead
11/05/09

In reply to Gladwell, I Am Told, Is Often Misunderstood
That success is in the eye of the unsuccessful would seem to be the great unspoken dilemma dogging critics asked to consider the work of the rich and famous author and inspirational speaker Malcolm Gladwell.

You'd think Moe, of all people, would have better flow.
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MattinglysSideburns
11/05/09

In reply to Gladwell, I Am Told, Is Often Misunderstood
Maybe if Antoine de Saint-Exupéry wrote in English, there wouldn't be this misunderstanding. #malcolmgladwell
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ScientificMapp
11/05/09

In reply to Gladwell, I Am Told, Is Often Misunderstood
I'm guessing that essay will be more neglected and unloved than Julian Lennon.

/peeked at it, not smart enough to follow, gave up and decided to ridicule #malcolmgladwell
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Kid Canada
10/26/09

In reply to Malcolm Gladwell Demands Bill Simmons Be An NBA GM
Let's be honest - if he really wanted to work for an NBA front office, couldn't Daryl Morey hire him? They're friends, right? He obviously would have to spend a year or two learning the trade, and getting evil stares from people in the organization annoyed that he stepped ahead of them in the pecking order, and having an idea of what working in a front office is like.

Getting a job in sports, even more than most industries, is 99% who you know. Morey would give him a job if he really wanted it. #billsimmons
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Drew Magary
10/26/09

@Kid Canada: Would that make him Shithead Elvis? #billsimmons
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Gravy
10/26/09

In reply to Malcolm Gladwell Demands Bill Simmons Be An NBA GM
NBA General Manager is a job position that requires you to fucking MANAGE people.

C'mon, managing the typical 30-40 people in an NBA front office is like managing a friggin' glee club. Managing 300, or 3000, requires real management skills. Not 30.

I would imagine the key for a GM is understanding and spending most of your time on the important issues (uh, like winning games, which cures a lot of ills), hiring a few competent people for the other stuff (beer vendors, meet Rocco our labor negotiator) and not committing crimes (hello, Isiah).

Look, I have no idea if Simmons would make a good GM. Hell, a statistical look at the job would probably show a disproportionate amount of the success is driven by luck in the first place (injuries, draft lottery balls, etc.).

HOWEVER, it would be a new and entertaining exploit for Simmons, from whom I'm getting marginally less entertainment value each and every year. (But for free, so the marginal cost ain't much.) #billsimmons
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lukeoneil47
10/26/09

@Gravy: Have you ever tried to manage one person? Even that is difficult. #billsimmons
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Changeworks
10/27/09

@lukeoneil47: change is only uncomfotable unless it is goal-directed! #billsimmons
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Gravy
10/27/09

@lukeoneil47: I'll have you know the East Bumbleford Gay '90s Glee Club may have missed the glee-offs at County this year, but our bus unpacking and packing skills had us numero uno out of a parking lot littered with walker-supported grandparents, toupee-holding Uncle Ernies and spastic-running-about young siblings.

Now that's management! #billsimmons
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lukeoneil47
10/27/09

@Changeworks: what? #billsimmons
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Silent Q
10/26/09

In reply to Malcolm Gladwell Demands Bill Simmons Be An NBA GM
Indeed he does, for someone who has seen a grand total of eight movies in his lifetime.

Beverly Hills 90210 does not count as a movie. Even if he has seen every episode of it. #billsimmons
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