The Official WTF Thread

[clevername]

I almost love that McGwire pic as much.

[sparks]

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[JL21]

IT folks aren't exactly the best wordsmiths. There are tons of ways that message could've been conveyed without making it sound the way it sounded.

[clevername]

continuing the racial tension theme for the day, fresh from deadspin:

[lukethedrifter]

continuing the racial tension theme for the day, fresh from deadspin:

White privilege?



/just laying some withAloe bait

[longhornbaseball]

continuing the racial tension theme for the day, fresh from deadspin:

Is nip a racial slur?

[clevername]

continuing the racial tension theme for the day, fresh from deadspin:

Is nip a racial slur?

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nip

[Cole Burns]

continuing the racial tension theme for the day, fresh from deadspin:

Is nip a racial slur?

Short for Nippon I guess? I was thinking in a completely different direction with the word "nip."

[Leroy]

I believe it refers to Italians.

[clevername]

and even if the nbc website people didn't know nip was a derogatory term for Japanese people you have to wonder why they would include it in a headline about women's sports...much less a women's sport that takes place in the cold on ice.