You need to enable JavaScript to view this site.Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? . Drew’s on vacation. Today, we’re talking about golf partners, toddler races, the internet, and more.Hey, everyone, this is and , two Brooklyn-based writer-comedians who you may recognize from viral videos like , , and .We’re taking over the Funbag for Drew Magary, who absconded to Aruba this week with 40 million Defector subscription dollars. Apparently most of the money came from convincing one really naive subscriber that there’s something called “The...…You need to enable JavaScript to view this site.Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? . Drew’s on vacation. Today, we’re talking about golf partners, toddler races, the internet, and more.Hey, everyone, this is and , two Brooklyn-based writer-comedians who you may recognize from viral videos like , , and .We’re taking over the Funbag for Drew Magary, who absconded to Aruba this week with 40 million Defector subscription dollars. Apparently most of the money came from convincing one really naive subscriber that there’s something called “The...WW…

You need to enable JavaScript to view this site.It’s said that the aesthetic value of a flower is that it dies. That something blooms for such a short period of time before wilting, after spending its entire life cycle striving to reach that brief, brilliant peak. You can extend this metaphor (wait a bit for the metaphor) to any number of natural phenomena that flash quickly, then fall dark, and the human who gets to experience it holds it dear specifically because of its transience. A shooting star, a fine old wine, sex, a song. It’s not possible to be get too purple here, because what...…You need to enable JavaScript to view this site.It’s said that the aesthetic value of a flower is that it dies. That something blooms for such a short period of time before wilting, after spending its entire life cycle striving to reach that brief, brilliant peak. You can extend this metaphor (wait a bit for the metaphor) to any number of natural phenomena that flash quickly, then fall dark, and the human who gets to experience it holds it dear specifically because of its transience. A shooting star, a fine old wine, sex, a song. It’s not possible to be get too purple here, because what...WW…

You need to enable JavaScript to view this site.As the year 1946 dawned, a feeling of relief washed over the United States. The largest conflict in recorded history had ended months before. Service members were returning home, factories that were used to build bombers and tanks were returning to their civilian intentions, and people who’d been working on the war effort after the lean years of the Depression were ready to spend money on the consumer goods that would soon be turned out. The United States had been tempered by war, as John F. Kennedy would say in his inaugural address 15 years...…You need to enable JavaScript to view this site.As the year 1946 dawned, a feeling of relief washed over the United States. The largest conflict in recorded history had ended months before. Service members were returning home, factories that were used to build bombers and tanks were returning to their civilian intentions, and people who’d been working on the war effort after the lean years of the Depression were ready to spend money on the consumer goods that would soon be turned out. The United States had been tempered by war, as John F. Kennedy would say in his inaugural address 15 years...WW…

You need to enable JavaScript to view this site.The movement became too big for the NFL to ignore. But there is nothing too big for the NFL to co-opt.Protest has wracked the country, for entirely justifiable reasons. Protestors are sick of black people being avoidably shot and needlessly killed by cops. This protest takes many forms: peaceful marches, less peaceful reactions after police escalation, . All of these are threatening to a certain large and racist segment of the population, and not because of the manner of protest, but because of its aim. Enter the NFL, the continent’s...…You need to enable JavaScript to view this site.The movement became too big for the NFL to ignore. But there is nothing too big for the NFL to co-opt.Protest has wracked the country, for entirely justifiable reasons. Protestors are sick of black people being avoidably shot and needlessly killed by cops. This protest takes many forms: peaceful marches, less peaceful reactions after police escalation, . All of these are threatening to a certain large and racist segment of the population, and not because of the manner of protest, but because of its aim. Enter the NFL, the continent’s...WW…