Personally, I don't read Deadspin anymore. I mean I'll see specific stories if something I see on Twitter or Facebook intrigues me but I never go to the homepage.
I never went to Deadspin for sports news or sports takes. I did love their media critiques back in the day. They would fearlessly go after ESPN 10 (maybe 15) or so years ago. I like that stuff. It was edgy, well-written and funny. For a couple of years, they filled a void when Simmons left Digital Sports Boston for ESPN and stopped doing anti-sports media stuff. They had good writers then too.
They became something different the last few years. Is it better? Seems like some folks here like the smarmy political hot takes. Me, eh. I'm burnt out. I don't like this pop culture life where politics seep into everything. It creates a community that lectures and it's just exhausting and, in my opinion, boring.
@Seven Costanza calling Deadspin "nuanced" did bring me a lot of joy though. Maybe it's a fair trade after all.
Don't get me wrong in all of this. I also hate all sports talk sites. I hate most things. What Deadspin is becoming sounds awful. Is reading about the Warriors inability to play defense worse than an article about impeaching Trump (but in a ham-handed and "comedic" tone)? I don't know. It all sucks.
Deadspin in 2004 or whatever was cool. I wish that would come back. But it won't. Now everyone screams about politics all the time and that's how it goes. I just wish people talked about other shit again. Like how much Joe Morgan is awful on Sunday Night Baseball or how Mike Francesa may or may not have farted on a broadcast last week and Mad Dog laughed.