Jeremy continued: "I saw this on ESPN's homepage when Team USA beat Argentina. I refreshed the page a minute later and the headline changed to 'A Way In?'"
I have no idea what goes on behind the scenes at ESPN. Like, how many people manage the Web site, how articles and headlines get edited, how quickly content can be changed, etc. Every time I consider it, I imagine an army of technicians flipping switches and spinning dials on complex machinery covered in multi-colored, blinking lights. Kind of like NORAD. It would be interesting to know how unintended mistakes like this happen, and how they get fixed.
i imagine they put people who make mistakes in front of a firing squad.
ReplyDeleteIs Pau Gasol supplementing his income by writing ESPN.com's headlines?
ReplyDeleteIt usually involves JavaScript and a sarlac pit.
ReplyDeleteThis was funny but not really that big a deal. If it had have been an article about Team China giving us a hard time, maybe it should throw up warning signals, but 'chink' is a legitimate word, even if it has another derogatory meaning. If someone said Allen Iverson is niggardly with the basketball are they racist or just idiots who use outdated words to express themselves? Usually I'd assume the latter.
ReplyDeleteI think looking at the title and immediately thinking "chink" in the racist sense is more indicative of the reader's state of mind than anything else. Or just a hint at bad scores on the SATs.
LOL I actually remember reading that but didn't register it as a racial slur at the time
ReplyDeletebut yea poor choice of words
"Great googily moogily. "[from the guy spraypainting the endzone for the "Chink Filet Peach Bowl..."]
ReplyDeletenew phrase is homophobic imo!!!!
ReplyDeleteanacondahl, i think you're my new personal hero. great star wars drop.
ReplyDeleteThe funny thing is that the original title is much, much better, or would be if political correctness wasn't such an issue. "A way in" sounds like it was written by a second-grader.
ReplyDeleteHow about "an unexpected flaw?" or "a crucial shortcoming?"
Hell, they could've just replaced "chink" with "kink".
I got a good laugh out of it.
ReplyDeleteAnd LOL @ "chink Fil-A"