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Hamilton NolanMax Read
3/21/14 1:03pm
John Cook still owes many of us money. We'll really miss him.
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  Max ReadHamilton Nolan
  3/21/14 1:07pm
  One of my favorite John Cook moments is when he had to borrow $60 from me for reasons that were unclear. I think he paid me back.
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  Caity WeaverHamilton Nolan
  3/21/14 1:10pm
  John grossly overpaid and completely failed to pay for lunches I ordered in equal measure. One of us is probably out about $35 but it's unclear who. A question I'll save for God.
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John CookMax Read
3/21/14 1:36pm
My favorite John Cook moment was reading this here lovely thing you guys did. I don't really no what to say other than that I love you all dearly and you have made me very proud in ways I'm probably not gracious or thoughtful enough to fully articulate. I will pay you all back but I'm strapped right now let me just run to an ATM.

Max, you were born for this job and I can't wait to watch you build this site into the national force it is becoming. Also I love your college band the Peacocks, especially the song "Splish Splash Waterfall."
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  A.J. DaulerioJohn Cook
  3/21/14 2:52pm
  CC: http://gawker.com/on-smarm-14765…
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  J.K. TrotterJohn Cook
  3/21/14 3:40pm
  Oh, I forgot to thank you for giving me a chance to prove myself by ... telling me to go look for a woman who may or may not have written a letter scolding Philip Roth for cheating on his wife. Rural Connecticut is beautiful.
  
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  I am going to miss you very, very much, John.
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Adam WeinsteinMax Read
3/21/14 1:30pm
This, this, this, a thousand times: —-> http://gawker.com/5974190/here-i…

I like guns. I have a gun license. I don't believe this is an absolute right. Possessing a gun has implications to people other than the possessor, which means it should come with public responsibilities. There's been an erosion of any sense of public responsibility among gun owners, driven the industry-run lobby that purports to represent them. And there's always been default tendency among governments not to share with their citizens the secrets they keep.

In one fell swoop here—and in his whole career arc—John Cook says: Fuck that noise. Gun owners who have to register with the government should be known and accountable to their neighbors, to the people who select that government. If you have a gun in your house, why are you afraid people might know? You can always shoot them, right?
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  Adam WeinsteinAdam Weinstein
  3/21/14 1:54pm
  Also, pics of anus-obsessed military contractors doing anal things in Afghanistan. http://gawker.com/5350465/our-em…
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  J.K. TrotterAdam Weinstein
  4/02/14 7:11pm
  I cannot believe I forgot that post. Also the outcry over (and story behind) the photos is hysterical, too.
  
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  On MSNBC today, Mediaite's Glynnis MacNicol and Contessa Brewer speculated that none other… Read more Read more
  
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cuntybawsMax Read
3/21/14 1:17pm
Is this an accidentally published internal memo?
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  Tom Scoccacuntybaws
  3/21/14 1:46pm
  Yes, it is an accidentally published internal memo. Please leak it to Romenesko. Thank you.
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Dennis MersereauMax Read
3/21/14 1:11pm
My favorite John Cook moment was when he gave me a website a few weeks ago. That was pretty tight.
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  John CookDennis Mersereau
  3/21/14 1:51pm
  Yeah I'm starting to think that was a smart decision.
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Taylor BermanMax Read
3/21/14 1:39pm
"Do You Use "Butt Wipes" And If So What the Fuck Is Wrong With You?" is another classic John Cook post, especially the update.

Do You Use "Butt Wipes" And If So What the Fuck Is Wrong With You? Do You Use "Butt Wipes" And If So What the Fuck Is Wrong With You? Do You Use "Butt Wipes" And If So What the Fuck…

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  Defender90CATaylor Berman
  3/21/14 3:12pm
  Yes, but this also had to be one of the wrong-headed opinions HamNo called him out for.
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PöòtMax Read
3/21/14 1:21pm
My favorite John Cook moment was when he was just another bland white guy who did very little to differentiate himself from the thousands of other bland white guys who write stuff online, and then he quit his job and I forgot all about him five minutes later.
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  김치전!Pöòt
  3/21/14 1:25pm
  You're kinda bad at eulogies.
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Sarah HedgecockMax Read
3/21/14 1:15pm
John Cook wrote two of the most important PSAs of our time. How will anyone remember walk-shoveling etiquette now?

Shovel Your Fucking Walk Shovel Your Fucking Walk Shovel Your Fucking Walk

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  Sarah HedgecockSarah Hedgecock
  3/21/14 1:19pm
  He also gave me my first big-kid job, which I guess is pretty up there in favorite moments.
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StenchofaburnerMax Read
3/21/14 1:06pm
Aww good luck, John. I will miss your work. You were a great editor, the best kind, I'd dare say: you allowed your writers to develop their own voices and styles while you appeared to us readers as invisible. I also enjoyed your pieces. I hope you do well in your next gig.
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Cherith CutestoryMax Read
3/21/14 1:34pm
I agree that the Bork piece is the best.

His back and forths with Caity Weaver on twitter is second best. I assume they are dead to each other now and it will stop.

https://twitter.com/caityweaver/st…
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