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Displaying all articles tagged:
Jerks
psychology
Sept. 20, 2017
This Stanford Professor Has a Theory on Why 2017 Is Filled With Jerks
According to Robert Sutton, the problem of “disrespectful, demeaning, and downright mean-spirited behavior” is “worse than ever.”
By
Jessica Pressler
Oct. 6, 2016
A Jerk in Clown Makeup Chased a Kid Around the Subway With a Knife
Beware knife-wielding bozos.
By
Adam K. Raymond
super classy
Jan. 14, 2016
Jeb Betting That America Doesn’t Like Trump Mocking People With Disabilities
Bush calls the front-runner a “jerk” in new ad.
By
Samuel Lieberman
jerks
Dec. 19, 2014
Texas Cop Demands to Know Why a Man Isn’t Supposed to Hit a ‘Whore’
It didn’t end well for him.
By
Caroline Bankoff
jerks
Dec. 10, 2014
Harvard Professor Is Now Sorry for Rude Emails
In which he bullied a Chinese restaurant over four bucks.
By
Katie Zavadski
jerks
Dec. 9, 2014
HBS Professor Fails to Bully Restaurant
Meet Ben Edelman.
By
Caroline Bankoff
jerks
Nov. 20, 2014
New Nevada Assembly Leader Is a Racist Homophobe
Meet Ira Hansen.
By
Caroline Bankoff
jerks
Oct. 26, 2014
Airport Strangers Unite to Take Down Violent, Glassy-Eyed Homophobe
He’s also a racist.
By
Caroline Bankoff
jerks
July 30, 2014
Guy Whose Dad Owns ‘Half of F*cking Manhattan’ Is an Intern in Brooklyn
Yes, he goes to NYU.
By
Adam K. Raymond
jerks
July 12, 2014
At Least One Citi Bike User Doesn’t Quite Understand How Sharing Works
Someone put a lock on one of the bikes.
By
Caroline Bankoff
jerks
July 1, 2014
Video: Drunk Guy Says Father Owns Half of NYC
No one looks great here.
By
Caroline Bankoff
santacon
Dec. 15, 2013
This Right Here Is Why SantaCon Can’t Have Nice Things
An East Village brawl will be the lasting image.
By
Adam Martin
jerks
Nov. 22, 2013
Rush Limbaugh Uses Terrible Rape Analogy to Explain Senate Rule Change
Here we go again.
By
Caroline Bankoff
jerks
Nov. 20, 2013
Hawaii Lawmaker to Stop Smashing Shopping Carts
“I guess I shouldn’t use the sledgehammer because it’s a really loaded image.”
By
Dan Amira
jerks
Oct. 29, 2013
Ray Kelly Heckled Off Stage at Brown University
He couldn’t give a lecture over constant interruptions.
By
Adam Martin
jerks
June 2, 2012
The John Edwards Circus Isn’t Quite Over
Obviously.
By
Caroline Bankoff
modern love
June 1, 2012
‘Flirting’ John Edwards Juror Giggles, Touches America’s Arm
Meet Denise Speight.
By
Joe Coscarelli
crimes and misdemeanors
May 31, 2012
John Edwards Not Guilty on One Count, Jury Hung on Others [Updated]
The judged declared a mistrial on the five remaining counts.
By
Joe Coscarelli
jerks
May 9, 2012
Your Landlord Is Not the Worst Landlord
(Probably.)
By
Noreen Malone
jerks
Apr. 23, 2012
Three Percent of Americans Like John Edwards
Who the hell are you people?
By
Dan Amira
Mar. 3, 2012
Rush Limbaugh’s ‘Slut’ Attack Costs Him Advertisers
Including two mattress-makers. But is he losing any sleep?
By
Andre Tartar
jerks
Mar. 2, 2012
Does Rush Limbaugh Owe America a Sex Tape?
We might be paying for his Viagra, after all.
By
Dan Amira
jerks
Feb. 29, 2012
Illinois Congressional Candidate Has Some Funny Opinions on the Holocaust
Good luck with that, Art Jones!
By
Dan Amira
crimes and misdemeanors
Feb. 23, 2012
Two Teenagers Arrested for Stealing iPhone
It happened.
By
Brett Smiley
wow terrible
Feb. 17, 2012
Wow, Terrible: Poor Old Woman Edition
Worst son in the world, ever?
By
Dan Amira
jerks
Jan. 17, 2012
Manhattan Man Arrested for ‘Making Anti-Semitic Calls to His Mother’
Well, at least he finally called.
By
Dan Amira
jerks
Nov. 11, 2011
Government Employee Joe Walsh Does Not Care for Government Jobs
He tells a postal worker this to her face.
By
Dan Amira
jerks
Nov. 2, 2011
Texas Judge Is a Horrible Child-Abuser, Daughter’s YouTube Video Reveals
Karma, please approach the bench.
By
Dan Amira
neighborhood news
Oct. 14, 2011
Man Installs Bike Rack on Sidewalk, Terrorizes People Who Use It
In addition to being very un-neighborly, this is also illegal.
By
Dan Amira
jerks
Oct. 13, 2011
New Jersey Public School Teacher Not a Fan of the Gays
She calls homosexuality “perverted” and a “cancer” and other mean things on her Facebook page.
By
Dan Amira
media
July 13, 2011
Pennsylvania Songwriter Hits Girlfriend After Refusing to Sing About Her
MSNBC thinks this is FUNNY.
By
Mike Vilensky
jerks
June 29, 2011
To Catch a Predator
Host Reportedly Caught Cheating on His Wife With Former Intern
HYPOCRITE!
By
Mike Vilensky
royal robots
June 10, 2011
Britain’s Prince Philip: Still a Jerk, After 90 Years
“Do you still throw spears at each other?”
By
Chris Rovzar
it’s science
May 21, 2011
Study Confirms: Yep, Alleged Jerks Hold Our Interest
“Given a choice, people will stare longer at the faces of people they’ve heard bad things about.”
By
Mike Vilensky
school gays
Apr. 14, 2011
California Senate Passes Bill Requiring Teaching of Gay History in Public Schools
The bill is heading to the State Assembly.
By
Mike Vilensky
inhuman humans
Apr. 5, 2011
‘Sleepless Elite’ Exist Solely to Make You Feel Bad About Having Basic Human Needs
Avoid them at all costs.
By
Nitasha Tiku
jerks
Jan. 19, 2011
Alabama Governor Insults All Seven or So Non-Christian Alabamans
They are not his brothers and sisters, he informs them.
By
Dan Amira
crazy in arizona
Jan. 12, 2011
Westboro Baptist Church Agrees to Be Slightly Less Obnoxious
They’ve decided not to protest at a 9-year-old Tucson massacre victim’s funeral, but not because they are suddenly good people.
By
Dan Amira
science
Dec. 29, 2010
We’re Becoming a Nation of Jerks
(Bigger jerks.)
By
Jessica Pressler
jerks
Dec. 10, 2010
Why Westboro Baptist’s Plans to Picket Elizabeth Edwards’s Funeral Might Fail
The First Amendment and a human counterprotest might throw off their evil plan.
By
Nitasha Tiku
jerks
Dec. 6, 2010
Evil DecorMyEyes Guy Gets Some More of That Bad Publicity He Loves
This time it’s a little TOO bad: He was arrested.
By
Dan Amira
fi-cri fallout
Dec. 2, 2010
Incidentally, the Federal Reserve Really Did Save the World Back in 2008
Without the bailout, McDonald’s wouldn’t have opened and your phone service might have stopped.
By
Jessica Pressler
jerks
Oct. 29, 2010
Meet the Guy Who Told the World About Christine O’Donnell’s Pubes
According to his snitchy friend, Dustin Dominiak wrote that terrible Gawker piece.
By
Dan Amira
jerks
Oct. 18, 2010
Osama Bin Laden Living in ‘Relative Comfort’
Somewhere in Pakistan, obviously.
By
Dan Amira
jerks
Oct. 12, 2010
When ‘Whore’ Is Too Kind
An assemblyman lashes out at Westboro Baptist Church demonstrators.
By
Dan Amira
jerks
Sept. 27, 2010
Creepy District Attorney Couldn’t Understand Why Hot Domestic-Abuse Victim Resisted His Sexts
Guess she wasn’t the nymph he took her for.
By
Dan Amira
well then
Sept. 8, 2010
Women’s Magazine Fudges Its Age
“Twenty-three seems lame; 23 seems old.”
By
Jessica Pressler
early and often
Aug. 6, 2010
Apparently Peter King Thinks It Is Still 2004
And gay people will be able to scare conservatives to the polls again.
By
Chris Rovzar
jerks
Apr. 11, 2010
Smoking on Planes Isn’t Really That Rare
In the past five years, 696 jerks have been charged for lighting up in the air.
By
Adam K. Raymond
vampire crime of the day
Mar. 19, 2010
Police Are on the Lookout for Man Who Bit Taxi Driver
This ‘Twilight’ fad has really gone too far.
By
Dan Amira
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