Man, Barstool founder and “Debate Me” guy Dave Portnoy’s anti-union bullshit, as well as weird-sitter Donald Trump Jr.’s retweeting of Portnoy’s bullshit, got us riled up today. But then we settled down considerably when we remembered that time Portnoy filled his diaper to the absolute brim after getting cucked by his girlfriend’s SoulCycle instructor, and everyone laughed at him for it.
Personally, I think Eddie Kim summed up our sentiments about today’s events nicely:
by the size of this tantrum i can only conclude that unions had sex with @stoolpresidente's gf https://t.co/DhytD9WvGU
— Eddie Kim (@eddiekimx) August 13, 2019
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Jeff Gross is MEL’s senior editor for social media and content marketing. His daily ICYMI column, which chronicles all things meta on the site, is the quickest way to catch up on MEL, and the funniest thing you’ll read all day. Follow him on Twitter.
