Today in Tabs: The Reichstab Fire

But what's a good hill to picnic on?

At the Gawker editorial Denton-pummeling yesterday afternoon, departing editor Tommy Craggs reportedly compared his boss's decision to take a post down to the Reichstag fire, which is a good metaphor, except instead of Denton setting the seat of the German government on fire, it was more like Craggs set the seat of his own pants on fire and then Denton put it out and said "hey what if instead of being complete assholes, we were a little more like Vox?" According to the tab factory, Gawker was tearing itself apart! Having an existential crisis! An implosion! A meltdown! A civil war! If it had been dancing with Mr. Brownstone and knocking on heaven's door, we'd have a whole Guns N' Roses greatest hits album. People were dying on hills and "Reichstag fire" was trending:

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