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I don't want to speak for Jason, but he and Kevin Smith recounted this story in-full on a recent episode of their Jay and Silent Bob Get Old podcast.

As far as I remember the story, a guy came up to Jason and was acting sort of sheepish while talking to him. Next thing you know, he just sucker punched Jason out of nowhere, but to Jason's credit, he did not get knocked down by the blow. In the podcast, Jason said he was shocked at first, but his next reaction was to simply think, "Ha you fuck, you sucker punched me in the face and still couldn't drop me!"

I believe the guy just took off afterward, running away. It was later that night that a fan came up to Jason and explained that he had overheard a group of guys making a bet about suckerpunching Mewes, and that's how Mewes found out that it was just a dumb bet.

There really wasn't much to it other than that.

Seriously people, listen to their podcast. It's awesome. Made my days at work a lot shorter this summer. It's pretty much anecdote after anecdote...and the Kevin Smith stories about his experience with Bruce Willis and why he's an insufferable douche are especially hilarious.

Hi Colin! I grew up playing with and enjoying your designs.

What is the best book you've read recently, and could you name a couple of your favorite authors? Where does a maxi-nerd like you go to get his maxi-nerd fix?

Thanks for making an awesome website my friends and I visited like crazy in college.

I think there are probably a lot of people who came into this crowd-powered content aggregation thing a bit late and don't quite understand how Digg was basically the vanguard, and 'upvoting/digging' something really was a powerful, innovative concept. Hell, I think most younger kids don't even realize that there was a time when internet users weren't really able to 'promote' content to their peers other than sending out a chain email, posting to a message board, or posting to a crappy social website.

Yes, Reddit and Digg began around the same time, but there was definitely a long period where most sites didn't have 30 icons below every article with buttons to 'share' to different platforms. There were maybe 1-3 at most...but the only one people ever really used...was the little dude with the shovel. poof

Edit: Okay, not trying to sound like stealth marketing, but I just went to digg and the v1 actually looks really nice. Seems like instead of aggregating content, it aggregates those that aggregate. Honestly, I'm impressed. The visual aesthetic is nice, and scrolling it is a bit more like scrolling through a code-powered Huffington Post-style site instead of a typical link aggregate site. I say this knowing that Kevin Rose is with Google now, by the way.

That's just the result of how VR sometimes captures on video. It's not an issue when playing because it's your own head movement.

Have you spent much time getting feedback from actual journalists? I worked in the industry for a decade (still do, except now in the creative services field) and...to be honest...the last thing most reporters get is a 'fair shake.' Typically the audience is just as biased as the reporter, except they're flying without any ethical safeguards/accountability. Negative reviews that come down to people 'shooting the messenger' are common. It's also common for people to attribute controversial quotes (say, from a politician) to the reporter and attack them for their sources' views. And we aren't even touching on bad faith attacks yet. What is most concerning to me is the fact that most journalists will ignore this (that's just pure candid feedback), whereas those who are quick to manipulate, brigade, and troll in bad faith will absolutely see this as a big opportunity.

It's likely you'll receive a lot of negative feedback from reporters--the main thing I'd note here is to assume this feedback is in good faith (for some of the reasons I mention above) and not at all because journalists are afraid of being held 'accountable,' which is the easy/knee-jerk assumption. Journalists are already used to being held accountable. It's not easy to publish a piece where you're trying to convey the sentiments of others and then slap your name next to it, throw it up on Twitter, and so forth. You don't get to just 'skirt' away from that. Sources will read your work and hold you accountable--sometimes publicly, sometimes unfairly. So if you do catch grief from other reporters, just keep in mind that it's very unlikely that it's because 'accountability' scares them.