Poll
Question:
Well?
Option 1: Yes, regularly
votes: 6
Option 2: Yes, from time to time
votes: 9
Option 3: No
votes: 22
Option 4: Jaronimo
votes: 1
Curious. Ever since Teh Brain told me The Atlantic made him dry heave uncontrollably for a week solid I have stopped trying to flog it.
Got the latest one in the mail today.
What are magazines?
I read a couple of articles every now and then. I used to read Ta-Nehisi Coates and Jeffrey Goldberg religiously, but the latter's gone to Bloomberg (with Clive Crook) so I read the Atlantic site a lot less now.
I read it regularly, but specifically not Ta-Nehisi Coates or Conor Friedersdorf. Coates is a race baiting imbecile and Friedersdorf wrote about 89 articles in a row about the "evils of drone warfare" and got on my black list.
Other than that I read about every article they put out. Most of their stable of writers are very good. I tend to gloss over their tech writing a bit because as with most non-technical sources they do a mediocre job of reporting on the subject.
I do, I really like them. Thanks Yi!
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I like the recent Žižek-ian analysis of the McRib. :)
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 19, 2013, 08:32:25 PM
Curious. Ever since Teh Brain told me The Atlantic made him dry heave uncontrollably for a week solid I have stopped trying to flog it.
Maybe he meant the ocean.
Sometimes I read Christopher Orr's film reviews. He's ok, I guess.
No.
theatlantic.com is a daily visit from me.
I've bought the mag itself a few times.
Yi's flogging worked on me.
When ever someone links an article or a photo project, I read it.
I have them in my Facebook feed (together with other news sources), and check them once a day or every other day for news stories.
I don't buy the print edition, though. But I bought their special edition about the Civil War.
Yes, I definitely read it from time to time.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 19, 2013, 08:32:25 PM
Curious. Ever since Teh Brain told me The Atlantic made him dry heave uncontrollably for a week solid I have stopped trying to flog it.
Well, I expected an almost-Economistesque consistent level of quality and it turned out The Atlantic is all over the place qualitywise. It's a bit like when you take something in your mouth (not the DG way) and expect one taste and you get a completely different taste; it's weird and offputting.
I'm sure there's gems in The Atlantic but I don't feel like wading through stuff like Bernhard-Henry Levy to find them.
Hey dude, I wasn't busting your chops in any way.
BTW, those Levy bits were the absolute worst I've ever read in the Atlantic.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 20, 2013, 01:35:49 PM
Hey dude, I wasn't busting your chops in any way.
BTW, those Levy bits were the absolute worst I've ever read in the Atlantic.
I know, but maybe some readers were unaware of the story. You know how people are.
The What?
And I believed BHL was not a French export. :( Is the Atlantic short on well-connected pseudo-intellectuals?
Only aware of it because of Languish. I just read the Economist and catch up on my Tim here for all my outlander news.
I caught Tim and needed antibiotics for a month.
Thai clap?
Damn.
Quote from: Legbiter on November 20, 2013, 05:41:49 PM
Only aware of it because of Languish. I just read the Economist and catch up on my Tim here for all my outlander news.
I do that too, except the Economist part. :sleep:
Hey Before, you big square headed doofus, this is for you in particular.
Current Atlantic has an article about the annual prison riot fair (festival? convention?) held in West Virginia.
Article made the rather telling point that whereas the US prison population has exploded, prison riots have essentially stopped. Author ascribes it to creation of super-maxes and prison rapid response teams.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 21, 2013, 09:28:04 PM
the annual prison riot fair (festival? convention?) held in West Virginia.
:lol: National Association of Goon Squads
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