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All I remember was him asking a question for a book he was writing, giving some background on himself, and everybody jumping on his shit.
And after a ton of members are rude, he calls them out on being dickheads, and gets in trouble for it.





How about we try to educate people instead of scare them away?



 

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Take a bit of time out of your busy day, and go to a large book store, and find the wall or the shelves where they keep periodicals.

Take a look, and acquaint yourself with the number of different magazines.

You'll some are just pornography, some are about cars, about boats perhaps, certainly a great many on fitness, a few on guns, an awful lot for women, and and equally awful lot for men, several about women's fashion, several about men's, a few about travel, perhaps one or two about knives or aviation, several on cooking, several on losing weight, really, almost any topic you could think of.

Now, acquaint yourself with these magazines, and then, when you're done, take down a few of the better sort, the sort that the people who care about knowing and quality get at home, and purchase in airports when they travel.  There are only a few in this august and rarefied company.

The preeminent one is, as it long has been, the New Yorker, it's peer is the Economist, a notch below those two are Harper's and the Atlantic. You could probably include the Council on Foreign Relations' journal to be up there as well, except for the relative narrowness of it's scope.

It's clear now that there are indeed tiers to the magazine world.  Tier one, led by the New Yorker and the Economist at the paramount pinnacle, consists of those two, Harper's, the CFR, and the Atlantic.

Second tier would be the better interest-specific magazines, mainly Conde Nast's stuff, and of course Vogue. Rolling Stone might make the cut, and the National Geographic society, belongs perhaps indeed to the top tier, nevertheless reigns over the science magazines.

The third tear would be all the demographic minded gimmicky rubbish, don't you agree?
 

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Take a bit of time out of your busy day, and go to a large book store, and find the wall or the shelves where they keep periodicals.

Take a look, and acquaint yourself with the number of different magazines.

You'll some are just pornography, some are about cars, about boats perhaps, certainly a great many on fitness, a few on guns, an awful lot for women, and and equally awful lot for men, several about women's fashion, several about men's, a few about travel, perhaps one or two about knives or aviation, several on cooking, several on losing weight, really, almost any topic you could think of.

Now, acquaint yourself with these magazines, and then, when you're done, take down a few of the better sort, the sort that the people who care about knowing and quality get at home, and purchase in airports when they travel.  There are only a few in this august and rarefied company.

The preeminent one is, as it long has been, the New Yorker, it's peer is the Economist, a notch below those two are Harper's and the Atlantic. You could probably include the Council on Foreign Relations' journal to be up there as well, except for the relative narrowness of it's scope.

It's clear now that there are indeed tiers to the magazine world.  Tier one, led by the New Yorker and the Economist at the paramount pinnacle, consists of those two, Harper's, the CFR, and the Atlantic.

Second tier would be the better interest-specific magazines, mainly Conde Nast's stuff, and of course Vogue. Rolling Stone might make the cut, and the National Geographic society, belongs perhaps indeed to the top tier, nevertheless reigns over the science magazines.

The third tear would be all the demographic minded gimmicky rubbish, don't you agree?

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I dont feel like it warranted being rude, but I'm the minority here
 

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He's a journalist.
That means he was here not to be educated but to find information that he can use to push his agenda. You can't trust reporters.

"Do not fear the enemy, for your enemy can only take your life.  It is far better that you fear the media for they will steal your honor."