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Comment Re:Sure they'll delete it. (Score 1) 42

You also have the choice of deleting the photos now.

When I was accidentally forwarded financial info for a non-profit organization I'm a member of, I had the opportunity to see what a lot of people were donating. I trashed the email, emptied the trash, and then told the sender what happened and that I had done so.

Comment Re: The Atlantic has been getting weirder (Score 1) 124

My parents subscribe to The New Yorker and have since I was a kid. Except for the cartoons, I have always found it painful to read and did not remember any news coverage of note. On your suggestion, I have just checked it out. First, an article on Gaza that opens with a list of body counts. Sorry, that's not reporting. That's lazy, biased journalism at best and just bad writing. OK, giving up. Let's move on. An article on what's next for Venezuela? Opens with many, many words recounting what has already happened. Am I supposed to skip forward in every article until I can find their point or something new? Do The New Yorker readers enjoy this kind of thing? I don't have the patience for this style of writing. A guy's photos of his dad? Pass. Taylor Swift's diamond ring? Pass. Trump sucks? Pass. Undocumented Immigrants trying to stay in the US? Pass. A bunch of articles on online dating? Hard pass. Reimagined Mexican folk music?

Oh! An article on reading instruction! Nice. Oh shit! It's over 6000 words, most of which talk about people instead of reading instruction. Do people like this style of writing? The New Yorker is 100. It says so on the banner. They must. I don't. I don't read non-fiction for the meandering. I read non-fiction to learn information. If you're writing an article on methods of reading instruction, something I have expertise in, then GET TO THE FUCKING POINT.

The New Yorker and The Atlantic are not in the same universe.

Comment Re: Educators (Score 1) 124

Yeah, I'm not a fan at all of Catcher in the Rye. I don't really see its appeal.

Haven't read Poisonwood yet.

The good thing is, being exposed means you might find something you love.

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