Comments on: The New Yorker Makes Me Feel Guilty http://www.ohjoy.org/2007/03/15/the-new-yorker-makes-me-feel-guilty/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:16:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.12-alpha by: joy http://www.ohjoy.org/2007/03/15/the-new-yorker-makes-me-feel-guilty/#comment-5395 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:02:09 +0000 http://www.ohjoy.org/2007/03/15/the-new-yorker-makes-me-feel-guilty/#comment-5395 Jason-- Yeah, I completely agree about the bullet-point type of articles. Abstractly speaking, I like that The New Yorker has long content that takes some actual reading to get into. That is probably why my reaction makes me feel guilty--I'm always complaining about lack of content in magazines, and then, here is a magazine with content and I don't like reading it all that much. I think my dilemma would go away if they had better headlines, but that will never happen, so... Jason– Yeah, I completely agree about the bullet-point type of articles. Abstractly speaking, I like that The New Yorker has long content that takes some actual reading to get into. That is probably why my reaction makes me feel guilty–I’m always complaining about lack of content in magazines, and then, here is a magazine with content and I don’t like reading it all that much. I think my dilemma would go away if they had better headlines, but that will never happen, so…

]]> by: jason http://www.ohjoy.org/2007/03/15/the-new-yorker-makes-me-feel-guilty/#comment-5339 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:44:04 +0000 http://www.ohjoy.org/2007/03/15/the-new-yorker-makes-me-feel-guilty/#comment-5339 I agree, each week's New Yorker is a challenge -- nay, a complete disintegration of the success I felt at reading as much as I possibly could of the previous week's New Yorker. Subscribing to the New Yorker is like sitting in a boat with a leak. My goal (not always accomplished) is to read every non-fiction article that interests me, which tends to be anything that's not about an artist. The fiction and reviews are a lost cause. But I do like that the New Yorker completely rebuffs the trends in most media -- easily digestible, short, up front about its main points, laid out like an advertisement. It staunchly holds on to the value of storytelling, which I appreciate even when it means I don't have time for it. When newspapers run stuff like bullet points above their articles, I am annoyed. Like, why even run the story at all? Why not just publish bullet points? Every day, we could have a list. Or flash cards. Bah. Anyway. I agree, each week’s New Yorker is a challenge — nay, a complete disintegration of the success I felt at reading as much as I possibly could of the previous week’s New Yorker. Subscribing to the New Yorker is like sitting in a boat with a leak. My goal (not always accomplished) is to read every non-fiction article that interests me, which tends to be anything that’s not about an artist. The fiction and reviews are a lost cause.

But I do like that the New Yorker completely rebuffs the trends in most media — easily digestible, short, up front about its main points, laid out like an advertisement. It staunchly holds on to the value of storytelling, which I appreciate even when it means I don’t have time for it. When newspapers run stuff like bullet points above their articles, I am annoyed. Like, why even run the story at all? Why not just publish bullet points? Every day, we could have a list. Or flash cards. Bah.

Anyway.

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