I still get The Atlantic and National Review in print form. I also buy hard copies of books. Some things I just prefer that way to digital.
Sports Illustrated cover
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You know me, I want to keep my reputation for discretion.
Over the past 10 - 15 years I've pretty much gone from watching a lot of sports and news programs, reading a lot of magazines (sports & news) regularly watching sports center etc to now doing almost none of the above. Every time I try they hit you with some political woke stuff that reinforces my reasoning for making the change. Honestly, I really did not change but they have drastically done so. I cannot see how the NBA, NFL, ESPN, SI or all of the others have any customers left. No matter your political leanings, it is impossible to watch or listen. I now have even missed some PSU football games due to having other things to do. The only events I watch are PSU Football and Villanova Basketball. I don't even watch the Superbowl, NBA playoffs, MLB, College Playoff etc. I'd rather watch old reruns, movies or make something out of wood.
Now that's a latte magazine right there... ((Hides under table)).
All kinds of “Be right back” here.
Smart man, the woman on the cover was a man at one time.. Maybe, who knows, still may be
Yeah, I prefer a hard copy if by the pool or something, and I will absolutely not read a book on any kind of e-reader. Wife gets The Economist and Sunday WaPo in hard copy; I find digital magazine/newspaper articles easier to read since I don't have to flip to the back to finish them.
Thank God Naomi doesn't have any anxiety showing off her body!!!Which cover? This one?
I read a lot and for years I shunned and ridiculed e-readers. About a year ago I got an Amazon Paperwhite as a gift. I rejected it for awhile and said I would never use it. Then I tried it and really liked it. It is much easier on the eyes than paper. I can change the font size and type easily. I can read longer without eye discomfort. I can store hundreds of books on it. I can get e-files of most books for free via various websites. When I go on vacation or travel for business I can take as many books as I want and the device weighs practically nothing. It is very convenient to use in a plane or car. I went from being a skeptic to a believer in e-readers.
It became political ten years ago? I ended my subscription when they did several pages on the Watts riots after Rodney King was beaten by the cops.
I really like my Kindle Paperwhite for all the reasons you mentioned. However, my default preference is still for the physical experience of reading a book and having it in my collection on the shelves afterward.
I generally reserve the Paperwhite for reading what would be thick and unwieldy physical books. Since I work in IT, I particularly tend to do this for technical books… those become heavy outdated paperweights in a few years otherwise. And being able to search in a technical book is of course important.
Let's be honest here. You folks aren't tuning out because it became political. You tuned out because it is politics that you don't like. Just be honest with yourselves. And in reality, content deemed to be "political" is still a tiny fraction of the overall content.
Ok, moving to the next lawn.
Ok, moving to the next lawn.
I have to disagree, I find her hot.
The turnoff for me though is her being called a Stallion. 😳😆
And you tuned in because it's politics that you do like. Just be honest with yourself.
That aside, for me, the SI cover in question is gag-inducing. So sue me.
On the other hand, I tuned SI out long ago. Just like I've tuned out most media...because media no longer seeks to inform and report...but rather to lecture and proselytize.
Actually, I've never followed SI closely at all, so you are wrong as you often are.
Now get back to that test board and Stop the Steal!
So they would like me to buy something that depicts a bunch of fat chicks and dudes pretending to be chicks? Not my thing.
Pass.
Pass.
You tuned in to this thread because of the angle favorable to your brand of politics, which digs guys pretending to be chicks. Be honest with yourself.
Now get back to your "next lawn."
I tuned into the thread because it said "SI Cover" in the subject line and I was curious who it was referring to.
I stuck around because I love to see how much the subject irritates some people. It's entertainment for me. Thank you.
This would make sense if in the past SI did politics of a certain kind and now they switched and do politics of another kind. But instead they've gone from not doing politics to doing politics (apparently...I mean, I haven't seen SI for a long time but I'm saying it based on this thread). Believe it or not, there are lots of people for whom things like sports is an escape and the point of watching it or reading about it is to get away from unpleasant things like politics for awhile.
Although some people liked the SI swimsuit issue, for as long as I can remember SI took grief from others for doing it because it wasn't sports-related and it came off like a cheap gimmick to sell magazines.
Really? So, the folks in this thread saying that they tuned out would still be bent if SI was promoting, say, anti-BLM messages? My bet is that they would be extending their subscriptions.
I think it took a lot of balls to do this!Here, Here…..or give the cover date and I’ll fine the cover
Trans model makes Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover history: ‘If you don’t like it, you can go somewhere else’
Well, to show you how old I am, I paid $125 for my life membership. I called in 2012 and withdrew my membership. With regard to the Penn Stater, I found the only section I perused was the obits. The rest of the magazine was basically useless.
Would it still be gag inducing if you were never told that she is transgender??
I subscribed to Playboy years ago for the scintillating article’s.
And after your curiosity on the point was satisfied, you presumed to make a condescending remark about other people's politics being the reason for their views on the magazine cover...as if your own politics weren't the reason for yours.
Therefore, when you urged people to be honest with themselves, I suggested that perhaps you should do the same.
I watch a total of one night-time show on Fox a few times a week...and almost never the whole thing. That's the sum total of my television news/commentary intake.
I don't know what the people in this thread are thinking in their heads. I'm just saying that for some people, sports is a refuge to get away from things like politics. Politics is tribal and when you bring politics into sports it divides people and some people like sports because it's not divisive. It used to be that people that disagreed could still come together and commiserate over sports and in fact, I remember and episode of All In The Family where talking about the Mets brought Archie and Meathead together for a little while. But now, politics is everywhere and everything is divisive and it's bad IMO.
No...but the whole point is that the person is transgender...and SI wants us all to know it. In fact, SI flaunts it as a sign of progressive enlightenment and cause for celebration.
And that's gag-inducing.
It would be gag inducing if you wrote in and said she was your wife and you only found out now that she's a he!!!!
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