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I like the longer articles in the New Yorker. The charm of articles like that is becoming familiar with a milieu, not the notional theme of the article. Learnin
by ganeumann 11y ago
I like the longer articles in the New Yorker. The charm of articles like that is becoming familiar with a milieu, not the notional theme of the article. Learning about a small but dedicated subculture by reading an interesting story is more interesting than just knowing the facts about a professional contract bridge cheating scandal.
This tl;dr thing makes sense in articles about technical subjects when all you really want to know is the answer. It makes no sense for things you read for pleasure.
- rbonvall 11y agoI agree. What the actual cheating technique was is the least interesting part of the story.
- eric_h 11y agoI disagree - I think the variety of cheating techniques (not covered by GGP's tl;dr) was interesting, especially given the monikers. I found the Coughing Doctors and the Italian Foot Soldiers to be quite amusing [Edit: fixed OBOB on the reference to a higher level post]