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Maybe I'm seeing through some powerful nostalgia goggles, but I remember Time as a serious magazine running well thought out and enlightening articles by inform
by easong 15y ago
Maybe I'm seeing through some powerful nostalgia goggles, but I remember Time as a serious magazine running well thought out and enlightening articles by informed people fairly frequently not so long ago.
Now look at the top links - 10 Weirdest Theme Parks! Top 10 Fashion Ad Campaigns! Elizabeth Taylor's Killer Beauty! ''It Gives Fart Jokes a Bad Name": The Six Harshest Criticisms of "Jack and Jill!" Worst Oscar Dresses Of All Time: A Gallery Of The Academy Awards' Biggest Fashion Flops (PHOTOS)
I think that the self-imposed infantilization of the average consumer is the biggest trend that I didn't see coming until it was here.
- chubot 15y agoYup. I used to read Time Magazine all the time when I was in my teens... then I picked it up recently and I'm like "was I an idiot when I was a kid?" But I think it's really that Time Magazine became trash at some point...
- jacques_chester 15y agoThe Daily Show addressed the yawning gap between the credibility of the US and international editions of Time in the past week or so.
- Zakharov 15y agoThe Australian edition is still pretty good.
- jaredsohn 15y agoDaily Show: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-february-14-2012/time-magazine-s-u-s--edition http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-february-14-2012/time-... US vs. other magazine covers: http://imgur.com/gallery/W2Y5u http://imgur.com/gallery/W2Y5u
- rudyfink 15y agoYour comment reminded me of an Onion piece on TIME: "TIME Announces New Version Of Magazine Aimed At Adults" http://www.theonion.com/video/time-announces-new-version-of-magazine-aimed-at-ad,17950/ http://www.theonion.com/video/time-announces-new-version-of-... (launches video, video was proceeded by an advertisement)
- InclinedPlane 15y agoSometimes The Onion hits the nail on the head so accurately it's painful, this is one of those times.