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My grandfather had years worth of Popular Mechanics magazines from the 1960s and 70s at his house that I used to read as a kid. Typical cover stories were how
by crmd 2y ago
My grandfather had years worth of Popular Mechanics magazines from the 1960s and 70s at his house that I used to read as a kid.
Typical cover stories were how to build a tool shed, how to design and install a septic tank, how to dig a well, how to install an in-ground swimming pool, how to change the fluids in your car, and how to administer first aid.
This ancient aliens style content is a joke. I don't understand why PM ceded their how-to brand to random YouTube creators.
- riffic 2y agocapitalism basically.
- whimsicalism 2y agomore specifically - people are unwilling to pay for high quality media
- pwg 2y agoDoes PM still print and mail a paper magazine, or have they gone "web-only"? If "web-only" then the fact that "ancient aliens" would gather by far more internet clicks than "how to dig a well" would explain why they have gone in this direction. They are following the advertising dollar where it leads, and 'more clicks' means more advertising dollars, so their incentive is to put out stories that gather more clicks.
- fleischhauf 2y agothey could have a well building (pun intended) YouTube channel too tho.
- a2800276 2y agoThe article is not referring to an "alien conspiracy time travel portal" but to an entrance.
- nomel 2y agoThey used electrical resistivity tomography to find something L shaped in the ground that is probably "a mixture of sand and gravel", that "may have been an entrance to the deeper structure". It's ancient, but wtf does this have to do with aliens? ER tomography is super neat science! edit: The issue appears to be the use of the word "portal" to describe an entrance. I'm not seeing the issue, but maybe because I'm an English speaker. Here's the definition: Portal: a doorway, gate, or other entrance, especially a large and imposing one.
- animitronix 2y agoIn modern usage "portal" almost always appears alongside "to another dimension!!", so it's become associated with the paranormal almost by default.
- taberiand 2y agoPerhaps it's a good thing then that articles like this are using the term in a scientific context to describe something real instead of something make believe. Maybe this will reach at least one person who clicks this article thinking aliens and paranormal, and leaves with a new appreciation for how cool the real actual science and technology is instead.
- batch12 2y agoThe word portal was intentionally chosen to get the ancient alien click.
- taberiand 2y agoAgain I say - good. If a person sees this headline and thinks aliens then they could use the dose of education that the article provides.
- endofreach 2y agoWell put.