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Scientific American Gives Up
IvyMike writes "The April issue Scientific American opens with a Perspectives column titled Okay, We Give Up. It opens, 'For years, helpful letter writers told us to stick to science. They pointed out that science and politics don't mix. They said we should be more balanced in our presentation of such issues as creationism, missile defense and global warming. We resisted their advice and pretended not to be stung by the accusations that the magazine should be renamed Unscientific American, or Scientific Unamerican, or even Unscientific Unamerican. But spring is in the air, and all of nature is turning over a new leaf, so there's no better time to say: you were right, and we were wrong.'"
Yawnnnnnnnnnnn.....
Enough already........................
PS.. This isn't a Joke I am serious.....
Every year on April 1, you spam your front page with these joke articles. Every year, they get more repetitive, more irritating, and less funny. Are you familiar with the concept of moderation? A single well executed joke amidst a dozen legitimate articles is immeasurably more effective than a torrential flood of lameass spam stories.
And it would be different if you (or your submitters) had a sense of humor. But you fucking don't. Paris Hilton promoting open source, hoo boy! That's some top notch writing right there. And hey, coming up with 1000 fake Google things, each more wildly zany than the last, that's qualit.... no, really, it's just mindfuckingly stupid.
Give it a fucking rest. Please. I'm begging you.
Maybe they should rename the mag Capitalistic American.
Please don't mod that term -1 Redundant.
I'm not good in groups. It's difficult to work in a group when you're omnipotent. - Q