Dr. Oz piece was unsatisfying.
― quincie, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 23:44 (eleven years ago) link
Does it address the fact that wearing surgical scrubs at every appearance makes him look like an idiot?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 00:06 (eleven years ago) link
Or that going to medical school does not make you an expert in everything?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 00:07 (eleven years ago) link
No! Which is part of my disappointment! He should have been a totally intriguing subject, and instead it was just a very meh article. There was a little glimpse of a difficult father-son relationship, but it just scratched the surface.
TBF he did mention that the scrubs looked as though they had been tailored on Savile Row, but did not adequately capture how they, and he, are straight-up repugnant.
It was just really, really weak from a science/medical write of his stature.
― quincie, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 00:13 (eleven years ago) link
it was pretty funny how they kept implying that he's totally controlled by his nutball wife
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 01:31 (eleven years ago) link
http://m.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2013/01/the-awful-recess-appointment-ruling-in-canning-v-national-labor-relations-board.html
Have never read Toobin opine this candidly.
― SOPA Middleton (Leee), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 01:48 (eleven years ago) link
The Oz article is more about exposing him as a quack than telling any sort of intriguing story about Oz. Specter writes about science denialism and really has no interest in delving into the root cause of Oz's transition from respectable surgeon to believing in homeopathy/reiki and other bullshit.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 13:01 (eleven years ago) link
I think we know the root cause: Oprah, or more specifically, TV. Same thing with CNN's Sanjay Gupta. If you become an iconic, well-paid medical expert, then it's only a matter of time before you actually do think you're a Medical Expert and not just a doctor. And I bet it's just one step beyond that to believe you have, you know, magic powers.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 13:54 (eleven years ago) link
i watch dr oz on the tv sometimes at the gym (sound off), and i was always like, well maybe he's ok, but then on monday he was doing some whole homeopathic thing and i was like fuck this dude
― zero dark (s1ocki), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 16:07 (eleven years ago) link
http://i48.tinypic.com/izc3k8.jpg
― Z S, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 22:38 (eleven years ago) link
i'm really glad that my mom watches dr oz and oprah and dr phil all of the time, they are the holy triumvirate of knowledge
― Z S, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 22:39 (eleven years ago) link
they have so many great tips
Oz not fighting to vaccinate his kids because Reiki-mom don't wanna is :/. I guess I wouldn't marry/procreate with anyone who questioned vaccination or practiced Reiki anyway, but I'd stage an epic fight over that shit.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 31 January 2013 00:17 (eleven years ago) link
Thought the Dr Oz article was nicely done, a subtle takedown that leads you easily to the conclusions Specter wants you to draw.
― Plasmon, Thursday, 31 January 2013 00:29 (eleven years ago) link
i had never heard of dr. oz before : /
bits of the window-washer piece were great; i had not considered the window washers on 9/11, alas
― mookieproof, Thursday, 31 January 2013 00:30 (eleven years ago) link
I always roll my eyes when people make jokes about how New Yorker articles are all like "the cultural history of the paper clip," because really? Have you ever actually read the New Yorker? But I have to admit, when I opened up this week's issue and saw there was an article about window washers, I was like, OK, maybe you have a point. (I'm sure it's interesting, though.)
― jaymc, Thursday, 31 January 2013 00:57 (eleven years ago) link
i havent read that yet but i think window washers are fascinating
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Thursday, 31 January 2013 01:08 (eleven years ago) link
oh, it was a totally quintessential new yorker topic, but that doesn't make it bad
― mookieproof, Thursday, 31 January 2013 01:40 (eleven years ago) link
Really interested to read the window washer article - I remember when the writer was a singles reviewer for Select (old early 1990s indie music magazine). It's kind of "ah, the boy done good" moment.
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 31 January 2013 12:29 (eleven years ago) link
That dinosaur article is loooooong but entertaining.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 31 January 2013 12:43 (eleven years ago) link
Is it me or has there been a dry run for the past 3-6 months? Some good stuff, but very little to press on a friend "you must read this" style
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 31 January 2013 14:18 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, thank goodness. I think I've finally killed three or four back issues in the meantime!
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 31 January 2013 14:31 (eleven years ago) link
There have been a lot of "in the news/from the headlines" kind of pieces where I feel I already get the gist and don't need to get more details, however well presented. Also, their profiles have been kind of hit or miss, and they're usually pretty good.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 31 January 2013 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
yeah the profiles have been super dull
― zero dark (s1ocki), Thursday, 31 January 2013 14:37 (eleven years ago) link
Can (superrich person) change the way we think about (something)?
― President Keyes, Thursday, 31 January 2013 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
can trent reznor make music with COMPUTERS!!?!?
― zero dark (s1ocki), Thursday, 31 January 2013 16:01 (eleven years ago) link
Yes he can! He can make a computer sound like a cello crossed with a guitar! He can makes sounds ... THAT DON'T EXIST!
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 31 January 2013 16:05 (eleven years ago) link
Times Square thing was interesting. There's an 8 foot variation in level!
― hibernaculum (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 31 January 2013 16:20 (eleven years ago) link
Entertaining Thomas Mallon (author of a decent novel published last year on Nixon) article on the Checkers speech.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 31 January 2013 22:23 (eleven years ago) link
agree that the nyorker has been suckin
― flopson, Thursday, 31 January 2013 23:12 (eleven years ago) link
I can't find where it is upthread, but someone talked about rejecting their $90 renewal deal and somehow getting the lower-priced deal to continue. How was this done? Simple insistence on the phone or some technicality? I'm really bad at negotiating with companies to extend deals.
― ljubljana, Saturday, 2 February 2013 15:35 (eleven years ago) link
I've found that when faced with cancellation vs. compromise, they almost always choose compromise, so just insist on the old rate over the phone.
One time I renewed, then saw a subscription a little later for a lower rate. I called up the NYorker and asked them to give me the lower rate. When they said they couldn't do it, I told them I was just going to cancel, then, ask for a full refund, and then sign up at the lower advertised rate, and what was the point of that? She happily gave me the lower rate after all.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 2 February 2013 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
did you leave a positive yelp review though?
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Saturday, 2 February 2013 19:34 (eleven years ago) link
i cancelled the renewal over the phone and then they sent me a renewal notice for much less
― it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 2 February 2013 19:36 (eleven years ago) link
I'm only a couple sections into Jill Lepore's thing on military spending, but omg so much good: http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2013/01/28/130128crat_atlarge_lepore
― SOPA Middleton (Leee), Saturday, 2 February 2013 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
I'm such a phone wimp, but I'll try forks' method!
― ljubljana, Saturday, 2 February 2013 20:47 (eleven years ago) link
fantastic article this week about amy bishop, the professor who shot 6 of her colleagues
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 4 February 2013 19:57 (eleven years ago) link
I thought the Dr. Oz profile was fascinating. Here's a guy who is respected by his peers as the top of one field (heart surgery), rejected as the top of another (TV show host/entertainer), and outright ridiculed for dabbling in all sorts of sub-medical bullshit, which the magazine not so subtly hangs on the shoulders of his wife. The best part is when Oz gives some excuse for bringing on hacks and charlatans, and the writer flat out calls him out on it by saying "I have no idea what you're talking about" or something. Also, gotta hurt when a previous mentor praises you, and then immediately says he would not recommend you for heart surgery.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 8 February 2013 13:36 (eleven years ago) link
BATUMAN SIGNAL:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/02/meteor-in-the-russian-sky.html
― Margaret Vegemite Sanger (Leee), Saturday, 16 February 2013 20:08 (eleven years ago) link
The dug-up Joseph Mitchell piece <3 <3 <3
― zero dark (s1ocki), Monday, 18 February 2013 07:52 (eleven years ago) link
child pornography piece was difficult to read for about a dozen different reasons. civil commitment is pretty wrong though imo
― k3vin k., Thursday, 28 February 2013 23:36 (eleven years ago) link
man I let the nyer have push privileges so they could tell me when there's a new issue now theyre all hey why dont you spend some time reading this fn article this weekend, what're u doin dudes
― lag∞n, Friday, 1 March 2013 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
Louis Menand's New Deal book review had several good recommendations.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 1 March 2013 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
xp gotta b stingy w/ ur push privs
rachel aviv newtown article is p good
― johnny crunch, Friday, 1 March 2013 20:00 (eleven years ago) link
one day I granted push to some stuff just to see
― lag∞n, Friday, 1 March 2013 20:06 (eleven years ago) link
fuck push, i'll get to your app when i'm ready
― book itchy (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 1 March 2013 22:23 (eleven years ago) link
what's that? there's a new issue? on a monday? you don't say
― book itchy (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 1 March 2013 22:24 (eleven years ago) link
i'll get to your new issue when i open the app, which is the way i would always have got to your new issue
you dick bags
― book itchy (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 1 March 2013 22:25 (eleven years ago) link
Art for the Depardieu piece is not, eh, flattering.
http://www.newyorker.com/images/2013/02/25/p233/130225_r23191_p233.jpg
― Liz Phair Dinkum (Leee), Saturday, 2 March 2013 01:47 (eleven years ago) link
tbh i have not seen a flattering image of depardieu in decades
― ≪江南Style≫ (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 2 March 2013 02:15 (eleven years ago) link