ML Article in current Field & Stream

[Blivetmaker]

What gets me about Field & Stream and Outdoor Life, et al, are the ads in the back. Where once there were blurbs for hunting lodges, sure-fire gear and raising bloodworms for fun or profit, now there seem to be a preponderance of Viagra-inspired testimonials and generous offerings for instruction in the Art of Love. I get the impression that the average reader needs more than help with his smokepole, if (as Ernest used to say) ya-know-what-I-mean??? :grin:

I guess it's the demographic shift to a more urban life that's reponsible. Quick,easy, prepackaged sells. The consumer isn't a fool. Ad firms are fully aware that todays market demands a full blown barrage of assurances that their immitation, cost-reduced, time-saving, user-friendly, non-toxic, and politically/gender neutral productoids are "JUST LIKE THE REAL THING! ONLY BETTER!"
I wonder what the CEO of one of these slick companies will think when his wife buys into all this and gets herself a "modern" "smokepole" :grin: .

 

[Pork Chop]

John,

This reply is not for you - yours was just the last post and most convenient to hit reply to...

For those that this does apply to, why grouse about it here on the forum? Start a letter writing campaign to the editor setting him straight. Don't come up with a form letter - they trash those, but rather write from your experiences. Be honest and sincere. Even offer to show the author, editor or both that you are not talking BS. Offer to write a more accurate article...