My lament that Popular Mechanics has now gone “Woke” is here. Soon after that, I got an email from Hearst asking me if I’d subscribe.
Yeah, sure thing, pal:
—— Original Message ——
From: “Skip” <Skip@granitegrok.com>
To: “Popular Mechanics” <popularmechanics@eml.hearstmags.com>
Sent: 6/18/2020 10:17:53 AM
Subject: Re: Our new membership has finally landed! Introducing Pop Mech Pro
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a32870657/remove-statue-science/?source=nl&utm_source=nl_pop&utm_medium=email&date=061720&utm_campaign=nl20494982&src=nl#
You know, I avoided Popular Science because it decided to go “full woke” instead of, you know, talking about just science without taking sides in the Culture Wars.
And now with the above article, instead of sticking to the stuff that I loved about your content, it’s clear you’ve chosen sides as well.
Goodbye.
-Skip
Co-Founder, owner
GraniteGrok.com
The response back, sent a while after mine, was the standard one I expected:
—— Original Message ——
From: Hearst@e-mail.hearstmags.com
To: “Skip” <Skip@granitegrok.com>
Sent: 6/18/2020 2:16:38 PM
Subject: Your recent email inquiry***PLEASE DO NOT REPLY DIRECTLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS***
If you require general support, please visit our website below to contact our customer care.
Thank you,
Hearst
http://www.hearst.com/magazines
You know, I have no idea why anyone would be sending out emails without figuring out that sometimes, a person like me wants to respond with a quick REPLY. I understand – big companies get big volumes of emails. But would it be THAT hard to have software that can act like a “crap, this needs a response” on some gradation of “response needed”.
Or they may just not care. We’ll see but I doubt it.
But it only takes one person to taint others that might be thinking of using their products or services.
