Every month when I posted my New Scientist column, at least one asshole, if not more, reply with sarcastic and rude comments about how New Scientist has a paywall.
It's such a common thing that I am always anxious about posting my column, esp if I don't want to waste characters pre-empting it
So this month I decided that I wanted to include more science content in my post, which meant there was no room for "please use a library" and like clockwork, someone made a sarcastic comment about how there was a barrier to access
Do you guys go to bookstores and tell them to give you books for free? to AMC and tell them to give you a free movie ticket? Do you email New Scientist and tell them to give you a free subscription?
No, you all just harass authors who put in hard work
May 15, 2025 16:12