What truck? Anybody talked about it?

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Originally posted by vthoky:
Pedro's post isn't about the EV, man, it's about the crappy writing about the EV.

I'm not sure you've been following along.....

Okay. Maybe I'm just dense today. It's Monday, after all.

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Originally posted by pedropcola:
I used to love this magazine. It’s basically trash now.

Outside was always a garbage magazine, even within the outdoor industry its only value was the occasional articles. The product reviews were amongst the worst and least measured of all the media rags.

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“We live in an era of overlanding cosplay, where guys bolt five-figure rooftop tents to trucks that have never seen anything gnarlier than the Whole Foods lot in Ojai. ”

This is their specific reader-base, the exact individual who'd buy this abortion.

That may be true but I had never even heard of a bunch of products they reviewed. Without their review I wouldn’t have even known what was out there.

Now I will admit occasionally they would review knives and I noticed a certain lack of knowledge. So sure, when they were discussing other things it was probably just as bad. I know fuck all about carabiners and climbing ropes though so it all seemed interesting to me. lol.

Still, I enjoyed the articles. Krakaeur was a good example. I don’t think he’s a great author at book length. Have him write a magazine article and I think he was great. Didn’t he write the articles first and then the books? I could have that backwards but I don’t think so.