Wired Editor-in-Chief Chris Anderson annotated a typical magazine subscription card to showcase its numerous lies. He asks, “Why do magazine circulation departments treat people like idiots?” Then he answers his own question: “because it works.”

When Is My Industry Going To Stop Lying? [The Long Tail via BoingBoing]

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