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Apparently, the link should have been to http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/11/07/decameron-when-not-t...

Whoops, that must have been a mistake on my part earlier, changing the url and pasting the wrong one (which I was checking earlier because someone posted it here). Sorry, and thanks.

Since this thread is already so off-topic, perhaps we'll ask the submitter to resubmit.

The incorrect link gave me a good laugh though.

I don't understand the title given here. How is it related to the article?

I am not American.

The New Yorker has popped up on my radar a few times, yet I have largely ignored it. I had assumed it was just another paper, but it appears that it is at least partly satirical. Clicking around I found a mix of opinionated satire and highly opinionated fluff pieces. It feels like a really low effort version of Private Eye.

I am curious. Is that the nature of The New Yorker? Or is it just the obsession over the election that is making it look that way?

You can certainly expect much of the content in the /humor/ section to be satirical.

The New Yorker caters to a very specific demographic. If you are outside that particular demographic, it can very well appear to be satirical. But I have been assured before by that demographic that it is really a very serious literary magazine.

It's not a satirical magazine, no. But Borowitz is one of the frequent satirical contributors to the magazine. Aside from this and the NYC-centric listings of events, it's a worthwhile read. Their long-form journalism is generally excellent.

Don't bother reading this

URL change means it's readable now --> vaguely interesting but short.

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