I won’t read mood pieces. By that I mean steaming (and probably AI-generated) poo that’s written in verse and attempts to be dreamy and evocative but is actually the text equivalent of tinny on-hold music. You can usually spot them by their short, meaningless titles like “The Adoring Sky” or “Mother Moonglow” and the AI generated image of a landscape, sunrise, or dewy flower.

I also nope out after reading 7-15 “preamble” paragraphs that have zilch to do with the topic of a promising title. Why does everyone think they need to bore us into a stupor before getting to the point? Nobody really wants a shaggy-dog anecdote about shopping for knee socks with your granny in an article about automotive fuel efficiency, Chad. It’s like they learned how to write an intro by reading recipe sites. It’s a nakedly greedy ploy to keep us reading longer so they can earn more.