Chastising “social trend writers” for making blanket statements without reference to data while claiming :

“And the vast majority of this writing is, to put it frankly, complete and utter bullshit”

“Most social trends articles fall into the category of “stuff the writer heard people talking about when he or she was at a cocktail party somewhere in Manhattan the night before”.”

and to top it all off:

“When you don’t have data, your readers end up believing or disbelieving your argument based on whether or not it confirms their own intuitions and prejudices. ”

I mean don’t get me wrong I find this all very interesting and I do agree with you but as Bart Simpson said “the ironing is delicious” and I just couldn’t resist.

Also, can we really expect accuracy and statistical validity to be high on the list of magazines that are designed to sell lipstick and $1000 dollar chihuahua collars?