Why does Men's Journal even try?

I get that they probably don't exactly have a staff filled with climbers, but geez, do their writers/editors even know proper English?  "Death defining"???

The opening paragraph: Known for his death defining ascent of El Cap in Freesolo, Alex Honnold has become a household name. Yet, Honnold's superstardom hasn't changed his pursuit in climbing, in fact, he is still searching rock climbs that shake professional rock climbers.

link to article

And by "proper English" you mean English that makes sense.

Expresso. Cowwoborate. Incidences (used improperly). The end is near. 

Sadly I think AI could have written a better article than the one posted. Or they could at least have had a high school English student proofread it before release, either way...

Right up there with people saying, "I could care less."

Its...."I couldn't care less."

But I digress.

They've gone woke. Editors, writers, and all the rest are chosen on the basis of their wokeness  and not upon their ability to write ,or think ,or generate coherent sentences. None of these legacy mags will be around for very much longer . Even National Geographic is destined for the inevitable trash heap . Sad really.

Donald Thompsonwrote:

They've gone woke. Editors, writers, and all the rest are chosen on the basis of their wokeness  and not upon their ability to write ,or think ,or generate coherent sentences. None of these legacy mags will be around for very much longer . Even National Geographic is destined for the inevitable trash heap . Sad really.

Oh for crying out loud. The anti-woke crowd have no end to their hyperbole and hysterics. Yes, wokeness is the pressing issue journalism is facing right now. Sheesh. 

Nazi-wokeness is the issue facing society right now.

But I digress.

Woke=pay-per-word freelance articles in a VC-owned ghost publication that even in its heyday existed just to take up space in the checkout isle.

It’s all free speech until you yell ‘woke’ in a crowded theater 

The first two paragraphs are egregiously bad, but the rest of it is okay (if a tad generic). I'm going to assume GPT wrote the majority of it, an unpaid intern wrote the intro, and the managing editor slapped his name to the bottom of the article.

Embarrassing.

What kind of man has to read Mens Journal, anyway? WTF?

Cherokee Nuneswrote:

What kind of man has to read Mens Journal, anyway? WTF?

One needs advice on what to buy that month, also advice on the best way to get ripped while using the best anti perspiration while getting ripped. Jeezum bub

Oh! (subscribing NOW)

Thanks, Man!

Yeah, they used the wrong word. It should have said “life” defining. 

Donald Thompsonwrote:

They've gone woke. Editors, writers, and all the rest are chosen on the basis of their wokeness  and not upon their ability to write ,or think ,or generate coherent sentences. None of these legacy mags will be around for very much longer . Even National Geographic is destined for the inevitable trash heap . Sad really.

Doodled this up for you real quick. 

Donald Thompsonwrote:

They've gone woke. Editors, writers, and all the rest are chosen on the basis of their wokeness  and not upon their ability to write ,or think ,or generate coherent sentences. None of these legacy mags will be around for very much longer . Even National Geographic is destined for the inevitable trash heap . Sad really.

Anything you don’t agree with is woke.

Hush troll.  You have more productive things you could be doing.  

Donald Thompsonwrote:

They've gone woke. Editors, writers, and all the rest are chosen on the basis of their wokeness  and not upon their ability to write ,or think ,or generate coherent sentences. None of these legacy mags will be around for very much longer . Even National Geographic is destined for the inevitable trash heap . Sad really.

Look up the word irony and then review your post.

Uh - oh looks like I've stirred up a nest of 'em. Wokies. Hahaha. When do I get get cancelled?

Enjoy yourselves , your time is very limited. Normal people are getting kind of fed-up (with Wokism)  , when once they thought it was kinda entertaining and funny.

My name didn’t get edited out of the article which is more than can be said about the articles that came out last summer.  And my last name was spelt correctly.  So honestly Chat GPT seems like an improvement over some human writers.

Donald Thompsonwrote:

Uh - oh looks like I've stirred up a nest of 'em. Wokies. Hahaha. When do I get get cancelled?

Enjoy yourselves , your time is very limited. Normal people are getting kind of fed-up (with Wokism)  , when once they thought it was kinda entertaining and funny.

Maybe what people are reacting to has nothing to do with whatever wokeness means to you, but rather first, the assumption that you are somehow privy to the hiring policies of the magazine, and second, the implication that diversity leads to incompetence.