What an interesting "bill" I just received from you.

"The amount of $15.98, which you owe for your Reader's Digest magazine subscription, is now several months past due. You have already received several issues of this unpaid subscription. Despite several notices, we have not heard from you.

We ask that you SEND PAYMENT IMMEDIATELY. [capslock theirs]

Please return the attached bill yaddayadda..."

You know, Reader's Digest Billing Department, the fact that we didn't renew the subscription in a timely manner should have been a friggin' clue that we didn't want to receive your magazine any more. The fact that you kept sending us issues after the subscription expired is not on us, it's on you. And the fact that you're sending me a dunning letter for something that's your fault does not endear you to me. At all.

Perhaps you need to send out these increasingly desperate renewal attempts because your current editorial slant means that you're bleeding subscribers. Your current editorial slant is the reason we, ourselves, have not renewed--nor will we. "Bill" notwithstanding. That's a pretty shoddy business practice, dudes, and I don't particularly like paying money to get liberalism shoved in my face. I get that enough in my free entertainment without shelling out cash for it.

So. Stop sending us both magazines and bills, and we will all be happy.