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02-14-22, 09:06 PM | #1 |
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News papers
Just a random one really but how many of you still read newspapers?
I have to admit I still do, I read both the Times and Financial times both now online of course as I'm not in the UK right now and getting a hard copy is impossible. The reason I ask is because I just watched an episode of Yes Prime Minister (1980s sitcom) and this clip got me wondering.
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02-14-22, 10:26 PM | #2 |
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I must admit that I would rather read a newspaper than a computer screen. I had to do a lot of reading in college on computer screen but we still used text books.
The news somehow seems more substantial reading a paper. However, you don't get newsprint / ink on your hands reading a computer screen. |
02-15-22, 12:19 AM | #3 | |
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02-15-22, 01:26 AM | #4 | |
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Is that you?
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02-15-22, 06:41 AM | #5 |
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For a long time I had a subscription to The Washington Post.
When I decided to cancel my subscription, I called and was naturally transferred to a salesperson would try to convince me to keep my subscription. She tried to explain the advantages of the newspaper; the news coverage; the local entertainment coverage; and even the coupons. She had a full script and it was evident that she was good at her job. It was a good sales pitch. I finally had to tell her that I was fostering puppies and the only reason I had a subscription was that the WP had the most paper sheets per subscription price and I used the WP to line the puppy X-pens for them to poop on. I was canceling because I found a cheaper supply of newsprint sheets (Yeah Amazon prime). This was a surprise to the salesperson, I guess her training never included how to refute *that* reason for a customer canceling a subscription.
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02-15-22, 08:40 AM | #6 | |
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I think I would have told her your dog doesn't care for their sports coverage and also believes their news stories to be slanted and or biased. Then I would have offered to put the dog on the phone with her and told her the dog makes all the financial decisions in the house. That would have been priceless. @ Aktung. with newspapers, I leave incriminating evidence behind me with black newsprint smudges and have been smacked with the newspaper on more than one occasion. |
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02-15-22, 09:30 AM | #7 |
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I never read newspapers now... not even the local ones. Most of them have a political bias one way or the other so I just listen to the BBC News on the radio
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02-15-22, 10:10 AM | #8 |
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Been a long time since I've read a 'real' newspaper.
Call me lazy if you like but I much prefer to do my reading online.
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02-15-22, 10:30 AM | #9 | |
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Theze daze, I ask myself that...every morning in the mirror??
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02-18-22, 02:50 PM | #10 |
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Quite a mix then kinda what i assumed really
I do love the big broadsheets used to annoy many people on the trains with them like folding a bed sheet
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02-18-22, 10:37 PM | #11 | |
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In addition to the mix is people like myself that probably do varying ratio's of both. I probably do a 60 / 40 split in favor of computer screens. Not mentioned is the abilities with computers to increase the size of the text. This feature alone can make reading on a computer screen more enjoyable with less eye strain . I use my read papers and sales flyers to engage in epic battles with the cats resulting in shredded papers with me picking up the shredded pieces. I always lose anyways. The cats do their part to help me recycle paper. |
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02-19-22, 11:00 AM | #12 |
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Cats are helpful like that.
One of our cats likes to help when we change the bed sheets.
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