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Mon Sep-22-08 07:39 PM
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| It's sad when there are more ads than pages of content in a magazine. |
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Edited on Mon Sep-22-08 07:39 PM by primate1
I just bought a skateboard magazine and counted the pages, including front and back cover. 212 pages, 109 ads. That's 51.4% ads. Fucking ridiculous. I'd honestly be willing to pay a few dollars more if I got more content and fewer ads. x(
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| Fire Walk With Me
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Mon Sep-22-08 07:39 PM
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| 1. Sound On Sound (UK) are like that as well, and thankfully sell a US version without the ads. |
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Mon Sep-22-08 08:18 PM
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| 2. Magazine ads don't bug me so much. If I bought a mag in the first place |
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then it stands to reason that most of the ads in are tailor made for me (Stereo, Mountain Biking, Electronics, Girls). It's like a custom catalog of things to want and buy.
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Tue Sep-23-08 08:50 AM
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| 8. If I buy a magazine, I buy it because I want some interesting content. |
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Not a catalogue of shit I can buy.
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| Inspired
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Mon Sep-22-08 08:19 PM
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| 3. It's not sad for the publisher. That is a good sign for a magazine. |
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Tue Sep-23-08 10:51 AM
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| 10. crying all the way to the bank???? |
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a magazine doing well is more of an exception lately
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Mon Sep-22-08 08:30 PM
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| 4. OMFG -- Haruka JUST said that about "Vanity Fair" about two minutes ago! |
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Mon Sep-22-08 08:32 PM
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| 5. I rip the ad pages and address cards out right in the store |
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I get some funny looks, but oh well. Newsweek is suddenly wafer thin
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Mon Sep-22-08 09:04 PM
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| 7. They're staring because you don't buy them after unleashing your righteous wrath. |
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If you actually bought one, then it might not be such a problem.
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Mon Sep-22-08 08:32 PM
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| 6. But it's got that sweet Tony Hawk centerfold |
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Tue Sep-23-08 08:51 AM
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| 9. I've never been a big Tony Hawk fan. Vert skating bores the shit out of me. |
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Tue Sep-23-08 05:49 PM
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| 11. I have no idea what "vert skating bores" are, but they sound serious! |
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Everything I know about skating I learned from overhearing my high school pals' Nitzer Ebb album.
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Tue Sep-23-08 06:10 PM
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| 12. Vert is the really big halfpipes. They just go back and forth doing tricks. Booooring. |
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Tue Sep-23-08 06:12 PM
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| 13. You counted all 202 pages and 109 ads? |
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I don't know what to think about that.
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Tue Sep-23-08 07:01 PM
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And yeah, I was really fucking bored.
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