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Magazines? Who still reads them?

honkymcgoohonkymcgoo Registered User regular
edited July 2008 in Social Entropy++
So, I was at a bar last night talking to a girl and she asked me what, at the time, I thought was a pretty strange question. She asked me what magazines I subscribed to, and when I asked her why she said it was a good way to get a sense of my likes and dislikes. I thought it was wierd but then later when I was thinking about it it sorta made sense. So, do any of you SE folks subscribe to magazines, or is print journalism dead? I myself subscribe to Details, The Atlantic, Wired, Geek, GQ, National Geographic, Wizard and Daily Variety. Im not sure that tells you anything about me other than I'm a dork, but hey.

I didn't even know what the fuck and avitar was until about 5 minutes ago.
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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I've been getting EGM free for about a year

    I don't know why

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  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I'll pick up a copy of Forbes or Military History at the airport every once in a great while but that's it.

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  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Wired and The New Yorker

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  • babyeatingjesusbabyeatingjesus Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I don't read magazines really. My girl buys PEOPLE every time she sees it, and I read that, so I guess I'm a starfucker.

    Actually I love watching TMZ, too, so I guess that's pretty accurate.

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  • humblehumble Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    GQ sometimes has rad stuff

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  • DocDoc Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2008
    I read Esquire and The Economist, if you consider the latter a magazine.

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  • potatoepotatoe Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    i think i get game informer for free
    but it's being sent back home
    so my brothers probably read it

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I get Game Informer for the ebgames edge card or whatever. I like to read sports illustrated while at the gym. I occasionally buy issues of Giant Robo when I'm at borders and a new issue is out. i flip through popular mechanics whenever i'm at the barber shop.

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  • satansfingerssatansfingers Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Doc wrote: »
    I read Esquire and The Economist, if you consider the latter a magazine.

    w.. why wouldn't you

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  • honkymcgoohonkymcgoo Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    humble wrote: »
    GQ sometimes has rad stuff

    GQ is pretty awesome, there are some really well done articles in there on occasion. Also hot women.

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  • DocDoc Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2008
    Doc wrote: »
    I read Esquire and The Economist, if you consider the latter a magazine.

    w.. why wouldn't you

    Because it's much more like a newspaper.

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    WIRED because i got it for free

    it's a great mag though

    i'd subscribe to other stuff if i cared to dump money into that.

    my dad gets Car and Drive and Motor Trend though, but only because he got a good deal.

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  • honkymcgoohonkymcgoo Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Doc wrote: »
    Doc wrote: »
    I read Esquire and The Economist, if you consider the latter a magazine.

    w.. why wouldn't you

    Because it's much more like a newspaper.

    Yeah, I wasnt sure what to consider Variety since it comes every business day, but the internet tells me it is in fact a magazine.

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited July 2008
    Doc wrote: »
    I read Esquire and The Economist, if you consider the latter a magazine.
    Oooh look at meeee! I read the Economist! OOOOOOoooooooh!

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  • MarathonMarathon Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I have a subscription to Scientific American and on occasion ill pick up a copy of Entertainment Weekly.

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  • mrpakumrpaku Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    i have a subscription to maxim that cost $4 which i got three years ago

    i look at it on the toilet

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  • satansfingerssatansfingers Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Doc wrote: »
    Doc wrote: »
    I read Esquire and The Economist, if you consider the latter a magazine.

    w.. why wouldn't you

    Because it's much more like a newspaper.

    this is some snooty shit

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  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I get Popular Science, but lately there hasn't been any reason for me to do more than glance at it, so I'm not going to renew. Going to get me some Scientific American instead.

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  • DocDoc Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2008
    Doc wrote: »
    I read Esquire and The Economist, if you consider the latter a magazine.
    Oooh look at meeee! I read the Economist! OOOOOOoooooooh!

    I should have clarified that I attempt to read it. I have a hard time caring about why the most recent election in Great Britain might affect their inflation rate by 0.2%, so I end up skipping large-ish sections.

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited July 2008
    I still get Discover in the mail for some reason, even though I haven't given them any money in years

    I used to get Wired, and enjoyed it

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  • DocDoc Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2008
    Doc wrote: »
    Doc wrote: »
    I read Esquire and The Economist, if you consider the latter a magazine.

    w.. why wouldn't you

    Because it's much more like a newspaper.

    this is some snooty shit

    it's too bad that :roll: doesn't work anymore.

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  • potatoepotatoe Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    i wish i had a national geographic subscription, but i'm never at one place for more than a few months so it's not worth the hassle

    some day

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  • satansfingerssatansfingers Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    i read esquire, new york and the economist regularly. from there it's mostly just whatever cover catches my eye at the newsstand, so from month to month my reading habits vary pretty wildly.

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  • SheriSheri Resident Fluffer My Living RoomRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I don't subscribe, but I often read/pick up photography magazines.

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  • DocDoc Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2008
    potatoe wrote: »
    i wish i had a national geographic subscription, but i'm never at one place for more than a few months so it's not worth the hassle

    some day

    all just letting them accumulate in your garage until you reach a tipping point, when you donate them to goodwill.

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  • potatoepotatoe Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Doc wrote: »
    Doc wrote: »
    Doc wrote: »
    I read Esquire and The Economist, if you consider the latter a magazine.

    w.. why wouldn't you

    Because it's much more like a newspaper.

    this is some snooty shit

    it's too bad that :roll: doesn't work anymore.

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Sheri wrote: »
    I don't subscribe, but I often read/pick up photography magazines.

    i used to flip through a bunch of photo magazines at my old job. a surprising amount of nude photos. tastefully done. and sexy.

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  • SheriSheri Resident Fluffer My Living RoomRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I would subscribe to photography magazines, but I just never seem to get around to it

    Also that costs monies and stuff.

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  • satansfingerssatansfingers Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    ignoring the fact that weekly news magazines are a thing, the economist pretty much never comes off as unbiased. their articles are thoroughly opinionated.

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  • honkymcgoohonkymcgoo Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Sheri wrote: »
    I would subscribe to photography magazines, but I just never seem to get around to it

    Also that costs monies and stuff.

    I dont think Ive ever paid more than 10 bucks for a subscription, with the exception of Variety which is hella spensive. Also, I use my skymiles a lot since I have a ton banked and only use them to upgrade myself to first class.

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  • KilljoyKilljoy __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2008
    i wonder if there's any decent shitty zines from around here

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  • DaricDaric Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I get Wired, GQ, Maxim and Time.

    I'm probably just going to let my Maxim subscription run out. Such a shitty magazine.

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  • Retarded_TurkeyRetarded_Turkey Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I grab Entertainment Weekly when I see it along with Nintendo Power. I don't know why I still buy Nintendo Power anymore though. It's not that great and the articles are meh. The posters can be sweet though.

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  • Riggs BlitzkriegRiggs Blitzkrieg Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    We get Wired which is good. We also get Rolling Stone which can be good.

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  • Ol' SparkyOl' Sparky Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I have a subscription to the Economist. I kinda avoid the business and finance sections but the for the most part the politics sections really keep me more updated on a weekly basis regarded world events than TV or internet does, because I don't read the newspaper (I honestly find it a hassle, so many fucking pages and having to fold them and shit). Also their obituary is always good.

    I used to have a subscription to Game Informer but then I realized how full of shit "gaming journalism" or the "gaming media" is and how you are paying for advertising, basically

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  • JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Mostly, I just read National Geographic and Popular Mechanics after my parents are done with them. They save them up and give them to me in big bags whenever we see each other. It's like Christmas in...well, December, usually.

    I got a subscription to PC Gamer this past year, but only because one of my younger cousins was peddling magazines at a family reunion. One of those things where if he sells enough his school gives him fabulous prizes and if he doesn't sell enough he loses his cafeteria privileges.

    It's really amazing how far downhill that magazine has gone since the last time I subscribed to it...which was, incidentally, the last time I was peddling magazines for my school in exchange for cafeteria privileges. I don't know if the internet is killing the magazine trade or what, but PC Gamer is ridiculously slender and about 75% advertisements by volume these days.

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  • I Am Not A BearI Am Not A Bear Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I get Wired, Adbusters, The Economist and Playboy.

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  • satansfingerssatansfingers Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Ol' Sparky wrote: »
    I have a subscription to the Economist. I kinda avoid the business and finance sections but the for the most part the politics sections really keep me more updated on a weekly basis regarded world events than TV or internet does, because I don't read the newspaper (I honestly find it a hassle, so many fucking pages and having to fold them and shit). Also their obituary is always good.

    I used to have a subscription to Game Informer but then I realized how full of shit "gaming journalism" or the "gaming media" is and how you are paying for advertising, basically

    yeah, the economist's obituary is pretty consistently fascinating

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  • WeretacoWeretaco Cubicle Gangster Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    My dad had a national geographic subscription from the late 70s or ealy 80s up until about 6 months ago. He canceled because they won't adjust their Canadian pricing to compensate for the now much higher dollar.

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I like to read the Seattle Times daily, sometimes I pick up a Scientific American, Discovery, Wired or Men's Health.

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