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Magazines: Tearing out ads before reading

sidsmom — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 01:53:50 GMT

When I purchase a magazine, the first thing I do is rip out any ads that are on both sides of a page. It's amazing how thin it is afterwards!

Do you do "The Ripout"?!

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gidgetgh — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 02:00:24 GMT

I rip out the cardboard inserts.

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Colonel Meow — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 02:00:39 GMT

No, that would be too time-consuming, I would think. Also (and maybe this is just silly and foolish) , it would bother me to destroy a magazine in that way.

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occasionalrain — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 02:04:03 GMT

No, but I get rid of the stinky perfume inserts first.

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VanSleepy — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 02:05:21 GMT

No, but I always hold it by the spine and shake so any little inserts fall out.

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cody2 — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 02:10:41 GMT

""The Ripout""? How odd.

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GCR18 — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 02:37:39 GMT

Yes, I rip out all advertisements when the magazine comes in the house.

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ROMARY — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 02:44:16 GMT

I can't stand the perfume/fragrance pages, so I tear them out and throw them in the outside garbage bin. Keeps away all sorts of critters out there. Sometimes I have to air out (on my side porch) the remaining pages, just to dissipate the fragrance odors.

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Toppers — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 02:49:04 GMT

I take out the ads, too. I think that they just get in the way.

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JustJules — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 03:24:34 GMT

Never even occurred to me to do so...I just flip past the ads, some of them actually catch my eye. I will someday need that extra 5 minutes in my life that it takes to tear them out, so the "The Flip" works for me.

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september — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 03:37:15 GMT

Yes, I do this! I take all my mail to my utility room when I first bring it into the house. My paper recycling bin is in there. Anything I obviously don't want, gets tossed into the bin right away. Magazines have so much junk in them, but a lot of catalogs (that are ones I like) also have extra inserts in them.

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sunshine45 — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 03:42:20 GMT

ripout ads?.....never......i like to pass them along to others intact. inserts that fall out go into the recycling bin. i LIKE the perfume samples so i always open those to smell and/or test on my wrists.

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Purrrfect — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 04:24:15 GMT

I don't buy magazines anymore because they're nothing but ads and eventually the magazine's articles can be read online for free. I wouldn't pay for a magazine nor would I bother to read ads or waste time to rip them out.

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Tinkrbl44 — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 05:49:05 GMT

First thing, I have to rip out all the cardboard inserts .... AND the perfume sample pages ... usually, the perfume STINKS.

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Lucibee — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 06:48:44 GMT

I stopped buying magazines. They are mostly ads.

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sfnative — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 06:55:14 GMT

On 4/6/2015 occasional rain said: No, but I get rid of the stinky perfume inserts first.

Oh my gosh, Yes! Those things are terrible. I can't even place them in the paper recycling box we have indoors. I have to walk them straight outdoors to the paper recycling bin. They are truly a pain in the neck.

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ivey — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 07:59:06 GMT

Yes, I tear them out as I go along. They keep the pages from laying flat as I am reading. Then they go in the recycle bin.

Magazines are my treat. I keep them in my car and read them when I'm waiting or I love to go into a fast food type place where it doesn't matter if you are taking up the booth. I'll just order coffee or something light and enjoy my magazines.

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hckynut — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 08:46:31 GMT

Yes

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daisyk — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 10:48:38 GMT

Why do you do it? Not being snarky, just curious about the logic behind it. I've never thought of tearing ads out, although magazines like In Style could use thinning I suppose.

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esmeraldagooch — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 12:07:00 GMT

Funny you mentioned this OP. My mom always did this. Thanks for the memory I had forgotten.