Why the Guardian is going down the pan!

[PR1Berske]

As a gay man of rapidly advancing years I still get flashbacks from the teenage/20s period trying to fit into a 100% straight friendship group and not knowing whether they were "pal", "mate", "cha", or whatever. Absolute minefield. Shibboleth central. And of course after a number of years you all move on and lose touch so I went through all that fitting in for NOTHING.

 

[Orang Utan]

Crikey, what a gruesome twosome:

My husband became a conspiracy theorist. Would our marriage survive?

When we met, Arlo was a charming and adventurous photographer. Then the pandemic hit and he fell for fake news, financial scams and flat-Earthers

www.theguardian.com

 

[BigMoaner]

Got back into the rhythem of buying the Observer, and it pretty much takes up much of my sunday. It's the usual liberal moving chairs around on the titanic in the opinion pieces, but by god does it have lots of other value. i learn so much just by browsing. I like it - i like the experience of lounging about reading a newspaper. i seem to lose myself easier when it's in paper form. 4 quid an issue though i like also the idea that this is a group of peoples' "overall picture of what is happening". which is of course nothing like what is really happening. but it;s a picture of it no less and that in itself has its own value. What's the alternative? a million seperate voices and nothing really to tie them together?

 

[lazythursday]

I can't think of anything more likely to ruin my Sunday than spending four quid on the Observer and then reading it.

 

[PR1Berske]

As a teen trying to differentiate myself from dad (in particular) I would buy the Observer every Sunday. It felt terribly grown up of me and I perhaps over-acted the smart- Alec attitude at home reading it.

What I will say, as someone who doesn't really read much any more, I can see the luxury of putting away the phone and just sitting in the Dog & Duck and reading a full newspaper of a Sunday.

 

[krtek a houby]

Got back into the rhythem of buying the Observer, and it pretty much takes up much of my sunday. It's the usual liberal moving chairs around on the titanic in the opinion pieces, but by god does it have lots of other value. i learn so much just by browsing. I like it - i like the experience of lounging about reading a newspaper. i seem to lose myself easier when it's in paper form. 4 quid an issue though i like also the idea that this is a group of peoples' "overall picture of what is happening". which is of course nothing like what is really happening. but it;s a picture of it no less and that in itself has its own value. What's the alternative? a million seperate voices and nothing really to tie them together?

Maybe once a year will pick up a copy of the American broadsheet at the station konbini for around the equivalent of a pound (iirc) but it's more of a treat.

Agreed that there's something about the physical form - online just doesn't match up to it.