[secondmortgagek]

good thing penthouse artlcles are not slanted

[DeedPatmeda]

i have national geographic magazines from the 80s. my chemistry teacher was cleaning and was going to throw them out! cool pictures.
i read NG at the doctor's office.

sure you can!

[wJswn5l3]

It's good to be exposed to arguments and ways of thinking that you don't agree with.

[CULTDIAMONDS]

Oh! That makes a lot of sense. My useless point was that you can get the magazine without having to pay National Geographic any money if you don't mind getting it a month late and without a cover.

Bookstores have a habit of throwing out (or giving away, if you ask nicely) all the expired copies of an issue once the new issue comes out. The covers, however, they keep for their own nefarious purposes.

[bumxumer]

Interesting. One would hope they have an adequate staff of cover-girls to keep track of the returned expired copies.

[kimaddison]

Originally posted by Lorizael
Bookstores have a habit of throwing out (or giving away, if you ask nicely) all the expired copies of an issue once the new issue comes out. The covers, however, they keep for their own nefarious purposes. That's essentially stealing from National Geographic. The cover is torn off to signify that the magazine has been destroyed. The bookstore certifies that the magazine has been destroyed. Obviously, if you are obtaining the magazine without a cover, the bookstore is lying to National Geographic.

[Mello]

The question is about your ethics Lorizael.

JM

[hopertveyk]

Magazines don't really profit from magazine sales, anyway.

[esconsise]

Originally posted by DanS
I stopped my Scientific American precisely because of this type of unrelenting and pervasive political bias (I am not really a "cultural conservative" per se).

You, of course, can cultivate your conscience on these issues as you wish. We stopped our subscription because it went completely down the gutter in terms of scientific quality, completely unrelated to any bias.

[Fainnamoony]

Originally posted by Lorizael
Yes. They profit from being almost completely made up of advertisements. I subscribe to ~10-15 magazines, at $3-5 each, thanks to this.

[ropinirole]

Me

[Soadiassy]

Originally posted by Lorizael
Oh! That makes a lot of sense. My useless point was that you can get the magazine without having to pay National Geographic any money if you don't mind getting it a month late and without a cover.

Bookstores have a habit of throwing out (or giving away, if you ask nicely) all the expired copies of an issue once the new issue comes out. The covers, however, they keep for their own nefarious purposes. really? I never knew this (though I should have figured it out- just never thought about it). so where do they throw them? I have to dig through the trash to get them?