I pull all that shit out. I consider them the hard-copy equivalent of the lower-third graphics that come trotting across the TV screen, advertising another show in the middle of the one I’m watching. Which I hate just as much, but can’t do anything about.
Oh- and they’re called “lapflops”, because that’s what they do when you’re not expecting them.
I suppose I could start a separate poll, but has anyone you know ever ordered a magazine subscription by using one of those cards? I don’t know anyone who has.
Never heard the term “de-bone” before for this. I like it. The first step to making a magazine usable is to remove all the postcards, stuff paper ads, perfume ads (the worst) and anything else that would cause the mag to open improperly. Only then can I actually start reading.
I don’t but my daughter who has autism, loves them and removes them for me. She also likes going to any waiting room that has magazines to take them out of those as well. She loves to draw on them for some reason.
Actually, yes, I have, a few times. Mother Jones and Analog and at least one other magazine, can’t think of the name now, it was a science fiction magazine…maybe Omni?
Cooks Illustrated disappoints me. It has the bound cards, and I almost always destroy the binding when removing them.
I will use a scissors to remove the crap before I read a magazine. No adds remain before I read it. Nothing survives the scissors.
I often flip through the glued spine kind and rip out all the pages that only have ads. That’s what I thought you meant. Leaving the cards is almost unthinkable if it’s one that I actually like and will spend a decent time reading.
Wow. I’m really surprised to see 64% of folks hate these cards as much as i do. Although there is probably some bias since I’m sure a lot of people didn’t even bother with the thread. But even so, I’m impressed.
And the hatred for advertisements is also a surprise. I make it a point to ignore ‘advertising sections’ or things that look like articles but are really ads (I always look for the disclaimer they are required to have). But it never occurred to me to remove them. I tend to save about a third to a half of my magazine subscriptions so I like to keep those in tact. But I’m starting to be less scrupulous about that.