# What magazine have you stuck with the longest? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 17, 2022, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazine-have-you-stuck-with-the-longest/962937 "2022-04-17T00:50:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazine-have-you-stuck-with-the-longest/962937/61 "2022-04-17T21:26:05Z")
1. I still subscribe to Funny Times. 2. I went to Humboldt State (as it was) and managed to get thrown out for aggressively not studying. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazine-have-you-stuck-with-the-longest/962937/62 "2022-04-17T21:33:23Z")
Ah, I loved visiting Arcata. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazine-have-you-stuck-with-the-longest/962937/63 "2022-04-17T22:53:42Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I used to subscribe to that one back in the day! > [@silenus](#): > > I still subscribe to Funny Times. Amazing! I never get a response to that. I wish all the humor columns weren’t variations of “I’m old now!” but the point was always the cartoons. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazine-have-you-stuck-with-the-longest/962937/64 "2022-04-17T23:27:37Z")
Hustler. Still hasn’t lost its edge. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazine-have-you-stuck-with-the-longest/962937/65 "2022-04-17T23:28:49Z")
**Consumer Reports** - I get a gift subscription every year. I even read about 5-6 issues each year. **SportsCar** - This is the magazine of a club I belong to. I’ve seen it on the racks, but it’s not going to mean anything to someone not involved in the club. **National Geographic** - I had a subscription until they started going heavy on Christian history. I dropped it. Fox bought into it. I’m so glad I dropped it. **Time** , and then I switched to **Newsweek** because I could read my parent’s Time. I don’t read either unless I’m travelling now. I like the in-depth articles in **The New Yorker** and **Atlantic** magazines but I’ve never gotten a subscription because I know I would feel that I have to read everything. I haven’t had the time. Maybe after retirement. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazine-have-you-stuck-with-the-longest/962937/66 "2022-04-17T23:36:11Z")
Have gotten _National Geographic_ for many years. Back in the 80s and 90s I was very dedicated to _Guitar for the Practicing Musician_. I always liked it way better than _Guitar Player_. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazine-have-you-stuck-with-the-longest/962937/67 "2022-04-18T02:50:25Z")
Started getting _Entertainment Weekly_ around 1995 or so and was a continuous subscriber until they finally stopped production this month. Getting the little paper card in the mail saying that they were ceasing production made me sad. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazine-have-you-stuck-with-the-longest/962937/68 "2022-04-18T03:06:16Z")
Well, it went monthly in 2019. That’s an absolute indicator of doom in a magazine with _Weekly_ in the title. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazine-have-you-stuck-with-the-longest/962937/69 "2022-04-18T14:23:04Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I’ve been a subscriber to **The New Yorker** since 1982. My current subscription ran out just this week. I was floored when I saw the renewal price. > > My streak may have just ended. > > mmm > > ETA: I went to verify the price before submitting this post and I found a pretty good deal, so I just renewed. Streak intact. The New Yorker for me, too. I’ve recently started getting some others, like the Atlantic, but they don’t have those wonderful cartoons. **mmm** , where did you find the “pretty good deal”? ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazine-have-you-stuck-with-the-longest/962937/70 "2022-04-18T15:05:49Z")
The Atlantic is pretty much the only one we’ve gotten for a long time now. At least 20 years. I respect the commitment of those of you who receive and read weeklies like the New Yorker and Economist! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazine-have-you-stuck-with-the-longest/962937/71 "2022-04-18T15:53:43Z")
I had a _Reader’s Digest_ subscription for about a decade, reading them during my hour-long commutes, and giving each issue to a coworker when I was done. Let my subscription lapse when I started working from home. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazine-have-you-stuck-with-the-longest/962937/72 "2022-04-18T16:03:46Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > _NG_ is a big favorite for owning stacks of but honestly, how many people go back and read one of the ancient issues except as a curiosity? As I told a friend when I gave him all mine before moving, “Without an index it’s just a pile of magazines.” My father had his NG collection (which I mentioned upthread) beautifully leather-bound (6 issues/book) and indexed. As a child, all I had to do was look up _“bare breasts”_ in the index. [kidding] 😀 ---
**Author:** ![batsto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazine-have-you-stuck-with-the-longest/962937/73 "2022-04-18T18:12:34Z")
I’ve had a subscription to Mad since 1987. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazine-have-you-stuck-with-the-longest/962937/74 "2022-04-18T18:21:32Z")
I had a _New Yorker_ subscription for a number of years, but I just couldn’t keep up. Heck, I can’t keep up with my book stack, and I care more about books than magazines. So, I finally just let it lapse. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazine-have-you-stuck-with-the-longest/962937/75 "2022-04-18T20:08:22Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > Does that count as I get it for free with my life member status… For me, it was The American Motorcyclist Association magazine. I was a member for about 15 years, and had quit racing, so wasn’t really doing anything with the membership, but figured I’d stick it out and become a Charter Life Member (earned after 25 years). The magazine was one of the primary reasons… Well, the wonderful organization made the decision to discontinue sending the paper magazine to Charter Life Members about two years before I hit the 25 year mark. As usual, Baldrick, the Devil farts in my face. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazine-have-you-stuck-with-the-longest/962937/76 "2022-04-18T20:41:49Z")
**Rolling Stone.** Maybe 25 years ago, I already had a subscription, and they offered a lifetime scrip for about the cost of 5 years. I said Hell yeah!. **Consumer Reports.** I’ve been reading it for decades. **.Cook’s Illustrated.** Top notch recipes, product testing, kitchen tips every month. They’re linked to America’s Test Kitchen. When I was sailing, I had **SAIL** and **Practical Sailor.** Parkinson’s took away my balance, and I’m not safe on boats anymore. For a dozen years or more, I had a subscription to **Automobile Quarterly,** a hard-bound, lavishly illustrated, deeply-researched journal of (mostly) antique cars. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazine-have-you-stuck-with-the-longest/962937/77 "2022-04-18T22:17:49Z")
> [@digs](#): > > > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > > > I’ve been a subscriber to **The New Yorker** since 1982. My current subscription ran out just this week. I was floored when I saw the renewal price. > > > > My streak may have just ended. > > > > mmm > > > > ETA: I went to verify the price before submitting this post and I found a pretty good deal, so I just renewed. Streak intact. > > The New Yorker for me, too. I’ve recently started getting some others, like the Atlantic, but they don’t have those wonderful cartoons. > > **mmm** , where did you find the “pretty good deal”? When I first looked, all I could find was 12 months for $169. When I posted in this thread I ran across 12 months for $79 (still not exactly cheap). This was from [discountmags.com](http://discountmags.com). (BTW, looking there now it’s $119. Not sure why it varies so much day-to-day) mmm ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazine-have-you-stuck-with-the-longest/962937/78 "2022-04-18T22:38:06Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > _NG_ is a big favorite for owning stacks of but honestly, how many people go back and read one of the ancient issues except as a curiosity? It was old issues of NG that got me hooked. My grandparents subscribed and would bring old issues up to the cabin we all shared to re-read on days that were too rainy or windy for fishing. I learned so much from them. Thanks G’ma! ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazine-have-you-stuck-with-the-longest/962937/79 "2022-04-18T23:16:18Z")
> [@Tibby](#): > > As a child, all I had to do was look up _“bare breasts”_ in the index. I generally found “Africa” or occasionally “South America” as the tip-off when I was young. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazine-have-you-stuck-with-the-longest/962937/80 "2022-04-21T01:32:29Z")
I’m still loyal to Collier’s, even though delivery has gotten really unreliable. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazine-have-you-stuck-with-the-longest/962937.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazine-have-you-stuck-with-the-longest/962937.md?page=5)