Do you buy/obtain a paper newspaper/s ?

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I can tell that in the majority of ocasions I read their online versions. It is a way easier for me.

I used to obtain free newspapers from work.
I miss them.

...A few years ago , when I was in a room which didn't last , I think I started to subscribe to the San Francisco Chronicle ~ and , even though I was in a mass apartment/hotel/SRO/whatever house with a front desk , it took FOREVER to start ~ That is , if it ever did ! !! !! !! !! !!
A part of me tends to feel as if , in subscribing to a paper , I am " becoming old/more responsible/settling down " - like I ambecoming some Gale Gordon/Robert Benchley/some other old-style actor who played stuffy older dudes ~ " MRS. CARMICHAEL ! !! !! !! !! !! " !
This is even before the thought comes in that , to all the " modern " cyber-dudes , " buying a PAPER newspaper is SOOO twentieth-century/analog , dude "
Also , when I , in that nursing place in Santa Cruz , did subscribe to the newspaper there - Seeing how much you save in getting it delivered made me feel even more down (& the SC paper was especially thin/a quick read , too) - It makes me feel like I'm another " left-out " sucker , paying loads for a incompetent hand job while everybody else is getting laid for free ! But I end up buying a daily paper , probably most days - for full retail or machine price - anyway .
The Chronicle or the (San Jose) Mercury News or (Oakland) East Bay Times - essentially identical , at best slightly different editions , of the same newspaper which maintain the pretense of being separate newspapers .

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No. The local paper is so skinny now it wouldn't be worth the read. You pretty much get the news online now anyway, if you actually want to do that sort of thing since I'm lucky just checking the weather forecast doesn't make me crawl back into bed.

But what really bothers me is that newspaper comics are a nearly-dead art. The Comics Curmudgeon pretty well reminds me of that every day. It makes me even wonder if my handmade comic strips are really any good.