A Letter to Our Readers About The Stranger’s Exciting New Digital Pricing Initiative

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Where do I send my blank check?

bostyfralls on April 1, 2011 at 1:35 AM

Where do I send the blank check?

bostyfralls on April 1, 2011 at 1:51 AM

Good thing I bought a Platinum Lifetime membership!

I still don't see why I had to pay for it in goats, though.

Will in Seattle on April 1, 2011 at 2:42 AM

My current-events reading list may soon result in an unexpected opening in my weekly schedule.

Is there the slightest chance you might apply a portion of your new revenue toward an actual professional copy editor? Yes, of course not.

Texas10R on April 1, 2011 at 6:21 AM

April Fools!

venomlash on April 1, 2011 at 7:14 AM

Can we skip the middle man and directly bribe you all with booze?

bigdman on April 1, 2011 at 7:26 AM

You wish the Canadians were interested in your tunnel, Paul....

Canuck on April 1, 2011 at 7:30 AM

almost as funny as Google Motion!

I'd pay! (unless it's through PayPal)

GlamB0t on April 1, 2011 at 7:32 AM

did you and boingboing plan this? or is it a coincidence that they're doing the same? you have successfully meta-april-fooled me

foodpillsyes on April 1, 2011 at 7:34 AM

The part I like best about the print subscription is being able to come by the Stranger offices for donuts and coffee once a month to schmooze with the staff.

camlux on April 1, 2011 at 7:35 AM

@5 Hush!

Brooklyn Reader on April 1, 2011 at 7:35 AM

How come Will gets away with paying in goats while the rest of us have to barter with sexual favors?

It must be true that Stranger staff would rather fuck a goat...

Smartypants on April 1, 2011 at 7:36 AM

copied from boingboing

on April 1, 2011 at 7:41 AM

Not half as funny as how BoingBoing already did the same thing. Massive fail on your part.

Akbar Fazil on April 1, 2011 at 7:42 AM

@14, thank you for pointing out such a serious error. I bet the Stranger staff are clutching their heads and moaning in embarrassment right now.

goreedgo on April 1, 2011 at 7:57 AM

I'd pay anything for Dan's rants. Especially as he gets older and crankier (and kinkier)!

Vince on April 1, 2011 at 8:07 AM

The Huffington Post's was funnier, being tailored only to charge NYT employees.

Brooklyn Reader on April 1, 2011 at 8:21 AM

I was wondering if you guys would do an April Fool's prank or not. Thanks!

ThinkGeek.com has the best this year (of the typical sites that do it regularly).

Urgutha Forka on April 1, 2011 at 8:22 AM

If I can still pick up a printed copy on the street for free, why the fuck would I bother paying money just to read it online? No thanks, I'll be picking up the print edition from now on.

suddenlyorcas on April 1, 2011 at 8:36 AM

@19 suddenlyorcas, I'll bet you'll really wish there was an edit comment button in 5, 4, 3, 2 ...

what_now on April 1, 2011 at 8:46 AM

Hahahaha.

Nice one.

Reverse Polarity on April 1, 2011 at 8:55 AM

This better be an April fools joke. If anything, you should be paying us for regularly submitting comments, reviews, etc.

Roosevelt on April 1, 2011 at 8:56 AM

@15, its not the first time the stranger just reposts the same stuff from boingboing and calls it new.

Akbar Fazil on April 1, 2011 at 8:59 AM

lol

KatTheCanuckistan on April 1, 2011 at 8:59 AM

The best April Fools joke within the April Fools joke: The Stranger's new pager app.

Joe M on April 1, 2011 at 9:08 AM

God, for a minute there I thought it was going to get a little easier to get WORK one here in cubicle # D4-S848. Oh well.

Sat'n on April 1, 2011 at 9:32 AM

@23, They need to pay us to read them in German's Chocolate Cake (from scratch), right? Have a good day, love.

kim in portland on April 1, 2011 at 9:34 AM

"It’s an important step that we hope you will see as an investment in The Stranger"

Reminds me of the time I visited a baptist church (shudder) and as they passed the collection plate, the minister said he was blessing everyone with the opportunity to give money.

Nancy S on April 1, 2011 at 9:35 AM

Give Paul some credit. All interesting ideas do not start at boing boing.

beatgrl on April 1, 2011 at 9:40 AM

Also, this one is actually funny, which I suppose makes it less April-foolsy.

beatgrl on April 1, 2011 at 9:46 AM

@18: The playmobil Apple store was so completely ridiculous that now I want to pay $200 to own one. Also the lightsaber popsicle makers.

Canadian Nurse on April 1, 2011 at 10:23 AM

@12 I'm pretty sure the goats were to be used in some nefarious way, but I've chosen not to ask more ...

Will in Seattle on April 1, 2011 at 10:26 AM

Now I'm doubly glad that I'm paying for home delivery! I was already getting my money's worth with the bonus "Annotated Charles Mudede", where a team of political science majors explain exactly what Charles means in each Slog post. But now I get free access to Slog through my pager? Finally I'm going to get some use from that $20 a month I've been paying since '95.

I can't wait for you to beeper some Slog my way!

Scalpel on April 1, 2011 at 10:34 AM

I'm sure most Guineapigistanians don't mind you testing dumb paywalls here. I'm less enamoured (yes, with a "u") of your small-government, libertarian fantasies that creep across our border like ideological influenza.

Puty on April 1, 2011 at 10:36 AM

This is the FORTH "we are adopting a paywall" April Fools gag i've come across today. Means its zeitgeisty at least i guess.

Ben Weldon on April 1, 2011 at 10:50 AM

I sincerely hope that is Paul's real middle name.

Max Power on April 1, 2011 at 11:07 AM

Ochs?

jnonymous on April 1, 2011 at 11:57 AM

Not to be a hypercritical douche, but I prefer the April Fools jokes that aren't already obvious just from the headline. Okay, I'm a hypercritical douche.

g on April 1, 2011 at 12:04 PM

Funny you should mention it, 'cause I was thinking of charging people to read my comments.

Gurldoggie on April 1, 2011 at 12:27 PM

Honestly, I'd pay something to read this online. (Okay, not $10 a month. I'm too fucking cheap.) But because this is free, I happily toss some money at Strangercrombie.

midwaypete on April 1, 2011 at 2:00 PM

im gay

Mischa Vainburg on April 1, 2011 at 3:07 PM

I hope it's an even bigger flop than StrangerSelect was a few years back.

jaspgh on April 1, 2011 at 7:31 PM

I'll pay up if Dan Savage and Paul Krugman swap columns...

snockered on April 1, 2011 at 8:26 PM

I don't get how some of you guys can be okay with this shit. First the NYT and now the Stranger. I think most people in this country don't even know what the fuckin' Stranger is. How can you demand payment for a publication like this? And did you seriously say "pager"? Do you have any idea what year this is?

You're a bunch of idiots, I'm switching to Seattle Weekly.

Jamez on April 2, 2011 at 12:33 AM

I guess this wasn't quite so obviously a joke to some people..

Seeds on April 2, 2011 at 3:37 AM

my husband SO fell for this that we had an argument about it..
.. a week later...
men be slow sometimes...

reverend dr dj riz on April 9, 2011 at 1:45 PM

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