Would you be embarrassed to be seen reading a newspaper in public?

Not at all. I love to read an actual newspaper!

I’d be more embarrassed that I owned a Cayman.

No, not embarrassed. Our eyes need a break from our screens. And by reading an actual newspaper, you're probably more likely to stumble upon something you weren't looking for, which may broaden your horizons.

I think I’d be more embarrassed to know OP.

OP, are you doing a parody post or are you an idiot?

Is this thread meant to be a joke? Someone who subscribes to newspapers would be embarrassed to be seen reading one in public?

If I saw a guy around my age (37) reading a newspaper in public, my first thought would be, "He seems like an interesting person. I'd probably enjoy talking with him."

You’re an ass Op. I’ll tell you what you should be embarrassed of, yourself. ‘My loft, my Cayman, I read the WSJ...’ The older gentleman, who’s age you magically know, doesn’t give a fuck. He’s not a ass, you are an ass. You’re not 61, you care too much what people think.

R5, I think we posted at exactly the same time. Jinx!

What is wrong with you, OP?

[quote]I still receive the WSJ, NYT, and AD at my loft, but I like to read them with Sunday morning coffee

Yes, because nothing says relevant like week old news from a daily paper like WSJ...

What kind of ratchet ass Porsche dealership do you go to that doesn’t give you a loaner car, and makes you sit in a waiting room with newspapers to entertain yourself?

I was having my Komodo Dragon tuned up while reading Highlights.

I'm 30. And if one wants to read a newspaper, good on them. Unless its the local right wing rag. Until the earlier 2010s I would too, it was only with a better phone in the later 2010s that I did otherwise. I still would prefer a week, or two, or more old newspaper in my hands instead of a lot of things like topical magazines..

I'm pretty sure my Gen Z friends mostly don't care either. Your insecurity is showing.

Now if you're fixated on the crossword puzzle while scowling at anyone who cares infringe your sacred space, that's another thing ;)

R7 - exactly! I see someone with a book or newspaper and I become interested in them instantly. Was thinking that when I first got to Romania...walked into the only gay cafe in town and was amazed at how at 3 PM, guys and a few girls would take up a table on the patio overlooking the city square and pop open a book and start taking notes or writing. Inside it was more about music and hooking up, but outside, I felt was the place where the interesting people went. It is next to a bookstore with three floors and books in several languages. I met an older Dutch hottie and he was reading "Sapiens", so it was an instant way to start a conversation. Also, this was my last hookup before the apocalypse.

I would not be embarrassed at all.

I bring a newspaper with me each time I get a pedicure. Getting a quality pedicure while catching up on the day’s news is very relaxing.

Plus, I have a tendency to retain a bit more when I read a hard copy of something. My siblings and I sometimes mail each other humorous things we see in the paper, which can be pretty funny and insightful.

I am 48.

At your old age, I thought nothing would get through your thick and wrinkled skin but, of course, I was damn wrong, OP.

OP has never been on a train in the UK or much of Europe.

[quote] The older gentleman, who’s age you magically know,

Oh, dear!

No, OP, I wouldn’t be embarrassed.

I’ve done far more embarrassing things in public than reading a newspaper.

R16 - LOL @ I mail newspaper clippings to my siblings. Are you sure you’re not 80 years old?

Who the fuck would be embarrassed about reading a newspaper in public except for someone who cared way to much what others thought.

R12, if you’re not seeing anyone, I’m proposing marriage!!

I will warn you, I ain’t all that, but I’m somethin.

I'm a millennial, so I would probably look hipster rather than old.

You're waiting at dealership with nothing to do and you won't pick up a newspaper to read because you're embarrassed? What the hell is wrong with you? Get a fucking grip on your screwed up mind. What else hangs you up, insecure Betty?

[quote] You're waiting at dealership with nothing to do and you won't pick up a newspaper

You didn’t expect him to look at his flip-phone, did you?

And there you were, OP....with curlers in your hair.

R8, of course he knows how old the guy is. That came up in the conversation when OP hit on him.

When the guy turned him down all OP could think of was “he should be embarrassed to read a newspaper!” and flounced out.

What sort of service do semi-aquatic alligator-like reptiles require?

r5, states my thought succinctly.

R28 is the truth!

Reading a paper embarrasses you, OP. You're a real cunt now, aren't ya.

r20 = Richard Quest

R12 he didn't say it was a Porsche dealership; it was the Ford dealer, where he bought his car used. It was traded-in after an insurance claim, but it looks fairly good, despite all the damage; you can barely notice that little wobble from the bend in the right forward control arm.

i would be embarrassed, because the average newspaper is basically that metro news shit they handed out at the subway. it's a pamphlet. i miss big-ass newspapers.

This is ridiculous

R12 - the bitch was at Hertz and is lying that it was a Porsche dealership.

I would gladly pick up a newspaper if it was sitting in front of me.

I usually read my iPad but will read the newspaper if one is available. Most people I know read the obituaries.

[quote]OP, are you doing a parody post or are you an idiot?

Can’t it be both?

OP - he’s only a couple of years older than you.

Me too, r20.

OP, you care too much about what others think.

I love the smell of newsprint and the feel of the paper against my fingers. And I like hiding behind a large paper shield.

[quote] I still receive the WSJ, NYT, and AD at my loft, but I like to read them with Sunday morning coffee

The shock here is that OP did not name drop the type of coffeemaker he uses to make his coffee.

Undoubtedly Mary OP uses this one:

Until COVID I read the NYT everyday on the train to work. I get a print subscription at home. I refuse to live my entire life out of my iPhone.

Even reading the digital version on my laptop is a pain in the ass.

I never miss Ziggy.

My dealership has the best customer waiting area. I love when my car is in for tune ups!

I have digital subscriptions to the New Yorker, The Atlantic, the Washington Post and the local daily newspaper. The local includes a real paper Sunday edition delivered to my apartment. But I never read it. It just sits on the credenza all week.

It's sad, OP, that at your age you are so concerned about what others think of you. If you were 15, perhaps I'd understand. You're a shallow tosser.

I proudly read newspapers on my super yacht, out of Port Vauban Antibes. I recruit rentboys from Oxbridge, Brown and Yale and insist they read aloud from Le Monde and Neue Zürcher Zeitung in their poorly accented French and German. I love that, gets me so hard. If they can't read I dump them overboard off Saint-Trop.

Sweetie, anyone who can afford to go to Oxbridge, Brown and Yale don't need to sell their ass to you

-1/10

I'm also 61. Since I don't subscribe to any, reading a newspaper is a treat, something I took for granted the past 50+ years.

Why would anyone be embarrassed to be seen reading a newspaper in public? The OP is a moron.

You were having your caiman serviced?

I'm 78 and I always carry around some favorite issues of Reader's Digest for those free moments between my clients at the massage parlor. Not embarrassed.

OP is probably shocked that people know how to read.

R58 - if you still have the strength and dexterity to give massages at 78, that is pretty awesome.

R60 - Thank you! But they’re no so much “massages” as they’re more accurately blowjobs with happy endings. I’m very talented!

Newspapers will cease to exist by 2025. Collect now if there are any you want to keep or frame.

Whatever shall we wrap the newborn babes in now?

OP What a bizarre phobia you suffer from. Seek help.

[Quote]Newspapers will cease to exist by 2025.

Oh, no, this will lead to the demise of so many vital jobs in the Fish & Chips Industry!

Yeah, you oldsters should enjoy newspapers while they're still around. Magazines, too.

I can't remember the last time I saw a newspaper in a waiting room. In fact, my doctor and dentist don't even have magazines or a tv anymore in their waiting rooms.

I’d be more embarrassed if I felt the need to tell everyone I owned a Porsche.

R58 - I would visit when I come back to the US. Ha ha!

[quote] In fact, my doctor and dentist don't even have magazines or a tv anymore in their waiting rooms.

You type poor.

Why do you care what others think? IDGAF what strangers think and if ppl are shallow enough to judge you for something so petty and unimportant, that is their issue.

r69 it's actually a wealthier area in a blue state. Everybody is on their smartphones in waiting rooms. Even older people.

R71, Why’d you feed the bitch @ r69?