"In an era of digital, why do people still buy newspapers?" asks Nieman Lab, the scholarly journal. Their answer: "to start up the grill."
People buy papers to burn burgers.
The study finds even people who read papers don't buy them: they find them in coffee shops or at some older relative's home.
A core group of ritual addicts--we doctors call them habit hobbits--need a paper to shape their day. Is this a sad comment on their lives?
A pack of fire-starters costs $6.
The same price as a weekend paper.
But you'd have to buy a bird cage liner.
Papers. An arsonist's best friend
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