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[Cdn_Brdr]

Has anyone noticed the influx we've suddenly had of free daily newspapers? It started with 'Metro' a few weeks back but in the past two weeks I've noticed now '24hrs' and as of yesterday 'Dose'.

I wonder why they've all come so suddenly. There was hardly any time between the first one to the third one. Basically, it's not like there has been enough time for the people doing Dose or 24hrs to say to themselves 'Wow, we could run a good business doing this.' and actually start up a paper.

My guess is that they all started with their planning around roughly the same time. I just find it odd that we suddenly have 3 free daily papers that we didn't have even a month ago.

Either way, has anyone checked them out? I've read Metro a few times and I grabbed a copy of Dose this morning just to see what it's about.

[dapimpstress]

whats "dose" about? lol.

[miss.myra]

dude, every morning my commute is dodging all the free papers people want to throw at me. None of them are very good. I've even noticed that the Vancouver Sun is starting to be given away free @ Burrard station on more than one day. It's too weird!

[Cdn_Brdr]

Originally Posted by Ashes

whats "dose" about? lol.

How about get your daily DOSE of news.....

Clean up yo mind cracka!

[Jen-E-03]

lol the name "dose" sounds pretty dodgey haha ...sounds like sumthin that would b going around e.hastings

[Cdn_Brdr]

Originally Posted by miss.myra

dude, every morning my commute is dodging all the free papers people want to throw at me. None of them are very good. I've even noticed that the Vancouver Sun is starting to be given away free @ Burrard station on more than one day. It's too weird!

It is kind of odd.... I'm really curious as to why they've all come so suddenly though. Dose seems alright so far... kind of the most 'urban' of the 3 for lack of a better word. It looks like it's going for our generation as an audience...

[dapimpstress]

Originally Posted by Jen-E-03

lol the name "dose" sounds pretty dodgey haha ...sounds like sumthin that would b going around e.hastings

whoa yea... drove down ther last weekend, thinkin oh i can find somewhere to buy some smokes....

yeah there were places... and they all had like 10 crack monkeys standin outside scratchin their heads and jumpin around...

had to wait all the way till that big chevron right b4 the kkc... i was like wow, now thats a fuckd block...

and whats up with people round there just like, standing in the middle of the street for no reason, its like "hit me PLEASE" or something. def weird.... we saw this guy, in a garbage sack, like sorta wobbling back and forth, but jus standing there... we were like inches away... like he didn't even see us.

east hastings is wild fer werd. MAD werd.

[Jen-E-03]

^bwahahaha yea its really weird down there eh. ppl are just always fucked up on that street. my mom and i used to go grab a coffee and pppl watch down there...i dont think peopple watching is a safe sport n e more though *sigh*

[dapimpstress]

yeah the people look kinda, well, fucking freaky. its hard NOT to look at them.
especially the ones that are yelling n stuff...

oh man, like this guy, who at first, i thought was a woman because the laughter was so high pitched.... then i look, its this skinny ass cracked mutherfucker, HISTERICALLY laughing... non-stop...

like this...

EEEEEEE-HEHEHEHEHEH-EHEHEHEHHEHEHEEEE---
*quick breath*
-HAHAHEHEHEHE-HAHAHE-HOOOO
*quick breath*
EEEE-HAHAHAHAHAHA-HEEEEEEHEEEEEHEEEEE
*folds in half a bit, gets back up*
EEE-HAHAHAHA-hoo hoo HEHEHEHEHEHE.


i was like WHOA.

[Gusto]

Originally Posted by miss.myra

dude, every morning my commute is dodging all the free papers people want to throw at me. None of them are very good. I've even noticed that the Vancouver Sun is starting to be given away free @ Burrard station on more than one day. It's too weird!

ugh, i hear you. i hate the free papers. seriously, every day for the last three weeks, i've had to dodge at least 5 of these people on the way to work, all trying to push their shitty papers on me. a box with free papers in it should be enough, i wish they'd stop handing them out by hand. i'm getting tired of saying 'no thanks'. i've seen the boxes for dose, but haven't checked it out yet.

[Jen-E-03]

^ OMG ROFL thats hilarious!!i've got tears in my eyes from laughing hehe.

[mux]

Read the book "East Van", by local author and punk musician Chris Walter. The downtown eastside makes a bit more sense when you see what's actually going on underneath.

Here's a clip, worth reading: http://www.punkhistorycanada.ca/CONT...=15&art_id=105

[dapimpstress]

Originally Posted by Jen-E-03

^ OMG ROFL thats hilarious!!i've got tears in my eyes from laughing hehe.

aww yay.. im glad to make you giggle. :)

[Cdn_Brdr]

Dear Ashes and Jen-e-whateva.... BUGGER OFF YOU THREAD JACKERS!!! ;)

[Jen-E-03]

SOrry!! sooo uhhh how about those newspapers? *giggles*

[mux]

'Dose' lost my readership the first day. What kind of newspaper calls themself 'Dose', but puts a picture of a girl on the cover, saying "We don't need leaders who are rich or can invade countries, we need leaders more like the Pope."??!??!?

Yeah. Sure. Church and State should be more intertwined, because that ALWAYS WORKS OUT GREAT.

Fuck, did they stop teaching history in high school or something?

[dapimpstress]

Originally Posted by mux

Read the book "East Van", by local author and punk musician Chris Walter. The downtown eastside makes a bit more sense when you see what's actually going on underneath.

Here's a clip, worth reading: http://www.punkhistorycanada.ca/CONT...=15&art_id=105

that was fucking intense man.

I've read shit like it before. But you have to think, they put themselves there... It was their own choice at the start, maybe not anymore, because of what its become, but at first, it was their choice.

[dapimpstress]

Originally Posted by Cdn_Brdr

Dear Ashes and Jen-e-whateva.... BUGGER OFF YOU THREAD JACKERS!!! ;)

aww sry. *halo* :)

[Cdn_Brdr]

Originally Posted by mux

'Dose' lost my readership the first day. What kind of newspaper calls themself 'Dose', but puts a picture of a girl on the cover, saying "We don't need leaders who are rich or can invade countries, we need leaders more like the Pope."??!??!?

Yeah. Sure. Church and State should be more intertwined, because that ALWAYS WORKS OUT GREAT.

Fuck, did they stop teaching history in high school or something?

Did they support the opinion though or did they take jabs at her? After reading it through I actually like it... while that cover may not seem to support it the attitude of this paper seems fairly liberal. In all fairness, they are reporting news and opinions and that was HER opinion, not necessarily theirs right?

[miss.myra]

I'd only be cool with it if it was say, the globe and mail. everything else can f off.

[mapleleaf4ever]

I don't mind reading The Metro on my way to work. A nice brief snapshot of what's going on and it has a pretty funny Cartoon in it. Other than that I'll probably get a Dose on my way to Work today.

[dapimpstress]

Originally Posted by mapleleaf4ever

I'll probably get a Dose on my way to Work today.

DRUGS ARE BAD mmkay?

[robyn]

I was really excited when the North Shore News building burnt down. Turned out they printed it somewhere else :(

[SquiLa]

I've also been wondering about these new papers that just popped up all at once. I too have been handed '24 hours' every day this week by those paper people and in being nice I took them and ended up reading through it briefly at work. That one is alright.

But today I picked up 'Dose' and this one is better. Actually pretty cool, as is their message (see www.dose.ca ... http://www.lggmedia.ca/minidose/about.asp). Interesting, brief, art inspired and focused thoughtful articles geared toward 18 - 34 somethings. I'm actually impressed.

Calling the 800 line for Dose to find out more a recorded message with a bloke speaking in an english accent tells you button options and at the end goes "or just hold on the line to speak with Melissa, she's lovely!" Hahaha gold!

I suspect this is just the wave of the future as free publications have been popular in other cities (London, NY, Sydney) for quite some time now; offering a diversified, modern and cultured younger voice aside from the conservatism of arcane and traditional media (i.e. Globe & Mail, National Post) that we've been stuck with all this time. Yay we are getting with the times!

[impure]

Originally Posted by mux

Read the book "East Van", by local author and punk musician Chris Walter. The downtown eastside makes a bit more sense when you see what's actually going on underneath.

Here's a clip, worth reading: http://www.punkhistorycanada.ca/CONT...=15&art_id=105

i think i'm gonna buy that.
it's next on the list of books to be read.