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It Is I, Your Last Free New York Times Article For The Month

Hassan S. Ali
Slackjaw
Published in
3 min readJan 14, 2020

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Well, well, well. We meet again.

It’s been a while since we last saw each other. A month, to be exact.

Me: your last of three FREE New York Times online articles for the month. And you: an ungrateful cheapskate who thinks $2/week is “too much” for fearless, award-winning journalism. And also crosswords.

Yes, you: The same person who paid $50 for this water bottle that doubles as a foam roller.

Yeah, I saw that. I see everything.

See, by visiting the New York Times website, you agreed to our cookies policy. Which means my digital ass follows your ass wherever. you. go.

“Whoa, that’s creepy,” you’re saying.

Huh. That’s interesting, coming from someone who opened a new browser window — IN INCOGNITO MODE — to actively circumvent our 3-free-article limit, to read your ex’s wedding coverage in our Vows section.

Who’s the creepy one now? Exactly.

“But my money’s already tied up in other subscriptions,” you…

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Hassan S. Ali
Slackjaw

I write comedy things. the ha & lol. Also a founding editor of Slackjaw on Medium.