I just bought a copy of The Big Issue
Lol did I fuck. Load of shit, not worth the paper it's printed on.
(TheManWithThePlan cussed your mum on, Tue 14 Feb 2012, 19:11, 7 replies)

Shame really.
I remember when it was quite good. What the fuck are they playing at?
( The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Tue 14 Feb 2012, 19:23, closed)

you must be old.
I can never remember it being any good.

I bought it for the 'cherridy mate' and always found myself regretting it quite soon after
(The Magic Number is neither magic nor a number, Tue 14 Feb 2012, 19:45, closed)

I hear they have a cookery column
Full of handy recipes for the budding tramp. 'Cooking With White Lightning' I think it's called
(TheManWithThePlan cussed your mum on, Tue 14 Feb 2012, 19:59, closed)

The vendor poetry was always good for a laugh
You walk by, suit on

I sit in the street alone

You fucking cunt.
(square go, Tue 14 Feb 2012, 21:05, closed)

They used to have the oft amusing mad world section in it
which I always used to turn to. And some interesting interviews too.
( LemonEntryMyDearWatson This time, Moriarty, the hand is on the other foot, Tue 14 Feb 2012, 22:39, closed)

It is a shame.
They're missing the concept of "if you make a magazine, try to interest your readers enough that they will want to buy the next edition". Let's be honest: 99% of us are basically selfish bastards, and if we have the opportunity to give a bit of money to help someone out, there's a much greater chance we'll do it if there's something in it for us too. Like something interesting to read. They don't even have to fill it full of news and reviews to try to emulate the broadsheets: just avoid coming across as the mouthpiece for a bunch of pinko commie students. Every time I read it I imagine the editorial team sitting around smoking Rizlas, playing the guitar and chanting "Fight the system, Comrades!"
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Wed 15 Feb 2012, 11:03, closed)

I buy the Big Issue AND drop it straight into the paper recycling
when I get home. Two good acts for the price of one.

I mean really...who cares what's in it? £2.50 isn't much, and the vendor needs it more than you.
(Falstaff's Spiritual Successor, Thu 16 Feb 2012, 9:50, closed)