Happy mutants rejoice: Boing Boing launches clean, ad-free experience

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Dear Boing Boing reader,

For decades, Boing Boing has been the Internet's go-to source for uncovering the wondrous, odd, and cultural cutting edge. Our team of veteran journalists scours the Web every day to bring you the most captivating content, always with our signature perspective that you won't find anywhere else. Many of you have been loyal readers since we launched Boing Boing as a print zine in 1987, and we are grateful for your support.

Those of you with a keen eye may have noticed an increase in ads plastering the Web over the last few years. This state of affairs has caused many folks to pine for the "old weird internet," before SEO, programmatic advertising, and monolithic megacorporations took over and ruined all the fun.

Now, we're bringing the old weird internet into the future, where it belongs! Today, we're launching a new subscription version of Boing Boing that's entirely free from advertising!  

Subscribers to the new Boing Boing will enjoy two distraction-free ways to read every post that we add to our lovingly curated online cabinet of Internet curiosities:

  • A clean, easy-to-read blog at premium.boingboing.net
  • A single daily email, delivered to your inbox, featuring all our posts from the previous 24 hours

But that's not all!

Your subscription doesn't just remove the ads; it opens up a whole new way to immerse yourself in the Boing Boing pocket universe:

  • Share your nuggets of wisdom by leaving comments on articles
  • Connect with members of our lively community of happy mutants, many of whom are already yukking it up in our premium chat function
  • A user-friendly interface. We can't wait for you to see how nice it looks!
  • Regular updates and improvements to satisfy even the most finicky mutant
  • And coming soon: Ad-free searchable archives dating back to 1989!
  • More surprises on the way

Introductory offer: 25% off your first year

Sign up during our introductory period with this link and enjoy a mind-bending 25% discount on your first year's subscription (normally $5 a month or $45 a year). That's just $33.75 a year — less than a dime a day!

What else can you buy for ten cents? A gumball? Maybe, if you purchase it from a used chewing gum vendor. Can we be real for a minute? Dimes aren't worth much anymore. People are sore about carrying these useless metal discs in their pockets. Plus, they're covered in germs. That's why you find the ground littered with them these days. But don't throw your dimes on the sidewalk. Throw them at us! Each dime gets you a daily dose of high-weirdness, delivered straight to your inbox.

Still suspicious?

For those of you too fond of your miniature Franklin D. Roosevelt commemorative medallions to part with them in exchange for a cornucopia of wonderment, don't worry — you can still read the site with the ads and keep your dumb dimes.

Join us on this new journey into the far-out future of Boing Boing 

By subscribing, you're not just treating yourself to an ad-free Boing Boing experience – you're directly supporting our small business and our writers. Your subscription enables Boing Boing to thrive without having to rely on advertisers. This is crucial for Boing Boing to stay sustainable now and into the future!