/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

This isn't cosplay-related, but...
>Do some work for English Shonen Jump
>Have lunch with friends, talking about Jump series
>They complain about some scanlator not getting this or that series out on Wednesday like they usually do
>"Hey guys... I know you read a lot of Jump series... have you thought about subscribing to the magazine?"
>Won't subscribe because they only read like... 4 of the 6 series that were running in it
>IT'S NOT LIKE THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF THE MAGAZINE OR ANYTHING
>Won't subscribe because the magazine comes out "too late," because although it's pretty much simultaneous with Japan, it's later than the scanlators because they get their raws BEFORE THE MAGAZINE COMES OUT IN JAPAN
>They tell me that if Viz can start putting out the magazine when the scans come out, there is a chance they'd subscribe
>WELL THEY CAN'T BECAUSE JAPAN DOESN'T EVEN HAVE IT OUT THEN
>Oh, but they wouldn't subscribe anyway, because it's too expensive.
>IT'S LIKE $26 FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR. IT'S ALMOST 50 ISSUES! Jesus fucking christ, the goddamn Yu-Gi-Oh! cards you get as a subscriber can be sold to easily make up the cost of the magazine
>"If I can't get it cheaper and sooner, I'm not subscribing."
>Guys, I make part of my living off of the work I do for the magazine, by pirating it, you're sort of hurting me, you know?
>"Oh, whatever."
I have no illusions that manga piracy is going to magically disappear, but it makes me SO FUCKING MAD when my friends blatantly pirate series that are available FOR CHEAP right in front of the person who makes her living off of them. THANKS GUYS. Oh, and...
>Jump is "too expensive" at $26 a year, but friend loves eating out at very nice, expensive places. Get a better excuse.

>>7519610
Ughhhhhh, the whole "I grew out of it and now I'm so much better than you because my decisions are better/healthier/more adult" thing is a huge pet peeve for me. You're better off without her, but I totally get that need to weeb out with a friend.