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statistically enormous.

Broken Zine has over … fake readers. You can add another. They will never read us, complain about us, or cancel a subscription they never had.

One free fake reader per day, per account or browser. Clearing cookies can fool this system. This is not a serious audience metric.

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The Department of
Pointless Expenditure

01 / INFLATION

Manufacture an audience.

Spend one point. Invent ten readers. Repeat until a media consultant calls.

02 / ENERGY POLICY

Set your points on fire.

A completely virtual bonfire. Produces no heat, light, or useful lesson.

03 / PHILANTHROPY

Change nothing. Make news.

Donate points to the Void. Receive a tiny satirical news report documenting their effect on the world.

04 / RETAIL

Buy absolutely nothing.

A numbered Certificate of Nothing. Ten points. Zero product. Copy the receipt and frame the space around it.

05 / WEALTH TRANSFER

Make this someone else’s problem.

Give points to another forum member. No exchange rate. No financial advice. No possible financial benefit.

06 / RETIREMENT PLANNING

Hoard them for winter.

Keep your points. Watch them remain points. When it gets cold outside, remember that you could have bought Nothing.

Costs 0 points. Returns 0 points. An exceptionally stable investment in pointlessness.

ONE DEPARTMENT OF BZ SUPPORTERS

There is more to membership
than imaginary people.

The Bureau of Imaginary Circulation is one part of BZ Supporters. Membership also brings an Official Accomplice card, an Evidence Locker for saved articles and private notes, dubious honors, creative generators, symbolic punctuation adoption, and a seat on the Board of No Authority.

Real contributions help keep the real magazine running. The status remains questionable.

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REAL
SUPPORT.
SEVERAL
QUESTIONABLE
BENEFITS.

THE BUREAU’S PUBLIC RECORD / LAST 24 HOURS

History will barely notice.

No public expenditure has been reported. Civilization continues.

PROPOSALS CURRENTLY LOST IN COMMITTEE

More ways to squander a legacy.

The Last Will and Pointlessness: Nominate an unfortunate heir to receive your useless points. A joke feature in planning; no legal will or automatic death detection.
A Named Chair in Doing Nothing: Endow an academic chair. The chair is empty. The university does not exist.
Reader Laundering: Wash imaginary readers through three fictitious consultancies and receive a certificate saying they are organic.
The Bailout Fund: Rescue another reader from the consequences of buying Nothing.
A Plaque Nobody Can Find: Your contribution recognized on a prestigious plaque hidden somewhere inconvenient.
The Pointless Nobel: Award a prize for an accomplishment that cannot be established.

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