I am very good at spending three dollars.
Cup of coffee? That’s three dollars before I tip the barista. QuikTrip snack stop for my kids? Three dollars per kid, if I’m lucky. Five-gallon water refill at Reasor’s for the Fizz-O water cooler at The Pickup world headquarters? That costs $2.85, which is three dollars in spirit.
And while these everyday purchases meet my material needs, they are less important to me than reading independent local journalism. On Maslow’s hierarchy of needs pyramid that I learned about in Oklahoma's public education system, the little cup of coffee need is near the bottom, and the journalism need is near the top. How is one to self-actualize if you don’t know where the good Okie burger spots are or how insane the media made everybody in Tulsa 100 years ago? How can I realize my greatest ambitions in life if I don’t even know what Gunkster’s deal is?
So the opportunity to nourish your self-actualization needs for the same cost as your physiological needs is a rare one indeed, and here I am today, offering it to you. For the next 48 hours only, you can try out The Pickup for six months at $2.99 per month!
Here’s what you get when you become a subscriber to The Pickup at our Red Dirt subscription tier:
- Full, unencumbered access to all 280 blogs (and counting!) that we’ve posted to this gorgeous ass website
- Bonus Tulsa content! We send bonus newsletters each week, including the very popular Tulsa Picks newsletter, which is exclusive to paying subscribers
- Invitations to subscribers-only events where you can meet and hang with Tulsa’s finest journalists
- Commenting privileges on the site (you can join such notable commenters as Poverty Barn, RecessiveGeneQueen and becky)
After the six-month trial period, the cost of your subscription will increase to the regular Red Dirt cost of $5.99 per month. Which is a pittance when you consider all the great stories you’ll be able to read, like these:
