03-31-2003, 05:09 PM
What is wrong with FHM magazine? I don't consider it a good reference manual, but it has its place. :)
As do Maxim, or Stuff, Cosmopolitain, or any number of other fine uses of newsprint.
It is a magazine designed for the entertainment of a particular part of the reading public. Every so often, like Playboy, it doubtless has an article worth reading. The jokes are a good way to blow off steam, or to get a chuckle. The other 'photo art' . . . whatever.
The rest of course is pandering to the "I wanna get laid!" mindset, which is sort of where Playboy sat in its little niche, unmolested, for years. I still like Playboy a bit better, dollar for dollar, since Mr Hefner's stance on First Ammendment, and the War on Drugs, and on personal privacy, resonate with me. Playboy also occasionally gets a good short story in, which is a nice bonus.
Flip side, Playboy's photo art should now be called "Silicone Enhanced Girl Next Door Journal." :P
As do Maxim, or Stuff, Cosmopolitain, or any number of other fine uses of newsprint.
It is a magazine designed for the entertainment of a particular part of the reading public. Every so often, like Playboy, it doubtless has an article worth reading. The jokes are a good way to blow off steam, or to get a chuckle. The other 'photo art' . . . whatever.
The rest of course is pandering to the "I wanna get laid!" mindset, which is sort of where Playboy sat in its little niche, unmolested, for years. I still like Playboy a bit better, dollar for dollar, since Mr Hefner's stance on First Ammendment, and the War on Drugs, and on personal privacy, resonate with me. Playboy also occasionally gets a good short story in, which is a nice bonus.
Flip side, Playboy's photo art should now be called "Silicone Enhanced Girl Next Door Journal." :P
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
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John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete