My Wife Made Me Buy 'Playboy'...
...and it was the first time in my life that I ever bought a copy!
A little background: my wife is a huge Battlestar Galactica nut, and she had recently heard that Tricia Helfer was going to grace Playboy's pages. We were at a magazine shop today and she reminded me of this, so we went to check out the Adult Magazine section of the store. We found a copy and brought it up to the cash, and as I was paying for the issue (along with a 'Thomas the Train' magazine I found for my song) it dawned on me: I'm a 29 year old male and this is the first time I'm actually buying a copy of Playboy. Of course, I had seen the magazine before at a friends house or whatever, but this was actually the first time I bought a copy for myself (and to a lesser degree, for my wife, I suppose). That kind of stopped me for a second and made me smile.
Anyway, we get home and take a look at the pictures, and they're fantastic. Of course, Tricia Helfer is stunning, so she didn't really have to twist my arm to buy the magazine. As we were looking at other pictures in the magazine, I commented to my wife that the portrayal of women in Playboy is a hell of a lot more realistic as far as body shapes and types go when compared to some of the stuff you see in Cosmo, and she completely agreed. It's kind of strange to me when I think that Playboy, a magazine aimed towards men, has a better grasp of what a womanly shape is and can be with curves, a shapely behind, thighs whereas a magazine like Cosmo supposedly aimed towards women can possibly make them feel inadequate, unattractive and preaches how to 'Lose that flabby butt' or 'Shed those pounds so that you can squeeze in that size 2 dress'. It really surprised me.
Anyway, something else surpised me: the articles. Yeah, I've heard the phrase 'I only buy Playboy' for the articles tossed around before, but the variety and breadth of articles I've seen in there are pretty interesting. There's a science article in there on male sexuality that wouldn't be a stranger to the pages of Wired magazine, an article on how the FCC is a lapdog to big media, an in depth interview with Seth McFarlane and a videogame review section (which include 'Lost Planet', 'Wario Ware' on the Wii and freakin' 'Phoenix Wright'!).
So anyway, all that to say that Playboy is a hell of a better magazine than I ever thought!
Twitter | Xbox Live: dhaelis | PSN: dhaelis
That's awesome. Looking at oogaba with the wife. Nothing wrong with that. My wife bought me a porn movie once from Fry's Electronics.
Speaking to the body image stuff, it is totally true, my wife has gone with my friends and I to a strip club twice, once was on a lark and the other was for my 30th birthday party. Both times it made my wife feel really good about herself, and she was like, I could totally do this.
I think it's crazy some of the stuff women's magazines try to portray to them.
Quintin_Stone wrote:
|XBL:Sir Rockford | Twitter:SirRockford | G+: Rockford |
Did you say something? I just kinda lost focus after reading the subject...
Playboy is a great magazine! I should have never let my subscription expire. Now I have to run down to the bookstore, buy this copy and renew my subscription.
Last.fm
Indeed. We had a subscription for a bit, and while the content was fascinating, the actual porn aspect was a bit too softcore for our tastes, so we let the subscription expire (since theoretically that is the main purpose of subscribing to the magazine).
zeroKFE on: XBL | Steam | WoW-BHA | PSN | Origin
Why do people keep on demonizing size 2 dresses?
XBox Live | Twitter | Flickr
That's kinda hot.
Don't tell my wife that.
Quintin_Stone wrote:
lunabean wrote:http://steamcommunity.com/id/cartoonin99
So is watching your wife get a lap dance from two strippers. I'm just saying.
Quintin_Stone wrote:
|XBL:Sir Rockford | Twitter:SirRockford | G+: Rockford |
My ex used to be a bartender in a strip club. I got to know quite a few of those ladies, and I got to meet a couple of the ones who are good enough to have "shows" (i.e. have racks that even Oogaba! doesn't describe) and travel. Not an easy life.
And Stephen King used to write for Playboy, and quite a few other big name authors. They really do have a reputation for good articles, and I'm glad to hear that tradition is continuing.
Maybe this issue is best debated amongst the people who need to get off my lawn. - JoeBedurndurn
So goddamn true. Sadly, though, I wasn't around to witness Luna getting her lapdance.
I think I really need to plan a trip to the city...
zeroKFE on: XBL | Steam | WoW-BHA | PSN | Origin
What, not getting enough oogaba @ home?
XBox Live | Twitter | Flickr
Ah man, that stinks that you missed out. The place we went to did "couples" dances, and you got two dancers, and they took you back to the V.I.P. lounge and then we sat next to each other on this long couch and the two dancers did their thing, of course some was me just watching them with my wife. Hot! Oogaba overload!
Quintin_Stone wrote:
|XBL:Sir Rockford | Twitter:SirRockford | G+: Rockford |
There is nothing wrong with a size 2. Some women can actually wear them with having an eating disorder. Most of us have curves and a 2 was something we saw as a preteen. It is not the norm, yet womens magazines, the fashion world and some men will have us think it is and when not achieved, there is something wrong with us.
As for the wife and playboy, that is kinda cool.
For all those men who say, “Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free,” here’s an update for you. Now 80 percent of women are against marriage, why? Because women realize it’s not worth buying an entire pig, just to get a little sausage. ~ Andy R
Dont' get me started. I have a story that my friends still seethe over. I am a very lucky man
Quintin_Stone wrote:
lunabean wrote:http://steamcommunity.com/id/cartoonin99
In the active threads thingy, this thread is displayed right above the thread about momgamer's son turning 18. The suggested plot continuity there made me smile.
If I didn't drink, Crom would laugh and cast me out of Valhalla when I die. Peer pressure I can handle, but not when it comes from Crom. -Lobo
This thread delivers the giggity.
"Men like sex, thus boobies! Oogaba!" - dejanzie
"Butt hat is my opinion and we all know how far that goes around here." - Demonicmaster
Twitter
No joke, I'm going to have to start bringing this up in awkward settings of mixed company.
Pyroman wrote:
Gravey wrote:
Google Profile
Hey, we could all go and make it a slap and tickle...but you get thrown out for that sort of thing, so nevermind.
Xbox Live: Stilgar Black
She can touch you, but you can't touch her.
Pyroman wrote:
Gravey wrote:
Google Profile
That depends on the venue...
PexCorrh Steam XBL
Playboy's changed though, at least, as far as i've seen. From some of the articles i've read on the matter, magazines like FHM, Stuff and Maxim have been taking such a gigantorous chunk out of Playboy's marketshare that they've followed Maxim's lead. The last Playboy I saw really read like a Maxim, just with nipples. Same goes for Penthouse, which, when I was just a lad, was the raunchiest of the raunchy (Hustler, of course, you couldn't even touch without bursting into flames). As far as I have read, the tradition of great writing in Playboy, at least, as people knew it, has mostly died as of 2000 or so.
But then again, Christopher Hitchens is writing for Maxim or something now, so, YMMV.
Quote:
XBL Tag: Prederick
Twitter
YT
The Jan/Feb issue of the Atlantic has an article about similar stuff (assumptions regarding Playboy) titled "Are We Not Men?"
That rag always has a couple articles that make me really want to subscribe. I don't know how much it'd cost, but I feel like I'm not really classy enough for it anyway.
Pyroman wrote:
Gravey wrote:
Google Profile
Jeez, man, how old are you? Penthouse was nowhere near raunchy when I was growing up. It was damn near art. (Pornographic art - as opposed to Playboy's "people doing normal things naked" - but art none the less.)
Tell someone you love them, because life is short. But holler it at them in German, because life is also terrifying and confusing.
You wife is a bi, if I recall correctly?
XBox Live | Twitter | Flickr
"Men like sex, thus boobies! Oogaba!" - dejanzie
"Butt hat is my opinion and we all know how far that goes around here." - Demonicmaster
Twitter
Yeah, last Playboy I saw had Vida Guerra (sp?) in it. Only a Playboy "celebrity" spread could actually make her less attractive. Pred speaks the truth. Playboy's writing quality has waned over time. So has its size. Have you ever seen the issues from the 60's and 70's? They're like paperback coffee table books. The hi-fi ads are hilarious, too.
But the interviews still kick ass.
EDIT
You apparently didn't see Penthouse during Guccione's crazy fascination with chicks and urine.
Now I've probably said too much.
Psychotic Foreign Teenage Chicks are so hot. - Legion
Everything in moderation. Unless you're a furry. Then you can just f*ck off and get help - Coldforged
Looks like Rat Boy quoted himself for truth.
XBox Live | Twitter | Flickr
I am all ears. Okay, all ears and an erection.
"THE HELL ASS BALLS." - Prederick, expressing frustration in the time-honored way.
coldforged.org :: Stay fit, Dad!
I heard about this issue, and I'm probably going to pick it up myself. I love, love, love Tricia Helfer; she's so sexy and smart, and I have the biggest girl crush on her. Plus, I love the writing in Playboy - did you know that Vladimir Nabokov frequently wrote for Playboy? - and I've occasionally worked with a few of their freelancers; always the highest quality guys and gals. In fact, it's one of my goals to write for them, too. So yes, this is some pretty cool news.
"Today's Tom Sawyer, he gets high on you, Kat. You." - Haakon7
My website
Disagree. What most women in America have is flab, not curves.
XBox Live | Twitter | Flickr
I remember reading the articles when I was 12. *ahem*
And my favorite cartoon ever was in Playboy ... you don't need the cartoon for this one, works just as well without.
Southern Waitress ( to her boyfriend ): " Goodnight, Drambooie .."
Other Southern Waitress: " Ain't Drambooie a fancy liquor?"
Southern Waitress : " He shure is *sigh*"
I think I spent years 12 & 13 trying to figure out exactly what that was about ( Playboy is softcore, after all).