SFW?
"It would only be a small exaggeration to suggest Playboy invented soft-core pornography. And while its first cover, featuring Marilyn Monroe in 1953, was arguably modest, even for the post-war era, subsequent cover models and centerfolds have inspired outrage — and, well, other feelings — ever since.
Playboy officially closed out the era of the dirty lad mag Thursday, when it published its first nudity-free edition, a change that was announced in October. Covering things up was actually only the most significant of a number of changes the magazine inaugurated in their latest issue. Gone too are the cartoons, joke list and signature "Entertainment for Men" tag line. The new Playboy will now also be printed on higher quality paper.
"There's a lot that we're keeping of the DNA of the magazine, but there's a lot we're evolving too," Cory Jones, Playboy Enterprise's chief content officer, told CNN. "It's going to be sexy, but it's going to be safe for work." (Safe for work, though, may be a bold suggestion depending on the standards of your office's human resources department.)"
end to an era - (
New Window )
And with the easy access to all sorts of pornography online, I'm actually surprised it took this long for them to switch.
Wait. That should be... the depussification of America continues?
I'm confused.
Wait. That should be... the depussification of America continues?
I'm confused.
I think the issue is that when people got access to the internet and on-demand free hardcore porn, Playboy's market tanked.
So Playboy was taken down by new strange.
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The pussification of America continues.
Wait. That should be... the depussification of America continues?
I'm confused.
I think the issue is that when people got access to the internet and on-demand free hardcore porn, Playboy's market tanked.
So Playboy was taken down by new strange.
Crap. I'm always the last to know.
I do. The Playboy magazines I have always have really sticky paper. It gets annoying after a while.
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Does anyone really care?
I do. The Playboy magazines I have always have really sticky paper. It gets annoying after a while.
I don't think the paper was the problem....
If this was Penthouse and they removed nudity, but kept the Forum, they could claim to still be sexy. But, for Playboy the pictures and comics are what made it sexy, not an interview with George Cooney and an article about wine. They will fold within a year, in my opinion.