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Huggles · 04-10-2004, 05:18 PM

They are just dumbed down versions of Playboy.

It seems most of the guys that I know that typically buy those magazines can't score with girls, drive Mustangs / Camaros, watch professional sports, drink cheap beer, and work construction jobs.

liquidmoe · 04-10-2004, 05:20 PM

Well I guess now you know why they do so well

stephanie m. · 04-10-2004, 05:21 PM

I usually read discover, national geographic, and forbes. When I want a laugh I read maxim.

Rictor · 04-10-2004, 05:21 PM

I've got free subs to Maxim, Stuff, and FHM but I used to pay for them before I got industry comped.

The hahahahahars are funny, they have interesting Guinness Book of World Record-style facts, and there's lots of celebrity babes in lingerie, which I think is actually sexier than nudity.

Brujah · 04-10-2004, 05:22 PM

I buy it because it's funny. Good articles, great personality.

Rictor · 04-10-2004, 05:22 PM

Of course, I also have a subscription to Playboy.

dunefield · 04-10-2004, 05:22 PM

i'm a fan of esquire and gq... much more than just girls in skimpy gear... more of a lifestyle mag...

Rictor · 04-10-2004, 05:29 PM

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Originally posted by dunefield
i'm a fan of esquire and gq... much more than just girls in skimpy gear... more of a lifestyle mag...

Yah, I definitely don't live that lifestyle. They seem to be aimed at old men.

Also, Playboy's wine and cigar articles put me to sleep. I'll never be a drinker or a smoker no matter how much money I have.

Huggles · 04-10-2004, 05:30 PM

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Originally posted by dunefield
i'm a fan of esquire and gq... much more than just girls in skimpy gear... more of a lifestyle mag...

Yeah, but those mags probably have more content as far as OTHER than skimpy clothed women.

DBS.US · 04-10-2004, 05:30 PM

If they didn't read it they would not know what was "cool" and would not know what to buy

Brujah · 04-10-2004, 05:30 PM

Maxim > Playboy

Playboy is getting desperate.. Pamela Anderson.. fucking please.

Doctor Dre · 04-10-2004, 05:31 PM

I dunno never bought any of thoses magasines

Sly_RJ · 04-10-2004, 05:31 PM

The magazines are full of fun readings and interesting facts. They're magazines catered to guys. It's not just about the chicks.

doober · 04-10-2004, 05:32 PM

"mind candy"

Huggles · 04-10-2004, 05:33 PM

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Originally posted by Rictor

Yah, I definitely don't live that lifestyle. They seem to be aimed at old men.

I dunno. What "lifestyle" must you have to buy FHM or Maxim? Personally checking out girls in a magazine to me is pointless. What's the point when I can go out and meet a girl like that instead of sitting and staring at a picture of a girl I'll never meet?

I'm not trying to be insulting, either. I hope nohahahaha thinks I'm being offensive. Maybe I'm just totally desensitized to media of women getting fucked / posing / sucking / fisting / etc. I just can't get turned on unless I'm actually with a girl, flirting, fucking, or whatever.

dirtyone · 04-10-2004, 05:33 PM

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Originally posted by Huggles
They are just dumbed down versions of Playboy.

It seems most of the guys that I know that typically buy those magazines can't score with girls, drive Mustangs / Camaros, watch professional sports, drink cheap beer, and work construction jobs.

It's like a print version of MTV.

You know, short attention span, flashy pictures, pimpin lifestyles.

And what the hell is wrong with Mustangs, sports, cheap beer, and contstruction jobs?

Huggles · 04-10-2004, 05:34 PM

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Originally posted by Brujah
Maxim > Playboy

Playboy is getting desperate.. Pamela Anderson.. fucking please.

lol Pamela is so washed up.

Huggles · 04-10-2004, 05:35 PM

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Originally posted by dirtyone

And what the hell is wrong with Mustangs, sports, cheap beer, and contstruction jobs?

Hehe, when I was 19 I had a 5.0 convertible, played roller hockey, drank Molson Wildcat, and did insulation briefly before I got a job driving a 5 ton.

beemk · 04-10-2004, 05:39 PM

i have a free subscription to maxim... i read it every once in a while.

crockett · 04-10-2004, 05:47 PM

I get FHM for free but I'd never buy it or maxim... I passed up the freebies of maxim and stuff..

The only mag I've found sofar in that niche that's worth buying is Gear Mag. It's the only one I've found with the right combo of hot babes and good articles. IMO FHM and Maxim are for the people that don't like to read and just look at the glossy pictures

slapass · 04-10-2004, 05:49 PM

Magazines are dead. Think of the volume the thehun.com does compared to Maxim:

"Maxim has the largest circulation out of the three, with an average circulation in the second half of last year of 2.5 million, and it sells an average of 848,000 copies a month on newsstands, a highly lucrative revenue stream, according to the newspaper."

http://money.cnn.com/2003/05/06/news.../walmart_mags/

doornx · 04-10-2004, 06:19 PM

these magazines are just time killers..i always enjoyed reading men's health for some reason (i was a workout buff at the time)

i don't buy magazines for semi-nude girls, couldn't care less, just to kill a but of time while eating my lunch

AdultNex · 04-10-2004, 06:20 PM

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Originally posted by slapass
Magazines are dead. Think of the volume the thehun.com does compared to Maxim:

"Maxim has the largest circulation out of the three, with an average circulation in the second half of last year of 2.5 million, and it sells an average of 848,000 copies a month on newsstands, a highly lucrative revenue stream, according to the newspaper."

http://money.cnn.com/2003/05/06/news.../walmart_mags/

True, hence why you can get so many Maxim and FHM subs for free.

They need people for circulation and marketing for their advertisers.

SykkBoy · 04-10-2004, 06:21 PM

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Originally posted by slapass
Magazines are dead. Think of the volume the thehun.com does compared to Maxim:

"Maxim has the largest circulation out of the three, with an average circulation in the second half of last year of 2.5 million, and it sells an average of 848,000 copies a month on newsstands, a highly lucrative revenue stream, according to the newspaper."

http://money.cnn.com/2003/05/06/news.../walmart_mags/

yeah, but I can read about cheap beer or oggle lingerie clad babes onm the shitter with a magazine, but can't do that with the hun

I'm also way desensitized to porn, so lingerie clad celebs are much hotter to me than the latest incest victim getting throatfucked by a guy wouldn't even get laid if not for porn anyways....

woj · 04-10-2004, 06:36 PM

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Originally posted by crockett
I get FHM for free but I'd never buy it or maxim... I passed up the freebies of maxim and stuff..

How does one get hooked up with free copy of FHM?

digi · 04-10-2004, 06:40 PM

I buy maxim so I have something fun to read on the toilet.

modelgigtalent · 04-10-2004, 07:13 PM

What you would be surprised to know is that Maxim and especially FHM are taking a huge market share of buyers and subscribers from Playboy.

Ic3m4nZ · 04-10-2004, 07:16 PM

I read Maxim sometimes.. not a bad mag at all and you have almost everything in it.

Webasic · 04-10-2004, 07:18 PM

here's a better question...why do people start so many useless threads?

dirtyone · 04-10-2004, 07:22 PM

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Originally posted by slapass
Magazines are dead. Think of the volume the thehun.com does compared to Maxim:

"Maxim has the largest circulation out of the three, with an average circulation in the second half of last year of 2.5 million, and it sells an average of 848,000 copies a month on newsstands, a highly lucrative revenue stream, according to the newspaper."

http://money.cnn.com/2003/05/06/news.../walmart_mags/

Bullshit... Most people don't have computers in thier bathrooms yet.

As long as nature calls magazines will always have a place.

tootie · 04-10-2004, 07:28 PM

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Originally posted by Huggles
They are just dumbed down versions of Playboy.

It seems most of the guys that I know that typically buy those magazines can't score with girls, drive Mustangs / Camaros, watch professional sports, drink cheap beer, and work construction jobs.

My husband is none of those things and we both enjoy Maxim and FHM. Maybe we are the exception, but we feel that it can be sexy to leave something to the imagination.

Plus, they had my favorite chef, Rachael Ray, in skimpy clothes. She's hot!

SykkBoy · 04-10-2004, 08:59 PM

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Originally posted by tootie

Plus, they had my favorite chef, Rachael Ray, in skimpy clothes. She's hot!

definitely! She is soooo damn hot, it was great to see FHM finally do a shot with her, but they need to do another and do more than a handful of pics ;-)

Kard63 · 04-10-2004, 09:03 PM

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Originally posted by Huggles
They are just dumbed down versions of Playboy.

It seems most of the guys that I know that typically buy those magazines can't score with girls, drive Mustangs / Camaros, watch professional sports, drink cheap beer, and work construction jobs.

That stuff is true of ployboy readers too, lol. Sounds like you fancy yourself a sophisticant. I don't know about that but I know sometimes maxim and FHM are hotter and a lot of people look better with a little clothes on.

KRL · 04-10-2004, 09:37 PM

Are you kidding me?

Maxim and FHM blow Playboy away. I'm sure Hef cringes with envy over all the top advertisers those mags pull in every month.

But yeh, overall, the magazine market is in rough shape. The Internet hit their sector hard.

tootie · 04-10-2004, 09:39 PM

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Originally posted by SykkBoy2

definitely! She is soooo damn hot, it was great to see FHM finally do a shot with her, but they need to do another and do more than a handful of pics ;-)

I agree. I want to see more of her, for sure. My husband bought me two of her cookbooks recently because he knows how much I like her.

Melvin the Dude · 04-10-2004, 09:43 PM

Playboy is dead. The only people that read that now are old men, and social-outcasts.

Maxim/FHM are typical of "hip" magazines of the new generation. The women are MUCH hotter (than Playboy) and the photography is superior.

Playboy has seen it's day.

psyko514 · 04-10-2004, 09:46 PM

I'd much rather read Maxim than Playboy. I've never bought an issue of Playboy.

The articles in Maxim are hilarious.

Baal · 04-10-2004, 10:25 PM

Heh, I see Maxim as Mad magazine with softcore models. I get it for free but I'd never buy it.

The only magazine that I actually pay for is Scientific American. Not too much T&A in that one

schiz · 04-10-2004, 10:28 PM

Playboy has nothing worth buying. Maxim, FHM, and the other magazines from that company are hillarious. Most of the stuff inside is funny, and occasionally they have some information stuff too.

crockett · 04-10-2004, 11:07 PM

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Originally posted by woj

How does one get hooked up with free copy of FHM?

just check http://www.spoofee.com every day.. I havn't been watching lately but normally they will have a free years subscription every few months for one of the mags.. Maxim and stuff are the most common, I only saw FHM once that's why I signed up for it..

cayne · 04-11-2004, 05:53 AM

I'm not buying these magazines but I have to say that I prefer non-nude pics. (in a magazine)

Manowar · 04-11-2004, 05:55 AM

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Originally posted by DBS.US
If they didn't read it they would not know what was "cool" and would not know what to buy

Buying something to realise what is cool and what else you should buy, clever

Marcus Aurelius · 04-11-2004, 06:06 AM

If you let the type of magazines you read define you as a person or judge others based on their choice in reading material then you know little of human nature and are as shallow as a midget wading pool.

Here start with THIS and get back to us when your ready for something more advanced.

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Rictor Old Timer Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 12,208	I've got free subs to Maxim, Stuff, and FHM but I used to pay for them before I got industry comped. The hahahahahars are funny, they have interesting Guinness Book of World Record-style facts, and there's lots of celebrity babes in lingerie, which I think is actually sexier than nudity.

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crockett in a van by the river Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 76,806	I get FHM for free but I'd never buy it or maxim... I passed up the freebies of maxim and stuff.. The only mag I've found sofar in that niche that's worth buying is Gear Mag. It's the only one I've found with the right combo of hot babes and good articles. IMO FHM and Maxim are for the people that don't like to read and just look at the glossy pictures __________________ In November, you can vote for America's next president or its first dictator.

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slapass Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Earth Posts: 14,622	Magazines are dead. Think of the volume the thehun.com does compared to Maxim: "Maxim has the largest circulation out of the three, with an average circulation in the second half of last year of 2.5 million, and it sells an average of 848,000 copies a month on newsstands, a highly lucrative revenue stream, according to the newspaper." http://money.cnn.com/2003/05/06/news.../walmart_mags/

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doornx Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: ICQ : 946 3375 Posts: 2,531	these magazines are just time killers..i always enjoyed reading men's health for some reason (i was a workout buff at the time) i don't buy magazines for semi-nude girls, couldn't care less, just to kill a but of time while eating my lunch __________________ Send me a PM for design work

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Ic3m4nZ Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Montreal! Posts: 6,285	I read Maxim sometimes.. not a bad mag at all and you have almost everything in it.

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KRL Entrepreneur Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: USA Posts: 31,429	Are you kidding me? Maxim and FHM blow Playboy away. I'm sure Hef cringes with envy over all the top advertisers those mags pull in every month. But yeh, overall, the magazine market is in rough shape. The Internet hit their sector hard. __________________ If you would like to develop your domains, you can lease inexpensive foreign labor from the leaders in the field at iWebmasters.com TO LOWER YOUR COSTS AND INCREASE YOUR PRODUCTION! * * * * * * * * * * * * Domains Adult News KRL's Newsletter Biz Tips Just Listed Domains

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Melvin the Dude Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 844	Playboy is dead. The only people that read that now are old men, and social-outcasts. Maxim/FHM are typical of "hip" magazines of the new generation. The women are MUCH hotter (than Playboy) and the photography is superior. Playboy has seen it's day.

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Baal Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: SoCal Posts: 696	Heh, I see Maxim as Mad magazine with softcore models. I get it for free but I'd never buy it. The only magazine that I actually pay for is Scientific American. Not too much T&A in that one

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schiz Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Middle of a cornfield Posts: 1,103	Playboy has nothing worth buying. Maxim, FHM, and the other magazines from that company are hillarious. Most of the stuff inside is funny, and occasionally they have some information stuff too.

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