- In an inversion, one of my friends claims that her parents only read The Economist for the pretty pictures.
- I did a report in middle school on Bill Gates... and my primary source was a Playboy interview with him. Curiously, it got no mention by my teacher, despite being right there in the bibliography.
- Same here, except it was Jimmy Carter and I was in college. Also, I got a copy for research purposes after I applied for an editorial internship at the magazine (without success).
- You know that "It's always time story" by Oblimo? The one involving goo girls made out of Jello, mind control, hermaphrodites, magic, and stuff like that? I was just reading it for the mythological underpinnings and the Shout Outs to memes. No, seriously; I was literally scrolling past the porn to get to the plot when I stopped and went "...what's wrong with me?" Then I kept scrolling. Come to think, this very trope may be the reason this is apparently the first reference to the story on TV Tropes.
- When I was maybe 11 or 12, while waiting for a haircut, my mom was shocked to discover that A. I had picked up one of the Playboys the establishment had as reading material, and B. I was, in fact, reading articles in it.
- This Trouper reads Maxim for the articles. Ofcourse.... the pictures do help to keep your attention....
- The way I see it, there is no other reason to buy the Playboy (at least the german edition) sure, it HAS nice pictures to look at, but the articles make up a fairly large part of it. If someone just wants to look at pictures of naked women there are virtually hundreds of other possiblities.
Yeah, I know, you only read
this article for its searing indictment of human nature. Sure you do.
