alt title(s): I Watch It For The Economics
- 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.
- This is a complaint that men have had for years. Other magazines will have pictures of naked women on just about every page, but Playboy will normally have two to three pictorials and the rest is filled with articles and advertisements.
- This editor read Twilight in order to impress a girl. The whole series. Then he saw the movie because he totally loves Alice. It's hard to justify this to his friends.
- This troper plays Jewelry Master Twinkle
for the gameplay. Admittedly, the Dating Sim elements give him more incentive to finish each mode.
- I don't have a transformation fetish. I just... Like... The backstories...
- Some of us (American) tropers watch the Super Bowl for the ads. You know who you are.
Yeah, I know, you only read
this article for its searing indictment of human nature. Sure you do.
