Time launches new adult magazine

[Flatchett]

http://www.theonion.com/video/time-announces-new-version-of-magazine-aimed-at-ad,17950/

This says it all. We're fucked.

[C.J.Woolf]

Heh. At first I thought you meant "adult" as in SexyTime.

[stigmatica]

Heh. At first I thought you meant "adult" as in SexyTime.

+1

I guess my head's in the gutter. Also. I'm totally disappointed.

[Flatchett]

I felt if I phrased it differently, people would be less likely to wtfv. Now it seems I've just given everyone blue balls. Oh well.

[SensEye]

Heh. At first I thought you meant "adult" as in SexyTime.Me too. But as soon as I saw The Onion link I knew it was a spoof anyway. I didn't sit through the ad before the video, so I still have no idea what this is about.

[MacGuffin]

Me too. But as soon as I saw The Onion link I knew it was a spoof anyway. I didn't sit through the ad before the video, so I still have no idea what this is about.
+1

[Flatchett]

Goddamn you fuckers, watch the fucking video. It's about the state of mainstream US journalism.

[stuck]

+1

I didn't even open the thread.






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[MacGuffin]

Goddamn you fuckers, watch the fucking video. It's about the state of mainstream US journalism.

My "+1" was a comment on the state of mainstream US journalism!

[Stigmata]

You led us all on to believe this video was about making fuck.

[Risingson]

Is the "Read/Skim/Toss" thing real? Is that how book reviews actually look in Time magazine?

Tell me it's not. Please.

[oxyjen]

TIME has stepped it up a notch, since they recently acquired my secret boyfriend Fareed Zakaria :wub:

[giegs]

You seem to covet most things with a pulse.


And who wants to read well written and researched articles on contemporary events? Or analysis without certain conclusions? Not me.

[oxyjen]

You seem to covet most things with a highly developed cerebral cortex pulse.


And who wants to read well written and researched articles on contemporary events? Or analysis without certain conclusions? Not me.

FYP

[stuck]

Ok, the part with the kids made me lol.

[Skinart]

Damnit. I too was all set for NSFW content. Not even side-boob.

[C.J.Woolf]

TIME has stepped it up a notch, since they recently acquired my secret boyfriend Fareed Zakaria :wub:
Time stole him from Newsweek? BASTARDS!

[SensEye]

Is the "Read/Skim/Toss" thing real? Is that how book reviews actually look in Time magazine?

Tell me it's not. Please.LOL, you're not familiar with The Onion are you?

Here's one of my old favorites from them if you need more perspective: http://www.theonion.com/articles/god-angrily-clarifies-dont-kill-rule,222/

[Flatchett]

Umm...that actually is how they review books.

[SensEye]

Umm...that actually is how they review books.Oh my, when satire becomes indisinguishable from reality what's a man to do? Obviously, I'm not much of a Time reader.

[Skinart]

Reading Time is a waste of it.

[Risingson]

LOL, you're not familiar with The Onion are you?

Here's one of my old favorites from them if you need more perspective: http://www.theonion.com/articles/god-angrily-clarifies-dont-kill-rule,222/

I am perfectly familiar with The Onion, just not Time magazine (at least on paper). I'm pretty stunned that it wasn't a parody. Just found an example here: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1968116,00.html

I'd elaborate on that, but I have to go read that book now. Thanks, Time!

[fduniho]

I already saw the video on the Onion. I can't say that I've ever read Time very much. I already read America's Finest News Source. I loved the video, and I liked how it made the point that Time dumbed things down for a relatively uneducated mass audience. I remember looking at Newsweek in high school and not finding much of interest in it. I think it was sort of like People but with world news instead of celebrity gossip. I think Time is similar to Newsweek.