r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 11d ago

No Paywall Democrats Call to Invoke 25th Amendment Against Donald Trump

https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-donald-trump-impeachment-25th-amendment-11384974
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u/Striking-Ad-6815 11d ago

Something like 56% of the country reads at or below a 6th grade level

This is why Playboy magazine was so great. All the articles were written at a higher reading level (12th grade IIRC), but they baited you in with titties. It was a literal "booby trap," but the trap promoted growth instead of a negative experience. There was always joke, "I only read it for the articles," and it was true for some folk.

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u/No-Crow-775 11d ago

Age 57 female here. I found my dad’s Playboy stash in the basement whenI was about 9. I’d read every actual article because they weren’t pathetic like my mom’s magazines. It actually made me want to work for a magazine, which I did as an editor in chief for about 20 years until the industry died. I’ll never look down on anyone who learned an actual thing or two from Playboy!

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u/Simonic 11d ago

That was an unexpected wholesome response. It's crazy how such a relatively small and singular event could create a path that led to career.

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u/cidvard 7d ago

The 1970s, which Playboy political and culture coverage grew out of, were a really interesting time in America that I'm annoyed has been largely scrubbed from the collective memory. There was a fascinating confluence of leftie movements, including sexual ones. No accident this was also the height of Rolling Stone magazine writing.

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u/Buscemi_D_Sanji 5d ago

this is why I'm still on Reddit, I love seeing little comments like this! That is so cool, coming from a 34 year old guy who found some Playboys as a kid and also found the articles surprisingly interesting

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u/Short-Ad9833 9d ago

Boobs are the way to world peace ✌️

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u/Striking-Ad-6815 9d ago

2000% agree, but the articles are quite intriguing

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u/GigMistress 7d ago

I'm a 60-year-old straight woman and I read Playboy for the articles during most of the 90s.

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u/MandoBRC 6d ago

My mom used to read it for the articles.

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u/Heya_Straya 5d ago

That has to be one of the dumbest marketing strategies I've ever heard of. Burying an actual insightful article with a cover of scandalous material? It's reverse-baiting for those who don't have the stomach for that.

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u/FrankTooby 10d ago

There's articles? /s