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Playboy and the Markets

 
 
We're The Great Old Ones Now
11:40 / 08.07.03
Ananova

nzoom.com

So it turns out (and dearie, dearie me, Dr. Pettijohn) that "[i]n boom times men prefer pictures of petite girls, but when the economy goes bust, so does Playboy, with curvier, stronger looking women, according to psychologist Dr Terry Pettijohn from Pennsylvania's Mercyhurst College."

Does this mean that I can play the stockmarket on the basis of the bust measurements of the models in Playboy each month? And if so, does that mean that the pictorial editor of Playboy would suddenly become a powerful figure (arf) in the international economy? Will this revelation result in conscious bust-size selection by Playboy? Or will the realisation that this is a barometer immediately obviate its utility as the Playboy Bust Measurement joins the Mars Bar Index as a part of the acknowledged economic system?

Dearie dearie me.
 
 
Ethan Hawke
11:46 / 08.07.03
No, all it means is that when the stockmarket is tanking and your finances are in jeopardy, it's an excellent time to invest in a set of implants.

There are TONS of now-36D former fund managers walking around NYC. Trust me.
 
 
w1rebaby
14:07 / 08.07.03
perhaps slightly flawed theory:

"In short, we want someone to have fun with when times are good, and we want someone to take care of us and themselves when times are bad," he said.

vs

Anna Nicole Smith, the fullest-figured Playmate of the Year to star in the men's magazine, appeared in 1993, one of the worst years on record in terms of economic and social factors.

People wanted Anna Nicole Smith to take care of them?
 
 
We're The Great Old Ones Now
14:11 / 08.07.03
Well, yes, but this was before she had the tv show and anyone knew who she was. Or, obviously, anyone except regular readers of Playboy. And she took care of that nice old billionaire, didn't she? Of course, his nasty family came and took away her inheritance, but still...
 
 
w1rebaby
14:16 / 08.07.03
yes, perhaps I am being unduly influenced by the modern Percocet/small dog image, and not really thinking in historical terms
 
 
We're The Great Old Ones Now
14:58 / 08.07.03
Well, try to stay focused. These are vitally important international issues.
 
 
Saint Keggers
15:15 / 08.07.03
Was Dolly Parton a result of hard times in the country music buisness?
 
 
We're The Great Old Ones Now
15:56 / 08.07.03
There are no other times in the Country Music business. Can you imagine Johnny Cash singing 'Now You're Gone And I'm happy', 'Glad To Be Doing Hard Time' or 'Absolutely No One Died On Christmas Eve'?

Oooh, I sense a market...
 
 
_pin
23:30 / 08.07.03
Did you know Playboy made a chill out mix album? It's called Chilling Out At The Playboy Mansion, and I'm not lying.

I don't care that that doesn't have anything to do with the thread, it's just such an awe-inspiringly evil thing for a company to do. It's like making WMDs with naked 8 year olds with vibrators on the warheads.

Live naked 8 year olds with vibrators on the warheads, no less. None of this namby lberl pictures of naked 8 year olds with vibrators shit.
 
  
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