Stating the Obvious: Gentlemen Do Not...
Sep. 30th, 2008 07:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elfsThis morning on the bus I happened to glance over at the rider next to me. He held in his hand a copy of King magazine [Warning: probably NSFW], and he was reading an article entitled "50 Rules To Being a Gentleman."
King is what is known as a lad rag, along the lines of Maxim, Loaded or Zoo, featuring semi-naked women in the US or even topless ones in civilized nations like the UK and Australia. I believe I've even mentioned it before. Ah, here it is, October 19, 2004. Ignore its ethnic target (it's content is mostly aimed at black men), the essentials of King, Maxim, etc. is that they are about men at their most atrocious: concerned only with getting laid, getting rich, and being seen.
I hesitate to point this out because it should seem rather obvious: Rule #1: Gentlemen do not read King.
At least, not in public.
King is what is known as a lad rag, along the lines of Maxim, Loaded or Zoo, featuring semi-naked women in the US or even topless ones in civilized nations like the UK and Australia. I believe I've even mentioned it before. Ah, here it is, October 19, 2004. Ignore its ethnic target (it's content is mostly aimed at black men), the essentials of King, Maxim, etc. is that they are about men at their most atrocious: concerned only with getting laid, getting rich, and being seen.
I hesitate to point this out because it should seem rather obvious: Rule #1: Gentlemen do not read King.
At least, not in public.
