Lads mags all ceasing

Ally Dick · 10-12-2015 10:11PM #1

I have never been a fan of these so called lads mags - Zoo, Nuts and FHM. Still, I am surprised to hear that they have all ceased publication. Are the grubbier mags taking their market share, or is the internet to blame?

jamesbere · 10-12-2015 10:13PM

When a simple Internet search can show you boobies, who needs magazine's

MilesMorales1 · 10-12-2015 10:14PM

They're not all gone. Just most of them.

King George VI · 10-12-2015 10:17PM

I bet it's that Varadkar bastard's fault.

Dep! · 10-12-2015 10:17PM

Ally Dick wrote: »

I have never been a fan of these so called lads mags - Zoo, Nuts and FHM.

Last I checked FHM and Maxim were still selling good numbers so I doubt they have ceased just yet.

Fleawuss · 10-12-2015 10:26PM

Lads are **** much less. Recession like.

Menas · 10-12-2015 10:28PM

But if most people claim to buy them for the good in-depth articles then I fail to see how free internet porn could be impacting on their sales!

Insect Overlord · 10-12-2015 10:28PM

Azalea wrote: »

Even though it's because the internet has eliminated a substantial chunk of print consumers, I'm still going to blame the feminists.

There was a campaigner from Britain interviewed on NewsTalk or Today FM (can't remember which) last week and she was tooting her own horn about how this was a great victory for them. Bollox. Don't give 'em the satisfaction!

Lights On · 10-12-2015 10:34PM

I'm not sure about ceasing but any time I've had any of them they've always ended up sticking!

darkpagandeath · 10-12-2015 10:36PM

An File wrote: »

There was a campaigner from Britain interviewed on NewsTalk or Today FM (can't remember which) last week and she was tooting her own horn about how this was a great victory for them. Bollox. Don't give 'em the satisfaction!

Did the person have a peer reviewed study correlating Feminist actions and the drop in sale of these magazines.. Wait I think I know the Answer. :pac:

AnonoBoy · 10-12-2015 10:59PM

Print in general is having a bit of a hard time lately in case nobody noticed. If all you're offering is sh*te articles and topless pictures of women then you're not in with much of a chance now are you?

Ally Dick · 10-12-2015 11:06PM

Dep! wrote: »

Last I checked FHM and Maxim were still selling good numbers so I doubt they have ceased just yet.

FHM ceased publishing on 17th November last.

Maxim is still on the go

Hammer89 · 10-12-2015 11:06PM

An File wrote: »

There was a campaigner from Britain interviewed on NewsTalk or Today FM (can't remember which) last week and she was tooting her own horn about how this was a great victory for them. Bollox. Don't give 'em the satisfaction!

I didn't know Caitlyn was that flexible.

L.Jenkins · 10-12-2015 11:17PM

Fleawuss wrote: »

Lads are **** much less. Recession like.

Or they're turning what they do have to cardboard at this stage.

Jesus Wept · 10-12-2015 11:20PM

ah memories

Rym Shanley · 10-12-2015 11:29PM

If they showed minge and full bottomless shots eg "pink" then they'd be fine.

AnonoBoy · 10-12-2015 11:32PM

Rym Shanley wrote: »

If they showed minge and full bottomless shots eg "pink" then they'd be fine.

I'm glad you clarified that by saying "pink" - I honestly had no idea what you were talking about up to that point.

jimgoose · 10-12-2015 11:37PM

"Retro Ford" has shut the whole lot of them down. Today's bearded, duffle-coated young-fella-me-wotsit about town is tugging the head off it to exploded diagrams of Type 9 gearboxes, ZVH Mk. III Cortinas and rat-infested Poplars. Rock on!

cantdecide · 11-12-2015 12:00AM

jimgoose wrote: »

"Retro Ford" has shut the whole lot of them down. Today's bearded, duffle-coated young-fella-me-wotsit about town is tugging the head off it to exploded diagrams of Type 9 gearboxes, ZVH Mk. III Cortinas and rat-infested Poplars. Rock on!

Cylinder head, presumably.

jimgoose · 11-12-2015 12:11AM

cantdecide wrote: »

Cylinder head, presumably.

That's hardcore Sh1theaping for you - the only silicone is in the brake-fluid.

randy hickey · 11-12-2015 01:04AM

Ride me sideways was another one.

NIMAN · 11-12-2015 01:11AM

I think men in their 30s and 40s out buying magazines mainly for the purpose of seeing heavily airbrushed and photoshopped women in little or no clothes is rather sad on so many levels.

esforum · 11-12-2015 01:15AM

Once you have seen Lucy Pinder naked why buy a second copy? And if the mags are just churning oout the same jokes and pointless articles inbetween naked women, then it all becomes pointless.

I used to buy FHM then it got filled with fashion, then I would pick up Nuts or Zoo here or there, not all the time but either they got crapper or I got older, whichever was the cause I just found their content was the same repeated childish bull**** so stopped bothering

Lingua Franca · 11-12-2015 01:16AM

Print media is dying fast.

nullzero · 11-12-2015 01:17AM

No more FHM? How will I now be able to tell who the one hundred sexiest women on earth are on an annual basis?

Ally Dick · 11-12-2015 01:25AM

Let's be frank here. If you are going to have a pedal and crank, you'd probably choose something stronger than Nuts or FHM. That's probably why they're on the way out. You can get whatever you want online anyway

NIMAN · 11-12-2015 01:27AM

esforum wrote: »

Once you have seen Lucy Pinder naked why buy a second copy? And if the mags are just churning oout the same jokes and pointless articles inbetween naked women, then it all becomes pointless.

I used to buy FHM then it got filled with fashion, then I would pick up Nuts or Zoo here or there, not all the time but either they got crapper or I got older, whichever was the cause I just found their content was the same repeated childish bull**** so stopped bothering

Basically, you grew up. Like a lot of their readers.

weldoninhio · 11-12-2015 01:31AM

NIMAN wrote: »

Basically, you grew up. Like a lot of their readers.

Exactly, you do grow out of them. I used to buy them monthly. I'd be more likely to buy FourFourTwo now.

esforum · 11-12-2015 02:39AM

NIMAN wrote: »

Basically, you grew up. Like a lot of their readers.

dammit, I'm officially old

NachoBusiness · 11-12-2015 03:00AM

Surprised that their demise was not sooner tbh.

Also amazes me that sex shops are still open. How they make enough money to meet their overheads each week is baffling. The only time I myself have ever frequented one was in the late 90s (when jpegs took three days to download) to buy Pam & Tommy's honeymoon video but had I had the option of downloading it in the peace and quiet of my bedroom, of course I would have done so. Was morto buying it. Started telling the guy I was big Motley Crue fan. Who goes into these places and buys porn, sex toys and the like when they could get it cheaper and more discreetly online? Weirdos, that's who. But are there really enough weirdos knocking about to keep these people in business? Evidently there are. Well, it's weird. Satisfy your inner pervert online like normal people ffs!

Medusa22 · 11-12-2015 03:47AM

NachoBusiness wrote: »

Surprised that their demise was not sooner tbh.

Also amazes me that sex shops are still open. How they make enough money to meet their overheads each week is baffling. The only time I myself have ever frequented one was in the late 90s (when jpegs took three days to download) to buy Pam & Tommy's honeymoon video but had I had the option of downloading it in the peace and quiet of my bedroom, of course I would have done so. Was morto buying it. Started telling the guy I was big Motley Crue fan. Who goes into these places and buys porn, sex toys and the like when they could get it cheaper and more discreetly online? Weirdos, that's who. But are there really enough weirdos knocking about to keep these people in business? Evidently there are. Well, it's weird. Satisfy your inner pervert online like normal people ffs!

Sometimes it's easier to judge the girth and length of a toy by giving it a good feel and you can't do that online

Lads mags all ceasing

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