Clay Claymore
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With Twitter rolling out the 280 character limit to a select few individuals, I'm surprised to see that Bob wasn't chosen for it. You think if the 280 character limit goes through, Bob will finally stop posting these ridiculously long "threads" on Twitter?
Actually, that's kind of a dumb question. I think we all know the answer.
Update: Sadly, we lost a great American icon tonight. Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has died at the grand old age of 91. He will be missed.
Of course, Bobbo has to have a say on the life and times of ole Hef. Here's what he posted on Twitter regarding Hugh Hefner (I put it in paragraph form to see if his ramblings would make any sense to me.
Spoiler: it doesn't.
Actually, that's kind of a dumb question. I think we all know the answer.
Update: Sadly, we lost a great American icon tonight. Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has died at the grand old age of 91. He will be missed.
Of course, Bobbo has to have a say on the life and times of ole Hef. Here's what he posted on Twitter regarding Hugh Hefner (I put it in paragraph form to see if his ramblings would make any sense to me.
Spoiler: it doesn't.
Hugh Hefner, dead at 91. Incredibly complicated figure and legacy, will be interesting to see how the 21st Century reckons with both. PLAYBOY probably shaped the second half of 20th Century pop-culture more than almost any other media entity. Up there with MAD, Rolling Stone, Time easily. Hef's actual place in the "sexual revolution" is... complicated, to say the least.
It's probably indisputable that PLAYBOY turning [a certain specific idea of] "liberated women" into a fetishized ideal (Hef's social politics were basically "feminism rules! Classy hot gals who don't demand weddings for sex and have their own money!") helped get a generation of men "onboard" if for selfish reasons and that was a big deal. On the other hand, it eventually curdled into the "whaddaya mean I can't compliment your boobs at work, why are you such a REGRESSIVE PURITAN??" douchebag thing, so... yeah. Mixed legacy, long term.
(Also, the heyday of the Mansion Parties were WAY less "whimsical" about the debauchery than pop-history generally depicts," so... yeah.)(There's also the argument that pop-culture overstates Hef/PB's influence because Kinsey is less fun to talk about. Valid.)
When Hefner was a kid, he let his sick dog sleep on his favorite blanket. It died that night. His parents insisted on burning the blanket which he never forgace [sic] them for. It had pictures of rabbits on it and he remembered, vividly, as (yes) "The Bunny Blanket." If you wrote that into the movie, you'd be laughed out of the assignment. But apparently that happened.
It's probably indisputable that PLAYBOY turning [a certain specific idea of] "liberated women" into a fetishized ideal (Hef's social politics were basically "feminism rules! Classy hot gals who don't demand weddings for sex and have their own money!") helped get a generation of men "onboard" if for selfish reasons and that was a big deal. On the other hand, it eventually curdled into the "whaddaya mean I can't compliment your boobs at work, why are you such a REGRESSIVE PURITAN??" douchebag thing, so... yeah. Mixed legacy, long term.
(Also, the heyday of the Mansion Parties were WAY less "whimsical" about the debauchery than pop-history generally depicts," so... yeah.)(There's also the argument that pop-culture overstates Hef/PB's influence because Kinsey is less fun to talk about. Valid.)
When Hefner was a kid, he let his sick dog sleep on his favorite blanket. It died that night. His parents insisted on burning the blanket which he never forgace [sic] them for. It had pictures of rabbits on it and he remembered, vividly, as (yes) "The Bunny Blanket." If you wrote that into the movie, you'd be laughed out of the assignment. But apparently that happened.
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