Posted by: James St. James contact

Details magazine moves away from the gays, cultivates growing douchebag demo

Details is trying to transform itself once again. Of course, it began as one of the most revolutionary magazines of all time (Shout out to Stephen Saban, IN THE HOUSE, Y'ALL, and Annie Flanders, WOOT! WOOT!), then it got sucky, then Joe Dolce briefly made it relevant again in the mid-'90s, then it got sucky again, then it got EXTREMELY gay, and now it's trying very hard to appeal to the guys from Tool Academy. The articles in the this month's issue are absolutely cringe-inducing. "Why It's OK to Stare at Fat People"? "The Best Beers in a Can"? "Killer Orgams: Dying in Pursuit of Pleasure"? And, let me guess, the "Fashion Special: Finding the Perfect Suit" consists of four pages of a dude in a navy Hugo Boss pinstripe suit at a bus station... a dude in a khaki London Fog trench coat, reading a newspaper... and a man with floppy hair and glasses (to evoke nerdishness) with a brown herringbone jacket, standing next to a ridiculously hot woman who's wearing nothing but an oversized mens sweater. IT'S THE SAME LAYOUT EVERY MONTH, GUYS! No wonder American men are the worst dressed in the world! God, I hate this magazine. I swear I'm not going to buy it any more. 



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