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thenewgreen  ·  4576 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: You Will Never Sleep With a Woman Who Looks Like That
Great read, I really enjoyed this. This brought back so many memories of bing a 12 year old boy. Perfectly written imo.

    At the time, porn magazines were like Lamborghinis: You knew they existed, and though you'd never seen one in person, you were sure you'd have one when you got older.




b_b  ·  4576 days ago  ·  link  ·  
This did bring back a lot of 12 year old memories. Specifically, I had a brief, but intense, kleptomania phase at that age. My favorite thing to steal was porn mags. Back in '94 they used to have Hustler, Penthouse, Playboy, et al on the magazine rack at BN, not behind the counter as it subsequently became. My friends would always be the lookout (I guess I was the Michael character) while I stuffed magazines inside my jacket. We would usually look at them once then abandon them in the woods, because we were all too scared to keep porn mags in our bedroom. But holy shit did we learn a lot, sick shit that a 12 year old mind isn't quite equipped to process; it takes a real cynic to appreciate some of the odd bondage found in Hustler, not a naive tween. Oh Larry Flynt, what an education you gave me.
thenewgreen  ·  4576 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I never had the Klepto phase but the porn phase was true enough. We relied on my dad's stash and occasionally we'd find some of my uncles. When those two wells went dry... well, necessity is the mother of invention
b_b  ·  4576 days ago  ·  link  ·  
God I wish I could get my hands on a copy of In the Bushes.
thenewgreen  ·  4576 days ago  ·  link  ·  
It's now the stuff of legend. Whenever my brother and I get together and have too many drinks the talk always shifts to In The Bushes. We proudly recount our venture in to the smut publication business.
b_b  ·  4576 days ago  ·  link  ·  
You should bring it back. You could market it as "locally produced, craft smut". That kind of shit is hot right now.
thenewgreen  ·  4576 days ago  ·  link  ·  
It's all you pal. My brother, cousin and I will give you 70% and take 30 as silent partners.

still kind of scared my mom will find it