# Aniston GQ Cover. Wow. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 13, 2008, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aniston-gq-cover-wow/476976 "2008-12-13T02:36:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aniston-gq-cover-wow/476976/41 "2008-12-13T18:06:28Z")
> [@Valgard](#): > > Depending where you work this might be NSFW; it’s a national magazine cover and not explicit (due to strategically placed limbs and necktie) but it’s mighty suggestive so use your best judgement. “Suggestive”? Only in the sense that a request from Don Corleone can be characterized as a “suggestion”! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aniston-gq-cover-wow/476976/42 "2008-12-13T18:08:35Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > AJ’s also hotter and younger, not to mention more intelligent and more talented. What evidence is there that Jolie is particularly intelligent, or than Aniston is not? Big props to Jolie for her humanitarian work, which she has tackled with sincerity and alacrity, but it doesn’t make her a genius, does it? By all accounts, the reason Pitt left Aniston for Jolie is that Jolie wanted children and Aniston didn’t. That’s a pretty significant relationship issue. ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aniston-gq-cover-wow/476976/43 "2008-12-13T18:44:28Z")
[Photoshop Tutorial](http://www.photoshopsupport.com/photoshop-blog/07/04/skin-photoshop-photo-retouching-book.html) [Youtube of a Hillary Duff Makeover](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8_mVF28VAQ) [Celebrities Before/After Photoshop](http://bestpicsaround.com/pic-1834-Celebrities-Before-and-After-Photoshop) ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aniston-gq-cover-wow/476976/44 "2008-12-13T19:46:10Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > What evidence is there that Jolie is particularly intelligent I didn’t say she was _particularly_ intelligent, I said she was more intelligent than Jennifer Aniston. That’s not a high bar. I base that conclusion on subjective perceptions of her interviews and her talent. > [@](#): > > , or than Aniston is not? She was on _Friends_. > [@](#): > > Big props to Jolie for her humanitarian work, which she has tackled with sincerity and alacrity, but it doesn’t make her a genius, does it? I didn’t say she was a genius. She is, however, an exceptionally good actress, which suggests a certain level of intelligence in my book. Aniston hits her marks and says her lines. She never becomes a character. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aniston-gq-cover-wow/476976/45 "2008-12-13T19:53:00Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > They match her chin. She could use that thing to dig potatoes. That would be an interesting product to market to farmers. “Now featuring the Jennifer Annison Potato Digger ™!” I imagine it would have her mug plastered over the side of the machine, shaped like her chin and elbows. ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aniston-gq-cover-wow/476976/46 "2008-12-13T19:53:43Z")
I’ve never seen any out-of-character interviews with either Aniston or Jolie, nor have I read any extensive interviews with either. I have, however, known actresses (though not famous ones). You don’t have to be intelligent to be a good actress, or even to play an intelligent character. Gillian Anderson, for instance, claims she is nowhere near as intelligent as Dana Scully. Intelligence helps, but it is certainly not necessary, to speak intelligent lines. However, it does take some intelligence to play dumb well, in my opinion. And the idea that somebody is stupid because they appeared on a television show you don’t like … good grief, that’s what you call evidence? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aniston-gq-cover-wow/476976/47 "2008-12-13T20:19:00Z")
> [@Valgard](#): > > I don’t have any particular feelings about her acting one way or the other, however I just saw her photo on the cover of GQ and yowza. To each his own. She doesn’t, and never really has, done a thing for me. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aniston-gq-cover-wow/476976/48 "2008-12-13T20:36:20Z")
[QUOTE=ZebraShaSha;10567541 [Celebrities Before/After Photoshop] ([http://bestpicsaround.com/pic-1834-Celebrities-Before-and-After-Photoshop](http://bestpicsaround.com/pic-1834-Celebrities-Before-and-After-Photoshop)) [/QUOTE] Got to be the worst website design ever. You got subtle comparisons, which scroll vertically, not side by side so you could actually, you know, compare them. ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aniston-gq-cover-wow/476976/49 "2008-12-13T20:38:55Z")
2 words: Air Brush having said that, she does look smokin’ in the picture 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aniston-gq-cover-wow/476976/50 "2008-12-13T20:49:10Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I didn’t say she was _particularly_ intelligent, I said she was more intelligent than Jennifer Aniston. That’s not a high bar. I base that conclusion on subjective perceptions of her interviews and her talent. > > She was on _Friends_. Are you fucking serious? You actually think appearing on a popular sitcom proves someone’s not smart? How does that work? Seems to me it’s a pretty smart move to get yourself on a show that makes you a hillion-jillion dollars. Wish I was that smart. And bear in mind that a hell of a lot of actors appeared on _Friends_. But, seriously; do you have any actual reason to think Angelina Jolie’s smarter than Jennifer Aniston? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aniston-gq-cover-wow/476976/51 "2008-12-13T21:10:43Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > do you have any actual reason to think Angelina Jolie’s smarter than Jennifer Aniston? smart-ass comment follows She won. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aniston-gq-cover-wow/476976/52 "2008-12-13T21:11:54Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > But, seriously; do you have any actual reason to think Angelina Jolie’s smarter than Jennifer Aniston? It’s not an uncommon perception. “Dumb” comes up pretty often in descriptions of Aniston. Perhaps only less frequent than “boring”. ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aniston-gq-cover-wow/476976/53 "2008-12-13T21:24:23Z")
Really? Because when I look at Jennifer Aniston I get “warm and friendly” and when I see Angelina Jolie I see “plastic, distant, and aloof.” ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aniston-gq-cover-wow/476976/54 "2008-12-13T21:34:40Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > It’s not an uncommon perception. “Dumb” comes up pretty often in descriptions of Aniston. Perhaps only less frequent than “boring”. I saw her interviewed on Leno years ago and I was _highly_ unimpressed. She was obviously a ditz and not even an entertainingly funny one, like Jessica Simpson. I’m not exactly a big celebrity follower, but I’ll read People or Entertainment Weekly in waiting rooms, or Vanity Fair interviews when I’m visiting my parents (they have a subscription) and I’ve read several interviews with Angelina Jolie which show her to be an intelligent and interesting person. I know which one I’d rather hang out with, and I’m not interested in having sex with either of them. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aniston-gq-cover-wow/476976/55 "2008-12-13T21:36:16Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > But, seriously; do you have any actual reason to think Angelina Jolie’s smarter than Jennifer Aniston? Angelina-Crappy tattoos Jennifer-No known tattoos Point Anniston ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aniston-gq-cover-wow/476976/56 "2008-12-13T21:49:48Z")
C’mon, all of you are missing the obvious. Pitt replaced Jennifer Aniston with Angelina Jolie. J. A. =\> A. J. It’s numerology, man! ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aniston-gq-cover-wow/476976/57 "2008-12-13T21:49:49Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > Sorry to harsh the horny again, guys, but does nobody else find her looking way too skinny? Her waist, her wrists, her ankles–they’re kind of worrying me here. No. Perhaps you’re so accustomed to seeing overweight people that somebody of a healthy weight seems too skinny to you. ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aniston-gq-cover-wow/476976/58 "2008-12-13T22:01:18Z")
I’ve never understood why people see her as attractive. She just doesn’t do it for it. I find her rather uninteresting looking. Plain. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aniston-gq-cover-wow/476976/59 "2008-12-13T22:43:30Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > No. Perhaps you’re so accustomed to seeing overweight people that somebody of a healthy weight seems too skinny to you. Yeah, I’ve got to agree with you here. Her wrists and ankles look almost as big as mine, and I’m a dude - and the picture doesn’t even show a good view of her waist. What do you think wrists and ankles should look like, Kythereia? Obviously something wildly different if hers are worrying you. I’ve always thought they’re supposed to be boney in healthy people and fatty deposits around them would worry me a lot more. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aniston-gq-cover-wow/476976/60 "2008-12-13T22:44:34Z")
> [@autz](#): > > She just doesn’t do it for it. Having some self-esteem issues? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aniston-gq-cover-wow/476976.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aniston-gq-cover-wow/476976.md?page=4)