# When did Penthouse go XXX? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 28, 2001, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-penthouse-go-xxx/63630 "2001-04-28T13:07:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Joaquim\_Matilda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@Joaquim\_Matilda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joaquim_Matilda)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2001, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-penthouse-go-xxx/63630/21 "2001-05-05T15:29:32Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Drastic \* \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Finagle \* > > I’ve got to wonder how porn magazines even stay in business in this day and age of the internet. \*\* Ever tried to jack off watching a computer monitor? Eventually the laptop computers will become interactive. Once that happens the magazines will cease to be staple in our diet. ---
**Author:** ![rngadam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/97f17d/32.png) [@rngadam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rngadam)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2001, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-penthouse-go-xxx/63630/22 "2001-05-05T18:18:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Joaquim Matilda \* > > Ever tried to jack off watching a computer monitor? And the problem is…? ---
**Author:** ![Doubting\_Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Doubting\_Robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doubting_Robert)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-penthouse-go-xxx/63630/23 "2002-08-22T18:54:11Z")
Sticky keys. ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-penthouse-go-xxx/63630/24 "2002-08-22T19:05:05Z")
If Penthouse has gone XXX, then Hustler must be doing scheisse now. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-penthouse-go-xxx/63630/25 "2002-08-22T19:44:24Z")
Next stop: squickville ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-penthouse-go-xxx/63630/26 "2002-08-22T19:48:33Z")
I _thought_ that was Cartman’s mom! ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-penthouse-go-xxx/63630/27 "2002-08-22T23:06:48Z")
Hustler too…quite some time ago, I might add. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-penthouse-go-xxx/63630/28 "2002-08-22T23:14:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Drastic \* > \*\* > I’ve got to wonder how porn magazines even stay in business in this day and age of the internet. > \*\* Well, in a way, [they don’t!](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1917688.stm) ---
**Author:** ![DarkPrince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@DarkPrince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkPrince)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2002, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-penthouse-go-xxx/63630/29 "2002-08-23T01:30:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by skydyvr \* > \*\* > _Originally posted by SPOOFE Bo Diddly_ > \*\* Good god, this thread is old. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2002, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-penthouse-go-xxx/63630/30 "2002-08-23T05:04:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Joaquim Matilda \* > \*\* > > Ever tried to jack off watching a computer monitor? Eventually the laptop computers will become interactive. Once that happens the magazines will cease to be staple in our diet. \*\* I did _not_ have to read this. But I did and I’m eternally sorry about doing so, for I woke the baby with my laughter. But you know, I didn’t really need the image of being given a hand job by your laptop being put into my mind either! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2002, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-penthouse-go-xxx/63630/31 "2002-08-23T06:31:25Z")
Psh. You guys are all mixed up. Penetration shots don’t make Penthouse raunchier than Hustler. The women are better looking and the shots themselves are more professional and “clean” looking. Hustler is definitely uglier and dirtier-looking, despite its lack of penetration. I for one was ecstatic when Penthouse became more explicit, because as far as i know there is no one else filling the niche of easily accessible high-class hardcore porn. And all those “almost” shots in Hustler where the cock gets…just…next…to…her…\*\*\* while she goes “ooooohhhh…” made me want to kill the publisher. BTW, Penthouse has been showing explicit beaver shots for at least the last 10 or 15 years. ---
**Author:** ![Shai\_tan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Shai\_tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shai_tan)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2002, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-penthouse-go-xxx/63630/32 "2002-08-23T07:52:06Z")
I was curious about the sudden switch to hardcore. BTW Hustler shows penetration, pissing, and fisting as well as Penthouse. So do several other Big Name mags. They all switched around the same time. Suprised the hell out of me. Bothered me too… You can buy these things at gas stations (mine has them on a huge rack by the front door, no covering, visible and accessible to EVERYONE who walks in the door. [They carry XXX movies too…wierd…Its a Conoco…]). I wondered… How can they publish such hardcore stuff in a mainstream mag? After discussing it with friends, we decided that Larry Flint (or similiar figure) must have won some major Lawsuit involving Free Speech or whatever. Some law HAD to have recently changed. However, after consulting The Playboy Advisor (almost as respected as Cecil), I discovered it had nothing to do with any laws. None had changed. They were simply trying to compete with the internet. Porn is too accessible with out having to face the lady at the cash register. Makes it feel less dirty. Damn. Now what am I going to do? ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2002, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-penthouse-go-xxx/63630/33 "2002-08-23T08:26:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DarkPrince \* > \*\*Good god, this thread is old. \*\* Our resident datameister might want to undertake the task of figuring out the odds of an old thread getting bumped when linked to in another thread. Queary. Was **Penthouse** ever hardcore before? I know Hustler was hardcore in the late 70s and early 80s what about Penthouse? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-penthouse-go-xxx/63630.md?page=1)