From Colorado? Like Pot? Want To Be on the Cover of Reason?

We're looking for Reason magazine's next cover girl or boy!
The next issue of Reason will feature a story by our own Jacob Sullum on the progress of marijuana legalization in Colorado.
We are looking for reasonably photogenic humans who:
- live in Colorado
- are legal pot growers, distributors, or customers.
Here's the catch: The headline of the story is "Pot Goes Legit." So we're not looking for pictures of hilarious stoners with Bob Marley posters in the background.
Quite the opposite. To win, you'll need to be willing to expose your respectable side to the world.
Send us selfies where you are smoking, growing, or just possessing marijuana while looking otherwise ordinary. You should be in a suit, surrounded by a white picket fence, or petting your dog in an armchair with no visible springs. Bourgeois. Businesslike. You get the idea.
As always, subscribers will see this cover first, so why not take this opportunity to sign up for Reason magazine on dead tree today!
Post your pics and a short version of your story to our Facebook page, or drop me an email.
Professional quality photos are welcome and will earn brownie points with our secret panel of judges, but iPhone snaps are just fine—we can send out a photographer to get magazine-quality shots.
Deadline: Thursday, August 22.
Fine print: You should be willing to sign a model release granting us the rights to your image. The only compensation for winners is bragging rights. If all of you guys and gals just wind up looking like a bunch of scruffy, red-eyed stoners, we reserve the right to declare everyone a loser and use an alternate image.
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I wouldn't be caught dead wearing a tie lighter color than my shirt.
A proper tie should always be the exact same color as the shirt.
Yeah, if your name is Morris Day.
Also - RACIST!!! - to myself
What am I, an ethnic?
I always thought you were some kind of outer space potato man.
He is looking for a real tomato.
He's an altruistic pervert, it's true.
Epi is correct. A proper tie knot should also be the size of a filet mignon.
A petite filet?
No. More like a good Merril Hoge.
http://assets.espn.go.com/medi.....TAYLOR.jpg
Cripes, is he hiding a WiFi router in there or what?
I wouldn't be caught dead in a tie any more.
The privileges of 24 years with the same company...
My boss told me 25 years ago that the prerequisite for wearing a necktie was having a neck. And since I didn't have a neck, I shouldn't worry about wearing a tie.
You are a baseball fan, yes? White Sox?Do you remember Walt "No Neck" Williams?
He played in the same outfield with Carlos May, who was missing a thumb, IIRC. And the right fielder must have been a dipshit, because I think they used to refer to the whole outfield as: No Thumb, No Neck, and No Brain.
I think left field was no thumb, right was no neck, and center was Ken "No Brains" Berry. They called him that because he always ran into walls.
I don't know how I know this. It was like 20 years before I was born. I know more about White Sox trivia than is probably healthy.
t-shirts... a sweater/sweatshirt in the winter. Jeans 99.99% of the time. The life of a computer geek.
khakis and a polo shirt. Life of an aging engineer that sits really close the executive's area.
khakis and a polo shirt. Life of an aging engineer that sits really close the executive's area.
Did you miss late night links yesterday?
yes
A special note for older men: wear suits most or all of the time, and always ties. Ultimately, it is the only thing an older man looks good in.
It's a good thing that engineers are never expected to look good.
LRC is fucking stupid. They know nothing of the joys of tank tops and Zumba pants. Sun's out, guns out.
The rules are different for homo sapiens, Warty.
Right up until the part where he started prescribing specific clothing I thought I had blacked out and written that myself. The last 3/4 is nonsense though. Why would a man only wear drab, ill-fitting clothing? And cuffs on pants? Maybe at a lawn party.
as if the only thing that matters in life is comfort. Well, it is also comfortable not to shave and not to bathe
This is not true. Beards itch, and unbathed skin itches.
The only thing in the dotted list that I own are some blue shirts, and they are denim.
Fuck suits and fuck ties. I'll never own either one again.
And fuck clothes snobs.
... Hobbit
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Fine print: You should be willing to sign a model release granting us the rights to your image. The only compensation for winners is bragging rights. If all of you guys and gals just wind up looking like a bunch of scruffy, red-eyed stoners, we reserve the right to declare everyone a loser and use an alternate image.
Hahahaha, good luck with that guys.
What rights? Print rights? For your website? Or will you push this image on to social media? What about Reason TV? Or in PR? In perpetuity?
Could you post the release so we can analyze it to death?
To win, you'll need to be willing to expose your respectable side to the world.
Smoking some lobster!
You'll need to be willing to serve coffee and donuts to the federal officials that will be knocking at your door in the early morning hours.
You'll need to be willing to serve coffee and donuts blood and screams to the federal officials that will be knocking at down your door in the early morning hours.
same difference
Yeah, no....but thanks. Gimme a couple more years, and when the Michigan laws are finally being respected, and I'm retired...COVER GIRL!! #FABULOUS
I need a judgment call. Should my monocle polisher be in the background?
This is about pot, not orphan labor. Wait for next month's cover.
An urchin on each side. One to carry your spare monocles, and another to carry a gold-plated MP5 on a silk pillow in case you need to shoot some looters.
Leave your fleshlight at home, dude.
no no, that's my manocle polisher
KMW, why are you asking any of us?
reasonably photogenic humans
They're standards aren't that high.
Fixing my typo is left as an exercise for the reader.
Why should anyone else fix you're typo?
I see what you did their.
Photogenic. That's an odd word. The prefix photo-, of course, refers to light.
The suffic -genic can refer to a few things--produced or caused by, pertaining to a gene or genes, pertaining to suitability for reproduction by a medium.
So, near as I can figure, they're looking for someone produced or caused by light.
I am indirectly produced by the sun. Does that count?
Actually, it took other suns to make up some of the constituent matter in our bodies. In fact, one or more stars had to die to make us.
It's hard not to be arrogant when you start thinking this way.
We are looking for reasonably photogenic humans
Why does Reason have to other the uggos. #microaggresions
we reserve the right to declare everyone a loser
There's an obvious comment to be made concerning the fact that KMW is addresssing the group that spends all day, every day, on HampersandR. I don't think declarations are necessary.
I like this monocle. But I want a truly evil monocle. Where are those?
http://www.etsy.com/listing/15.....pe=gallery
A monocle's evil is determined not by how it looks but by how you obtained it. The truly evil ones are currently in your local organic fair-trade monocle cooperative.
Real men pay the orphan price for their monocle. Only women pay the gold price.
Um...what do they mean...costume use?
Okay 3PM squirrels. You are not going to get me to hit submit again.
NICE TRY, BITCHEZ!
How many selfies has Warty sent them?
He showed up in person.
Butt naked.
Warty Hugeman wears a timesuit, dude.
Oh, then that explains why I saw the Finding Bigfoot crew headed towards reason's offices.
So this is reason's way of saying "no UGGOs"?
Thanks a lot, Man-Goo!
Why stereotypical male clothing, Reason? SEXIST!
The cover if it's a female is a Sailor Moon outfit. Because of, you know, (whispers) *Welch's fetish*.
Not familiar with Welch's fetish. Does it involve Japanese porn anime? Because sailor moon outfits are curiously common there.
Welsh is all about the hentai.
Welch. I am an idiot.
I should have guessed. Those horn-rimmed glasses just scream deviant.
That show was the first type of anime I saw. I only watched a couple of episodes here and there, and I was always so confused.
But those outfits were pretty intriguing.
There are no...
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Well, I can name at least a half dozen Colorado LP members who smoke, grown and wear suits...Post forwarded.
You know what would really boost circulation? A "Chicks Who Like Guns" cover. With sideboob.
This is why there are no... Hey wait a minute!
Why has Reason not hired you as senior editor Kristen? It is the lack of good ideas like that this is holding Libertarianism back.
On a serious note, though - I wonder if there has been an uptick in female gun ownership since the gun grabbiness of the last couple years? They could do an article on that, with a sideboobalicious cover. I'd volunteer if I had any boobs to speak of, side or otherwise.
Piers Morgan doesn't like armed women
So I guess you get bonus points for pissing him off.
Don't you mean...Piers Morgan doesn't like women...(not that there's anything wrong with that)
They had the cover with the pretty black woman holding a gun. But no side boob.
underboob is the most beloved.
Well, I can name at least a half dozen Colorado LP members who smoke, grow, and wear suits. Consider this post forwarded.
squirlz, i hatezez them.
Three-o-clock. Right on time.
If you're going to do this, I recommend that you find somebody else to take care of your animals for a while.
dog owner need not apply
dog owner need not apply
fuck me
Sorry, I don't think any of us is that kinky.
U sure?
a/s/l?
Here's what I'd do if I ran Reason. First, I'd locate the model who posed for the "lobster girl" shot. This was likely a model who competed in a Miss Hawaiian Tropic competition in Colombia some years ago.
Next, I'd do a shoot of her in Colorado.
Last? Profit, of course.
You know how beer companies hire hot college girls to go to bars to hand out chochkies and push the brand? If I were Reason I would do the same thing. I would hire a dozen or so smoking hot early 20 somethings and send them out all over the country to sports bars and beer joints handing out Libertarian literature and preaching the Libertarian gospel. Take the message directly to the people in a form they can understand.
Good luck finding hot early-20-something female libertarians with the sense and brains to explain the message and answer questions.
You'd have better luck finding some virgins to sacrifice.
Cash strictly cash. I can find lots of 20 somethings looking for a paycheck.
Does your wife know?
She pays my bills. 😉
Why libertarians? Do you think the girls hired to peddle hard liquor actually do the jobs solely because they love the stuff?
Send out hot chick in tube tops with something emblazoned on them like "If libertarians were in charge you could pay me to have sex with you" or "Libertarianism: Hookers and Blow for everyone!"
Now you are talking sense.
Pretty sure that's the best selling point we've got.
I've long advocated a heavily sexualized marketing campaign for the LP. Very attractive women with LP stuff printed in strategic locations.
We already have Epi's mom
That's actually a really good idea. Most people don't really have well considered political opinions and could probably be swayed by some other enticements.
Left-liberalism has been really successful as marketing itself as the cool team in politics. I think libertarianism really deserves that cultural place a lot more.
And liberals are in reality totally joyless and humorless prudes. Libertarians need to constantly remind people of that.
And liberals are in reality totally joyless and humorless prudes. Libertarians need to constantly remind people of that.
Oh, the irony!
Reason did this already.
http://reason.com/reasontv/200.....rowers-ass
And another one that 2 exceedingly cute girls in a MJ dispensary, but I can't find it.
Well, we're big dope smokers
We got stinky fingers
And we're shunned everywhere we go...(That sounds like us)
We the smoke big fatties and we suck on our bongs
And don't know where our money goes...(Right)
We take all kinds of pills that give us all kind of thrills
But the thrill we've never known
Is the thrill that'll getcha when you get your picture
On the cover of Reason mag (what's that?)
When will they install a preview button so I won't leave the word 'the' after 'We' where it doesn't belong? Fucking primitive blog. Get with the times.
*golf clap*
Me! Me! PICK MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
You NutraSweeted your link, moron. Maybe if you spent less time with your megaporn you'd not fuck up like that.
This is my megaporn, idiot.
That is so exceedingly awful. I hope it's a photoshop.
I wish I could unsee that. That's just wrong.
Those are some smokin' bruises.
When you look up "butterface" in the dictionary, that's the picture you see.
I'm pretty photogenic but I don't smoke pot or live in Colorado. What do I win? I demand equal consideration!
You can be in the Girls of Shut The Fuck Up issue. Warty is on the cover, manscaping with a blowtorch.
It takes some practice to get over the smell, but it's a highly effective method of removing stubborn thorax hair.
Oh! Oh! Can I be in that one too? Though I laser. It's like a turtle shell down there.
Yeah, sure. We'll just put a bag on your face or something.
But that'll hide all my facial tattoos!
its like a tattoo of a tattoo.
Blowtorch, my ass. I wax with napalm and light it off.
I'll be in my bunk.
Could those lapels be any wider? Either lose five pounds right now or get out of my sight! /Mugatu
Question --
Will you let someone be on the cover if they're not from Colorado and don't like pot?
Depends. Do you do nudity?
Only if it is tasteful
That's not possible for you or Warty.
They should. The point is that using pot is a right that everyone should support. It is not just a law so stoners can get stoned. It is a law that affirms your control over your own body. So whether you like pot or not is irrelevant.
I'm all for legalization for those reasons, and I've never done pot or anything else intentionally psychotropic other than alcohol.
Same here.
I did kind of snort brand new tennis balls when I was a kid, but I'm pretty sure that just smells amazing, and doesn't actually get you high.
Reason needs to get someone who hasn't ever and never intends to smoke pot. The worst thing they could do is get some hipster stoner waxing poetic about how groovy getting high is and how sick people should like totally be able to use it.
Sadly, this is probably exactly what they will do.
So, Penn Jillette?
It never fails to amaze me how badly the pot legalization movement is at choosing spokesman. They seem to always choose the guy who best conforms to the stoner stereotype. The movement towards medical marijuana has helped some since now they can get sick people. But before that it was pretty much like the gay marriage people choosing some guy wearing nothing but a cowboy hat and assless chaps to talk to the local news about gay marriage.
Amy Wong: [At the Dudes for the Legalization of Hemp booth] So, is it true that you can make all kinds of shirts and ropes out of hemp?
Stoned Guy: Dave's not here, man.
Amy Wong: I also hear hemp makes great shampoo.
Stoned Guy: It does? No way! I gotta check out this brochure. [Picks up a hamburger and eats it]
I agree with you.
I don't smoke pot, but if I lived in Colorado I'd probably be a prime candidate to do more good than harm.
Thing I'd be worried about is if you have someone that's "respectable," all of a sudden you get the liberal assholes that smoke pot saying "No way maaan! You're just as bad as Wal-Mart stealing peoples money!!!one"
But he's much too smug
Who, Penn or John?
Penn is one of the few loud libertarians not in politics who clearly isn't a "Republican who smokes pot." He's been vocal about being chemical free.
What about the time you did PCP? You see this scar...
Sniffing Sharpies!
I suspect they have done so many times.
I'm out for several reasons, but even if I qualified, I'd be hesitant to do it, since my home was already featured on the cover years ago.
Why do you think I'm so interested in the kinetic missile idea?
Salty ham MIRV?
Do you know about that issue?
It's a known issue.
Unfortunately I do not show up in Daguerreotypes, though I do enjoy a helping of laudanum now and again.
To win, you'll need to be willing to expose your respectable side to the world.
In the case of the Reason comentariat, one suspects most of them are sitting on it...
If you aren't terrorist enough to make the cover of the Rolling Stones you just may be respectably stoned enough to appear on the cover of Reason.
Is the thrill that'll getcha when you get your picture
On the cover of the Reason, stoned!
+1 something
Hey, man...thanks. You're like real and shit, ya know?
+5 copies for your mother.
Also your head must be egg-shaped in order to fit that cut-out.
I keep reading about the horrible rash of gay bashings in New York. They are not getting any real national coverage becuase the perpetrators have been black yutes and that certainly doesn't fit the narrative. But I can't help but think that at some point justice is going to be served and some group of thugs is going to bash the wrong gay guy who will have a gun and shoot one or two of them. The media will want to studiously ignore such a such a story since fights among Dem victim groups are never aired in public. But they might cover it before they realize the shooter was gay or the black community might raise such a stink the media has to cover it.
If that happens, the ensuing circus will be delicious. The media will either have to explain to black people that when the white man that shoots an unarmed black youth happens to be gay that is totally different than when an evil, straight white Hispanic does it. Or, they will have to tell gays that sure gay bashing is terrible but just because they are gay doesn't mean they stop being white and they are just going to have to check their privilege and not shoot unarmed children to avoid a beating. It would be like a real life Tom Wolf novel.
Goetz-Man we beseech thee! Help us in our hour of need!
They were lucky Zimmerman didn't turn out to be gay. Since gays are a small percentage of the population, it was unlikely. But it wasn't impossible. Can you imagine if it had come out that Zimmerman was known to be gay and Martin called him a faggot just before attacking him?
I guarantee you the uncle Tom gay left in such a circumstance would come out against the shooter and explain that while gay bashing is bad the solution is better laws and more police not carrying a gun or in any way defending yourself.
Hell, had GZ been gay the homophobia and insults would have just been pouring out of the left.
Gay bashing?
As in, retards running around beating people just because they're gay?
I really thought that was made up. Why would you want to beat someone up for being gay?
YOu beat people up in spite of being gay?
Heh, I'd probably avoid trying to assault a gay man just so I wasn't charged with a "Hate Crime."
It is not made up at all. It happens.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/20.....n-chelsea/
This is the latest. There has been a rash of them in NYC. The national media has been ignoring it. If it were happening in Oklahoma City, "what are we going to do with these homophobic rednecks" would be the topic of every news talk show for at least a month.
"We have our complete faith in the NYPD ? they are great guys; they're amazing. They're going to find the guys," Felenchak said.
Wow, they're idiots. Aside from that though, I'm seriously perplexed. It makes no logical sense (to me) for someone to go out and look for some homo to assault.
The only thing I can think is it must be some "fag-hating" group of cops that knows they won't get busted for it.
They are young males and are morons. Beating up a gay guy makes them feel macho.
Right, because there is nothing more macho than beating up someone you perceive to be weaker as a part of a group.
In gangs larger than any group you would take on.
The comments to that article are disgusting. I wonder if they are New York people or just idiots who troll the web for anti-gay stories.
Well, the comments section is a welcome relief from Progolodytes. Lots of Good ol' fashioned American Trogolodytes, victimized by a society that believes you should be mature enough to tolerate two men holding hands in public.
Guns? In NYC? Unpossible!
Maybe in some other city.
Why not Washington? We passed it too, and unlike Colorado we're actually serious about implementation. Seriously, those morons are chasing their tails.
I like this article very much because it is technical and very much useful for me to gather more knowledge. Good to read...
I'm insulted by the tone of this piece, and the whole idea of making Reason's cover shot a contest.
While insulting its readers who smoke pot, the magazine is asking someone to expose themselves to federal drug charges, with mandatory minimum sentences of 5 years or much more. For example: In February 2010, Denver resident Chris Bartkowicz's medical marijuana garden was raided by the DEA the day after he was interviewed on a local television station. Bartkowicz, who allegedly was growing 120-224 marijuana plants, was sentenced to five years in prison followed by 8 years of supervised probation on January 28, 2011.
I'm rather shocked that Reason would be so cavalier about this. It's unworthy of the magazine and of Mr. Sullum's work. There are plenty of people in Colorado, some of them featured on CNN's recent piece by Sanjay Gupta, who have bravely come forward and would make legitimate cover photos for this piece.
Exactly. My brother qualifies according to the criteria but his libertarian inclinations keep him from sacrificing his livelihood or his life for a group.
Fuck you, Reason. Find martyrs somewhere else.
Think of it as civil disobedience.
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Maybe Albert could be on the cover!
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You should be in a suit, surrounded by a white picket fence, or petting your dog in an armchair with no visible springs. Bourgeois. Businesslike. You get the idea.
Extra points if you smoke your pot in one of these?
At least they left the comments on the repost. I don't need to go back and repeat myself.
First time I have seen this thread. Saw the time stamps and wondered what the fuck was going on.
The only compensation for winners is bragging rights. If all of you guys and gals just wind up looking like a bunch of scruffy, red-eyed stoners, we reserve the right to declare everyone a loser and use an alternate image.
KMW's acerbic sass is the hottest thing about Reason. Otherwise, it's George Will juniors and a Fonzi jacket running around.
(Reason Mag...) Wanna tell the world that I'm a doper
(Mag...) Wanna smoke some ganja with my mother...(Yes)
(Stone...) Wanna see my red-eyed face
On the cover of Reason Mag...(That's a very very good idea)
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The fact that I get that is not a good sign. It means the same thing as the aches I get standing up and my dislocated shoulder. I'm getting old.
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