If imitation truly is the sincerest form of flattery, then this recently noticed Glossy News site in Romania means we’ve truly made it. If it doesn’t, however, Dracula owes me some blood, because I’ve been running this mare hard for 9-years, and even Vlad the Impaler better pay me some props.
Recently I noticed an influx of traffic from Romania, and not being one to denigrate what is arguably the best exporter of low-cost, high-quality photography (of a certain sort I happen to be a fan of, at any rate,) I wanted to check it out.
Turns out there’s a pretty popular site there, and I have to say, I kind of like it, what parts I can read thanks to Google Translate (see their site in English at this link.)
With headlines “like Kim Catrell Topless at 52,” “Infidelity an Extreme Sport,” and “69 Tips from a Luxury Prostitute,” they pretty much got our style nailed.
They didn’t swipe the satire angle, nor any of our graphics, and it’s not like they’re going after our target market exactly… still, this is an interesting development.
I checked as many foreign domain extensions as I could, and found no other foreign knock-offs. I guess it’s possible (nay, likely) that they just chose the domain name for the same reason we did all those years ago; it’s pretty awesome.
Looking further at the headlines, I find even more things I like, even if they aren’t exactly what we do around here. “20 Models Underwear,” “Excess of Glamour in the New Victoria’s Secret Collection,” and “My Love Turned to Torture and Beating”… don’t ask, it’s just an interesting story.
Then I noticed they haven’t updated since 2008… well that makes it pretty anti-climactic, doesn’t it?
So kudos on trying to knock-off the best, my sincerest regrets on choosing the wrong site in your experiment, and if you guys have some “photos” of “singles” you’d like to share with me, well, let’s just say that you know how to find my contact page.
And if you guys want to make a comeback, maybe whip me up some killer satire and we’ll go from there… but start with the hotty ladies. You know which side my bread is buttered on.