Real Simple Magazine

In the spirit of the site's name, I write about another completely random subject. While urinating at home today, my glance settled upon the stack of magazines that sit atop my toilet. Place squarely on the top was the latest issue of Real Simple magazine. The layout so crisp, clean, and organized was striking in it's contrast to the myriad of magazines that shout obnoxiously to the onlookers, "pick me up!". The plain white paper stock is a bit thicker than expected, and surprisingly has a matte finish. The font is plain, and the titles more than adequately spaced, while the featured graphics are few and unobstructed. No more aptly had a cover ever conveyed the tone of the material within. Collectively, the effect had an impact on me, and left me asking myself what seemed like an interesting question; "I wonder what percentage of their subscriber-base reads this magazine because they are attempting to achieve the ideal that is represented, and what percentage are drawn to the magazine because they find the idea of such a pursuit quaint?". There is surely a significant divide between these two types of people, and I find this to be an interesting, if unlikely, coalition. If the publishers are out there, I wish they would pull that statistic for me.