Lurid Digs, the infamous website that appeared during net-porn’s infancy, is ready for its comeback.
Prior to the site’s official relaunch this spring, the Lurid design team has revived their Twitter feed.
The good news is that they’re still offering the same searing critiques for the zillions of naked gay guys who post their selfies online.
I caught up with their interior design experts at Lurid Digs to discuss the art of the naked selfie.
Why is now the right time to resurrect Lurid Digs?
After a year of COVID, there are a shitload of new photos for our design experts to consider.
All those guys, quarantined, stoned, horny and with way too much free time. Alas, you’d think we’d see more made beds in the photos – and less piles of crap all over the floor – but nope, the guys are just as lazy and careless as ever.
In a world where everyone is creating fan-subscription content, have guys become too self-aware when posting nudes?
No, thank god. One of Lurid’s founding principles was to dispel the cliche that queer men are somehow more persnickety and taste-conscious than het men.
What makes a good naked selfie?
Seriously, guys need to get out of their fucking bathrooms – if only for our team to better assess their actual abode. But also, we hate seeing toilets in photos – so gauche and dick-wilting.
We’ve just started to feature dwellings that are worthy of praise. We don’t just diss shit-holes, also offer the reader examples of what works.
How are guys featured in Lurid Digs?
Once Lurid Digs became a ’thing’, guys started submitting shots to us themselves – with footnotes like, “Go ahead, tear it up.”
We now have this very postmodern problem of guys using us to self-promote. So mercenary! We blame the OnlyFans phenomenon.
We also have a Google drive loaded with images that we come across in our day-to-day net trawling.
Are there any Naked Selfie trends we should be looking out for?
The most disturbing trend is the one where guys are using those speculum-like devices to transform their assholes into maw-like caves. We can’t deal with those.
We prefer the days of the placid, insouciant selfie – where you know the guy is drunk and horny and on the spur of the moment strips and lets it rip with his iPhone. Those will always be our favourite kind of pics.
What do you hope that people feel when reading the critiques of Lurid Digs?
Well, laughter of course. But not at the guys featured in the photos.
We’re about the fabulous merger of bad taste and self-expression – and the interior that contains it.
The legendary film reviewer Pauline Kael wisely noted, “Sex is the great leveler, taste the great divider.” With Lurid Digs, these two views collide in wonderful, unexpected ways.
When the site relaunches this spring, we’ll have the same rule in place that we’ve always used for the folks who want to leave comments on our critiques: “Never make fun of the homeowner. Keep your eye on the prize, namely the interior’s calamity. And learn what not to do when decorating your own home.
This last pointer is based on the ancient Hindu principle of neti-neti, which translates as: “Not this and for fuck’s sake not that.”
quite the array of great cocks. YUMMMMMMMM!
New one to me…I’m interested in seeing the content.
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We certainly wouldn’t want to disappoint those who see us as catty, mean spirited, and condescending.
I agree, Lkg2Service. Also, I’ve had pics sent to me with literally piles of dirty dishes, trash and clothes in the background. I expected those types of pics. I see nothing lurid here. The stuffed animals in the one pic aren’t my taste, but it’s not exactly lurid. And there are plenty of fine cocks on display. As a matter of fact, I went back and looked again to see if I missed anything after being distracted by the hot cocks, but no, still nothing lurid to me.
I’m just looking at the lad sat on his bath with a massive hard cock .. and thinking why we don’t get this sort on model featuring in the posts on this site instead of the furr.. burley.. models that always seem to get the majority of post time. Scally lads .. or chav lads ..would be a good new thing, don’t know what they would be called in USA or Canada but we never get any posts of them and they have such a big following in the UK.
You’ve have to be a pretty gifted person of any gender to take most of those cocks. Handsome guys though.
the guy at the top is a total pass
the commentary is well taken, but there are several beautiful dicks present
Yeah! Glad to know I’m not the only one critiquing the backgrounds. Toothpaste (or worse?) splattered mirrors seems to be pretty common. And decorating faux pas are common. But dirty laundry? Bottles of shampoos, lotions, potions scattered on bathroom counters? I thought gay guys were supposed to have a good sense of creating a stage set!?
I suppose we SHOULD focus in on the hot, hairy asses and big, beautiful cocks and balls. But sometimes, it’s just tough to ignore the surrounding distractions. But I can live with the busted mirror and Miss Piggy doll when I look at those thighs, body, and that über-sexy cock and balls. (Can I cum over and clean up for you, bud?)
All that said, some hot men in this session! Can’t wait to check out Lurid Digs. Never heard of it before!!
YEAT ANOTHER forum for prissy fucking queens to shame and denigrate people they know fuck all about with their snotty backstabbing 2 faced ….(sorry endow us with their constructive) opinions. This is EXACTLY why I turned my back on what was once a loving community. Who gives a damn about the background…the COCK IN THE FOREGROUND is what I want to see. Judgmental cunts….
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Nothing very lurid here, and anyway the guys are hot so who cares about a bit of clutter? It suggests spontaneity and can be quite interesting, if you’re really so bored that you don’t notice the main focus of the pics….
This feature is hilarious. Awfully catty but at least the ‘models’ aren’t being criticized. I’ll keep looking for more LURID posts-make my day!
Even with the backgrounds, I think some of the comments are about things that some can do nothing about. Living in a rental, it’s hard to change walls or wall colors. I have pink fixtures in my bathroom which I hate but my landlords won’t change it just because. However the flat screen in the kitchen, the plush toys and the toilet paper rolls on the floor are all fair game. It’s like that site which rates newscasters and reporters backgrounds as they broadcast from home during the pandemic.
Yes, exactly, TongueToHole – it’s just a bit of fun. Gareth.
Is the website offering us all a ‘cleaning lady’? Yea, I thought so.
Zooming in to the jagged mirror, next to the Shrine of Miss Piggy, I love the deer’s head on the wall used to hang a blingy “gold” chain, from which hangs an equally blingy “gold” crucifix.
These “lurid digs” aren’t really that lurid at all, not compared to some of them seen on their website over the years.
Maybe the real luridness is how common and generic the goal for simplified good taste has become. Not that that’s an inherently BAD oh skip it, it’s been two whole minutes, must go look at more naked men pics.
Some huge cocks….yumm