50 Shades of Everything

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Published On: May 14, 2012

Ozymandius before watchmen

The above image is, I’m assuming, the cover of the Ozymandias cover of Before Watchmen, the undemanded attempt to expand the Watchmen universe against the will of their creator.

But we’re not talking about that. We’re talking about the recent uptick in attention to BDSM amongst housewives and Twilight fans – 50 Shades of Gray. Before that book became a common phrase, the above image would illicit something like this:

Damn. Oz, the smartest man in the world, just got his ass kicked by a woman with a whip…and a fixation on headgear.

However, in the post-50 world, people now look at that photo and say something like:

Damn. Oz, the smartest man in the world, clearly slept his way to the top under the heel of a femdom who’s into asphyxiation. I always knew he was a freak.

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