…like Americans were more honest about the lack of a strong relationship between excellence and financial success. People understood the "starving artist" concept, and that writers of trash novels (e.g. Fifty Shades of Gray) would economically outperform people writing genuine literature. (That said, don't write off Tolkien, King, or Rowling just 'cause they do "genre lit"; they're fantastically skilled.) The problem with…
…articles are perfect. Porn and smut, on the other hand, serves no such purpose and is simply meant to satisfy reader's (sick) fantasies. I still find it strange though, why so many people read porn (aka Fifty Shades of Gray) instead of watching it on Internet which is much faster way to achieve the same effect.
…actually is what the market wants too. Check out the top ten list of Netflix most watched shows. You wont find much critically acclaimed content there. Whats the highest selling Kindle book of all time? Fifty Shades of Gray. The only channel which has been really consistent in quality over the years has been HBO.
…visual. Even the word reflects this, "pórnos" (fornicators) + "gráphein" (writing, recording, or description). Anyone who wants to learn what women's porn looks like needs to look at the sales numbers for Fifty Shades of Gray.
SM 进入大众视野已经很久了。《五十度灰》让大家觉得在公交车上拿着一本讲这个的书很平常，但在这之前它绝不是什么不为人知的性癖。它过去是（现在也是）讨论度最高、最公开的 kink 之一。
Sadomasochism has been in the public eye for a long time. Fifty shades of gray made it popular to carry a book about it on the bus, but this was absolutely not an unrecognized fetish prior. It was (and is) one of the more openly discussed kinks.
……感觉以前美国人更能诚实面对“优秀程度与财富成功之间没有强关联”这个事实。大家都能理解“挨饿的艺术家”这个概念，也明白写烂俗小说的（比如《五十度灰》）在商业上就是会碾压那些写严肃文学的人。（话虽如此，也别因为托尔金、斯蒂芬·金或罗琳写的是“类型文学”就看轻他们；他们的功底极其深厚。）问题在于……
…like Americans were more honest about the lack of a strong relationship between excellence and financial success. People understood the "starving artist" concept, and that writers of trash novels (e.g. Fifty Shades of Gray) would economically outperform people writing genuine literature. (That said, don't write off Tolkien, King, or Rowling just 'cause they do "genre lit"; they're fantastically skilled.) The problem with…
……这些文章无可挑剔。而色情和低俗内容则完全没有这种作用，纯粹就是为了满足读者（病态的）幻想。不过我还是觉得很奇怪，为什么那么多人看色情小说（也就是《五十度灰》这种），而不是直接上网看片？明明上网看能快得多地达到同样的效果。
…articles are perfect. Porn and smut, on the other hand, serves no such purpose and is simply meant to satisfy reader's (sick) fantasies. I still find it strange though, why so many people read porn (aka Fifty Shades of Gray) instead of watching it on Internet which is much faster way to achieve the same effect.
……其实这也正是市场想要的。去看看 Netflix 播放量前十的榜单，你在里面基本找不到什么口碑大作。Kindle 有史以来销量最高的书是哪本？《五十度灰》。这么多年来唯一在质量上始终保持稳定的频道就只有 HBO 了。
…actually is what the market wants too. Check out the top ten list of Netflix most watched shows. You wont find much critically acclaimed content there. Whats the highest selling Kindle book of all time? Fifty Shades of Gray. The only channel which has been really consistent in quality over the years has been HBO.
……视觉化的。连这个词的词源都反映了这一点，“pórnos”（卖淫者）+“gráphein”（书写、记录或描述）。谁要是想知道女性的色情内容长什么样，去看看《五十度灰》的销量数据就懂了。
…visual. Even the word reflects this, "pórnos" (fornicators) + "gráphein" (writing, recording, or description). Anyone who wants to learn what women's porn looks like needs to look at the sales numbers for Fifty Shades of Gray.
我宁可去舔一本转手了五次的二手《五十度灰》的内页。
I'd rather lick the pages of a fifth hand copy of Fifty Shades of Gray.
SM 进入大众视野已经很久了。《五十度灰》让大家觉得在公交车上拿着一本讲这个的书很平常，但在这之前它绝不是什么不为人知的性癖。它过去是（现在也是）讨论度最高、最公开的 kink 之一。
Sadomasochism has been in the public eye for a long time. Fifty shades of gray made it popular to carry a book about it on the bus, but this was absolutely not an unrecognized fetish prior. It was (and is) one of the more openly discussed kinks.