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There is at least one publication for any possible human interest. Sure humans are kinky, but what's worse is... they're so damn silly!
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N OBJECTIVE AND DETACHED ANTHROPOLOGIST from another planet visiting Earth and browsing through any corner newsstand, would quickly come to the conclusion that the species called Homo sapiens are kinky (more erectus than sapiens) and wacky . But even worse, he/she/it would know our true nature... that we're mostly ridiculously, absurdly silly.

There's a publication for every special interest imaginable and unimaginable. And most of the time the interest isn't all that special. There's even a magazines about walking for chrissakes! Why not "The Breathing Journal"? "Defecation Daily?" "Nosepicker's Home Companion?" "The Digestion Digest"?

Consider HBO's "Real Sex" series. If you haven't seen any of the episodes, suffice it to say that they show all manner of sexually related behavior, some of which you might never imagine if you sat for years trying to make it up. Group masturbation classes, latex body lamination, pneumatic dildo manufacturers, and so on. Which leads us to ask, "If that's real sex, then what are the rest of us doing?" What the series has never shown is a man and a women getting naked and having sex in the privacy of the bedroom, in warm, subdued light, without benefit of third parties, barnyard creatures, elaborate accessories, acrobatic feats, gymnastic contortions, or freakishly enlarged private parts.

Consider the culture of sadomasochism. Not long ago it was generally considered to be out on the very fringes of human sexual activity. Admittedly, there are aspects of the bondage thing that are intriging, but outfitting yourself with just the basics (dog collars, whips, gag balls, latex suits, nipple clamps, manacles, hoisting rigs, etc.) let alone the specialty gear for the discerning connoisseur.. my god, for the time, effort and expense, it would be easier to take up world class mountain climbing on a full-time basis! And it wouldn't seem that there is such thing as a quickie or a nooner either, unless you're an executive who can take four hour lunch breaks - or unless you're unemployed. But then how can you afford to buy the latest patent leather full bodysuit/straightjacket/harness ensemble?

But S/M is popular on a massive scale, which is an indication that the stuff that used to be out there on the edge is coming closer to the mainstream. Youth fashion, with its punk and goth aesthetics, body piercing, tatooing and other forms of body mutilations indicate this trend. Magazines are a good bellweather too. Glancing at the convenience store magazine rack, it is becoming increasingly difficult to easily distinguish "Vogue" from "Rogue", "Women's Wear Daily" from "Women's Wear Daily for Men, "Harper's Bazaar" from "Harlot's Bizarre", "Good Housekeeping" from "Good Hole Reaming", or "Razor" and "Bust" from, well... "Razor" and "Bust".

Herewith are a few of the rags we expect to see in the very near future. These fictitious magazine covers are not too far afield from reality - if they aren't on the racks even now.

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