'50 Nerds Of Grey' Twitter Parody Is A Hilarious 'Geek Culture' Version Of EL James' Novel
If you think about it, nerd culture can be quite festishistic—all those unboxing videos and the sadomasochism of playing MMO games, so it makes sense to combine the worlds of bondage and geekdom.
Which is exactly what's happened with new parody twitter account 50 Nerds of Grey.
Using the poster boy of nerd culture Richard Ayoade's Moss from The IT Crowd as its profile figurehead (as seen above in the brilliant 'Nerd Club' episode from the TV show), the account uses lines from EL James steamy bestseller and hilariously repurposes them for geeks--And it works brilliantly.
So instead of heavy-breathed references to erotic pain and humiliation, we get tech, Star Wars, Harry Potter, math jokes, Lego, and Star Trek. Which is 100% guaranteed to get any nerd all hot under their polyester collar.
The account only started a week or so ago and it's already amassed nearly 80,000 followers.
Check out some of the best tweets below.
'I've been a very bad girl,' she said, biting her lip. 'I need to be punished.' 'Very well,' he said and installed Windows 10 on her laptop.
'Pleasure and pain can be experienced simultaneously,' he grinned, handing her a slice of pizza as they watched The Phantom Menace.
'So,' she sighed, panting heavily, 'Did the earth move for you too?' 'Of course,' he said. 'At 0.2771638 recurring kilometres per second.'
'I'm your slave tonight,' she said breathlessly, 'I'll do whatever you want.' 'OK' he said, 'You can sort my Lego while I watch Doctor Who.'
'Hurt me!' she begged, leaning over his desk. 'Alright,' he said. 'Your phone's out of date and you're terrible at quadratic equations.'
She writhed on the floor, squealing at the extreme pain he had inflicted on her. 'I thought you said you'd put all your Lego bricks away!'
'So,' she said, entering his bedroom, 'This is where the magic happens.' 'Oh yes,' he smiled, putting on his Harry Potter glasses and cloak.
As he lay at her feet, bound, gagged and sore, he realised he had learned his first lesson - never to say Star Trek is better than Star Wars
He was very careful during bondage sessions. He always used a safe word that contained upper and lower case letters and at least one number.
Her eyes widened as he placed his Bunsen burner on her dressing table and lit the flame. She loved a man who was experimental in the bedroom
'My tastes are very singular,' he said, stroking her neck and staring deep into her eyes. 'I'm lactose intolerant and I can't eat peas.'
'I just can't get enough of your curves,' he said, licking his lips and squirming with excitement. Kevin really liked the new Google logo.
'How do you feel about wearing black leather?' he asked. 'Ok,' she said. 'Good,' he smiled, 'Then you can be Darth Vader and I'll be R2-D2.'
'It's so long and hard!' she said, stroking the shaft. 'Of course,' I beamed 'It's a limited edition replica Return of the Jedi lightsaber.'
