Slog - Comments on Hey Sex and the City Fans http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans Specifically, hey you thousands of people who have seen the Sex and the City movie and then have bugged booksellers: The book that Carrie reads in the movie doesn't exist. Rarely have I wanted to use the atrocious word "sheeple" so badly.... Copyright 2008 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:00:00 -0800 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:55:30 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Banna Literary elitist.

]]> Banna http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1049570 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1049570 Books Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:47:51 -0800 Comment by arduous Wow, I'm having a really tough time posting comments to Slog today.

Anyway, Paul, what I tried to say earlir is, if you compile this book, you could stand to make millions!

]]> arduous http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1049577 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1049577 Books Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:51:13 -0800 Comment by Jessica @2: It's not just you, it's taking 5+ minutes to post a single comment.

And it's entirely appropriate to use the word "sheeple" in this case. I can't believe I'm going to see this next weekend.

]]> Jessica http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1049604 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1049604 Books Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:00:48 -0800 Comment by Flatlander McEastside Is it appropriate to call people sheeple from inside the flock?

]]> Flatlander McEastside http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1049611 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1049611 Books Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:02:53 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle It's an advance press copy.

Elitist.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1049628 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1049628 Books Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:11:51 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I'll bet it DOES exist, in about two weeks.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1049629 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1049629 Books Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:12:43 -0800 Comment by natopotato @2 & 3

Amen.

Baa.

]]> natopotato http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1049631 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1049631 Books Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:13:11 -0800 Comment by PopTart Well it is dumb, but from what I understand the movie is chock full of product placements so it's not surprising that the sheeple (aww, look at that cute word) would think the book was real.

I'm off to catch the bus to slog happy. Given the speed of the server today I imagine I'll arrive in Seattle before this is uploaded.

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1049639 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1049639 Books Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:15:57 -0800 Comment by whatevernevermind How dare people want to read for reasons that aren't good enough!

How dare they solicit booksellers for the books they want to read!

How dare --

Actually, no, I don't get any of this. You like reading, right? So it's a bad thing that people want to read a book they erroneously believe to exist because...?

]]> whatevernevermind http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1049646 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1049646 Books Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:20:57 -0800 Comment by umvue Yikes. Almost as sheeplish as reading books reviewed by Mssr. Constant.

]]> umvue http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1049674 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1049674 Books Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:31:54 -0800 Comment by brandon the book is titled "love letters of great men," which, for reasons that aren't entirely clear to me, makes me hate "sex & the city" even more.

]]> brandon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1049722 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1049722 Books Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:55:36 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi The abbreviation for monsieur is M, or less popularly Mr. Unless we're talking about the Medieval "Messaire," which may very well have been abbreviated Mssr.

/pedant

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1049774 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1049774 Books Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:38:04 -0800 Comment by Jay 11: The reasons are clear to me. It screams of a woman desperate to land a "perfect man," i.e. rich and narcissistic, ideally one who will shelter, protect and financially support her. It's about as anti-feminist as a book title can get. It perfectly reflects the shitty consumer ideology and traditional ideas of love (landing a man) the series and film promote: "The best women are those are closest to great men."

]]> Jay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1049850 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1049850 Books Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:11:38 -0800 Comment by Jay There should be a "who" in that last sentence. Oops.

]]> Jay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1049851 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1049851 Books Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:12:42 -0800 Comment by Joe Schmoe So since I'm not supposed to read about anything that I might become aware of from a popular source, I assume it's still OK to take Paul Constant's advise, as he does not work for a popular source? Or is the mere fact that I didn't find a book myself in an Indiana Jones-style treasure hunt enough reason for me not to read it? I can't read any books that might be popular before I find out about them. Got it.

]]> Joe Schmoe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1049897 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1049897 Books Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:11:46 -0800 Comment by Sdizzle But whoever writes it first will be rich rich RICH!

]]> Sdizzle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1050091 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1050091 Books Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:13:02 -0800 Comment by Greg @15: No no, popular books are okay. Paul's just asking that people not try to buy popular books that don't exist. You see the difference?

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1050107 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1050107 Books Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:46:29 -0800 Comment by Rotten666 The nerve of those women. Wanting to read a book and all.

Way to be a douchebag Constant.

]]> Rotten666 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1050120 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/hey_sex_and_the_city_fans#c1050120 Books Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:11:03 -0800 Comment by asdf @15:

I'm sure some philosopher would ask: how do you know something doesn't exist until you ask?

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