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Post number 6950

raysmj — Wed, 11 Apr 2001 21:24:36 -0800

Credit Card Nation? And people who bought this book also purchased Fast Food Nation. Is the U.S., then, no longer Prozac Nation. Do we live in Hackneyed Nonfiction Title Nation? Or is it really a Credit Card Abusing, Fast-Food Eating Nation on Prozac?

By: raysmj

raysmj — Wed, 11 Apr 2001 21:29:18 -0800

Whoah. That's Fast-Food Nation and Prozac Nation. I was temporarily living in Annoyed Person With a Good Idea Who Acted to Fast Nation.

By: raysmj

raysmj — Wed, 11 Apr 2001 22:15:04 -0800

Also discovered via Amazon Database Nation, Corporation Nation, Ritalin Nation, Free-Agent Nation, and of course, Transgender Nation We don't even get into Chili Nation, Suburban Nation, Self-Help Nation, Comic Book Nation, Gunfighting Nation, Hoops Nation, Voyeur Nation, Network Nation and Joystick Nation here, since, frankly, we're out of patience and time.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Wed, 11 Apr 2001 22:26:57 -0800

No Imagi Nation.

By: pracowity

pracowity — Wed, 11 Apr 2001 23:52:48 -0800

Have these been published yet? • Self-Absorbed Nation • Simplistic Nation • Damnation

By: youthbc1

youthbc1 — Thu, 12 Apr 2001 00:59:47 -0800

Procrasti Nation. That was bad. Zhenshi daoqian. I formally apologize. More credit card stupidity.

By: sugarfish

sugarfish — Thu, 12 Apr 2001 01:16:59 -0800

not prozac, darlings. zoloft.

By: lagado

lagado — Thu, 12 Apr 2001 04:30:47 -0800

don't forget Alien Nation

By: rodii

rodii — Thu, 12 Apr 2001 07:01:39 -0800

You mean it's not Woodstock Nation anymore? Y'know, I have this strong sense that all these titles are vaguely allusive to some earlier Foo Nation, but I can't put my finger on it. Woodstock Nation is the earliest I can think of, but it seems like there must have been some earlier exemplar. What was it?

By: the_ill_gino

the_ill_gino — Thu, 12 Apr 2001 08:19:05 -0800

Rythym Nation. Sorry about that...

By: iceberg273

iceberg273 — Thu, 12 Apr 2001 08:36:40 -0800

This syndicated article quotes someone claiming that this trend started with Prozac Nation (i.e. that's what everyone is copying). I don't know if that's correct.

By: hijinx

hijinx — Thu, 12 Apr 2001 08:49:29 -0800

We'll always have the Shampoo Planet should the nations crumble.

By: jpoulos

jpoulos — Thu, 12 Apr 2001 10:07:11 -0800

not prozac, darlings. zoloft. Celexa Nation, baby. How about MeFi Nation?

By: gimli

gimli — Thu, 12 Apr 2001 12:49:27 -0800

I believe MeFi was covered in Righteous Indig Nation.

By: Skot

Skot — Thu, 12 Apr 2001 13:10:43 -0800

Oh, I'll play. Daydream Nation.

By: gimli

gimli — Thu, 12 Apr 2001 13:34:47 -0800

One of my favorites, especially on a long drive. Almost seems to compress time.

By: anapestic

anapestic — Thu, 12 Apr 2001 15:59:10 -0800

A pox on all you nationalists.

By: kindall

kindall — Thu, 12 Apr 2001 18:19:26 -0800

"Corporation Nation, what's your fixation..."