Today, as we are sometimes wont to do, we were browsing CNN's homepage in search of a breaking news story another awesome screengrab when, suddenly, an article (on CNN sister site, Entertainment Weekly) caught our eye.
The premise? "Reader Confessions: I saw it on screen, then did it." Naturally, we figured it would be more of the "I watched Trainspotting, and then decided to go shoot some heroin" variety, but turns out we were delightfully wrong! Below, see how these two female respondents had two extremely different reactions to watching those feminist martyrs (a.k.a. slutty hobags) on Sex and the City.
Reader 1:
"Sex and the City cost me way too much money in shoes. And I may have become a little more slutty." —Maureen.
"I stopped drinking and sleeping around after watching the sad lives on Sex and the City. Talk about a cautionary tale." —Ames
Strangely, none of the readers remarked on Carrie's extremely tacky and clichéd writing style, though they did manage to reopen a time-honored debate. Were the SATC girls empowering examples of the modern, independent women or a terrifying glimpse into Paris Hilton's future?
Frankly, we're not sure. But at least we can all agree on one thing: that chick who plays Miranda is fucking insane!
thanks to hbo on demand, sex and the city is still very much a part of our lives… the real tragedy is the demise of a formerly-handsome-and-sexy mr. big, who is frequently seen around nyc in his now-obese reincarnation as a dirty pedophile