Matt Yglesias

Just for Nerds

By Matthew Yglesias

Watchmen — now in Catalan:

I saw that in a FNAC, which reminded me that I wish we had FNAC in the United States. And that reminded of a semi-serious policy idea I wanted to put forward but we’ll leave that for later.

21 Responses to “Just for Nerds”

1. James Gary Says:
   February 5th, 2009 at 11:33 am

   I saw that in a FNAC, which reminded me that I wish we had FNAC in the United States.

   There are actually Fnacs everywhere—but American children are indoctrinated from an early age to not see the Fnacs.

2. Cicciput Says:
   February 5th, 2009 at 11:50 am

   Max Théret was a much better entrepreneur than bodyguard. Poor Trotzky.

3. max Says:
   February 5th, 2009 at 12:09 pm

   Matthew, are you dealing in Clichy’s again?

   max
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4. KCinDC Says:
   February 5th, 2009 at 12:14 pm

   While the Fnac headquarters are in Clichy, I don’t think there are many Catalan speakers there, Max.

5. Luke Says:
   February 5th, 2009 at 12:21 pm

   Commie!

   We do have FNAC in America, just instead of “participating in campaigns against exclusion, racism and censorship” Sam’s Club and Walmart practice all three of those things.

   Oh, and Walmart pursues a Stalinist agenda rather than a Trotskyite one.

6. charlie Says:
   February 5th, 2009 at 1:25 pm

   Why the frak would you want a FNAC in the US? Terrible customer service.

7. El Cid Says:
   February 5th, 2009 at 2:34 pm

   FNAC often has a great English-language book section.

8. Jeremy Says:
   February 5th, 2009 at 5:46 pm

   I used to spend hours in FNAC, reading books that I couldn’t afford due to being a dirt-poor exchange student (who’d spent all his money in the discoteca the night before).

   I read the entire Akira manga series there.

   Which reminds me, there’s a book by a Catalan author that dealt with an Aztec invasion of Europe, instead of the other way around. Would’ve been fun to read, but nobody bothered to translate it. There are so many interesting novels by European authors that nobody’s bothered to translate to English or make widely available (like the “Road to Jerusalem” trilogy by Jan Guillou that will run you over $100/paperback).

9. Jerome Says:
   February 5th, 2009 at 7:51 pm

   I guess you can read books in a FNAC, just don’t expect much room to do so in their cramped aisles, and good luck finding a chair or coffee. I really don’t miss FNACs to be frank. What’s so good about them?

10. mainstreet Says:
    February 5th, 2009 at 11:18 pm

    Oh, I miss FNAC. Even though the one I used to hang out in in Lisbon was almost entirely underground.

11. Jeremy Says:
    February 6th, 2009 at 2:05 am

    The one in Madrid had a small reading room where you could sit down on terraced benches and read. Granted, it was filled up all the time, but you could read forever if you got a spot.

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