Comments on: Go the Fuck to Sleep: a storybook for exhausted parents http://boingboing.net/2011/04/26/go-the-fuck-to-sleep.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 19:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: DataShade http://boingboing.net/2011/04/26/go-the-fuck-to-sleep.html#comment-1093633 DataShade Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1093633 Agreed. Why promote it now, six months before it's out? You had me all excited I could cross off the "funny gift" checkbox for Mother's Day. This is useless to my interests. Agreed. Why promote it now, six months before it’s out? You had me all excited I could cross off the “funny gift” checkbox for Mother’s Day.

This is useless to my interests.

]]> By: Kosmoid http://boingboing.net/2011/04/26/go-the-fuck-to-sleep.html#comment-1093124 Kosmoid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1093124 You mean no more rubbing their gums with laudanum? You mean no more rubbing their gums with laudanum?

]]> By: IronEdithKidd http://boingboing.net/2011/04/26/go-the-fuck-to-sleep.html#comment-1093892 IronEdithKidd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1093892 This book seems to be more for moms. For the first time since my son was born 2 years ago, I'm getting to sleep through the night on a semi-regular (ie- more frequently than 2 nights every 6 weeks) basis. During the worst of it, oddly only a couple months ago, when I was getting up as many as four times a night, this book would've provided a welcome bit of comic relief. If Flying Monkey can't see the humor in this book then HE isn't the one getting up in the middle of the night for *years* on end. This book seems to be more for moms. For the first time since my son was born 2 years ago, I’m getting to sleep through the night on a semi-regular (ie- more frequently than 2 nights every 6 weeks) basis. During the worst of it, oddly only a couple months ago, when I was getting up as many as four times a night, this book would’ve provided a welcome bit of comic relief.

If Flying Monkey can’t see the humor in this book then HE isn’t the one getting up in the middle of the night for *years* on end.

]]> By: mjpw http://boingboing.net/2011/04/26/go-the-fuck-to-sleep.html#comment-1093401 mjpw Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1093401 Not available until Oct. 11! Everyone will have heard about it and be over the joke by then. This would make a good e-book -- read it once, laugh, wet your pants and file it away on your hard drive, away from the kids, no trees killed. Not available until Oct. 11! Everyone will have heard about it and be over the joke by then. This would make a good e-book — read it once, laugh, wet your pants and file it away on your hard drive, away from the kids, no trees killed.

]]> By: razorphraser http://boingboing.net/2011/04/26/go-the-fuck-to-sleep.html#comment-1094939 razorphraser Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1094939 Bless your heart. I think you are officially the last person on the planet that knows how to properly use that word...and if you really don't then not to worry...no one else will know any better. :-) Bless your heart. I think you are officially the last person on the planet that knows how to properly use that word…and if you really don’t then not to worry…no one else will know any better. :-)

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/04/26/go-the-fuck-to-sleep.html#comment-1094172 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1094172 If I catch anybody complaining that this is tired making a comment that says, "Christ, what an asshole", you're in deep shit. If I catch anybody complaining that this is tired making a comment that says, “Christ, what an asshole”, you’re in deep shit.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/26/go-the-fuck-to-sleep.html#comment-1094177 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1094177 HA HA! So true! HA HA! So true!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/26/go-the-fuck-to-sleep.html#comment-1094438 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1094438 I absolutely love it and want a copy! I absolutely love it and want a copy!

]]> By: Audrey Mark http://boingboing.net/2011/04/26/go-the-fuck-to-sleep.html#comment-1094694 Audrey Mark Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1094694 I think anyone who has ever read "Goodnight Moon" for the 34,380,832,493,874th time to an wriggling child at 3 am would appreciate--if not adore--this book. Enough with all the sanctimonious whining, hm? I think it's genius. I think anyone who has ever read “Goodnight Moon” for the 34,380,832,493,874th time to an wriggling child at 3 am would appreciate–if not adore–this book. Enough with all the sanctimonious whining, hm? I think it’s genius.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/26/go-the-fuck-to-sleep.html#comment-1098536 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1098536 That's funny! That’s funny!

]]> By: phomancho http://boingboing.net/2011/04/26/go-the-fuck-to-sleep.html#comment-1093161 phomancho Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1093161 I hope there is something more subversive than the casual use of fuck in a childrens book. Sadly its darn near impossible to avoid kids hearing all sorts of things that as a parent you might not want them exposed to. I hope there is something more subversive than the casual use of fuck in a childrens book. Sadly its darn near impossible to avoid kids hearing all sorts of things that as a parent you might not want them exposed to.

]]> By: dragonfrog http://boingboing.net/2011/04/26/go-the-fuck-to-sleep.html#comment-1093162 dragonfrog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1093162 Don't forget <i>Baby, Mix Me a Drink</i> http://store.mcsweeneys.net/index.cfm/fuseaction/catalog.detail/object_id/c69c2315-d209-4178-91ac-d2f8b63fb894/Baby%20Mix%20Me%20a%20Drink.cfm Don’t forget Baby, Mix Me a Drink

http://store.mcsweeneys.net/index.cfm/fuseaction/catalog.detail/object_id/c69c2315-d209-4178-91ac-d2f8b63fb894/Baby%20Mix%20Me%20a%20Drink.cfm

]]> By: pjk http://boingboing.net/2011/04/26/go-the-fuck-to-sleep.html#comment-1093676 pjk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1093676 what the fuck is the problem??? what the fuck is the problem???

]]> By: Mark Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2011/04/26/go-the-fuck-to-sleep.html#comment-1093171 Mark Frauenfelder Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1093171 The book is not for kids, nor is it subversive. It's for exhausted parents. The book is not for kids, nor is it subversive. It’s for exhausted parents.

]]> By: Flying_Monkey http://boingboing.net/2011/04/26/go-the-fuck-to-sleep.html#comment-1093687 Flying_Monkey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1093687 I am sure I am not the only one who is getting really bored of people who think that putting 'fuck' or 'shit' in the title of books consitutes being subversive. Come on, this is the foul-mouthed mainstream. It's not hip. It's not even interesting. It's just dull and lazy. IMHO, of course. Oh yeah, and it's not because I worry about my kids hearing 'bad things' - I don't have such a prissy attitude. I can also understand why other people might relate to the kind of stree-relief this book provides. I don't want to censor or proscribe things. However, not every parent with a toddler is thinking this. I really don't think about my little boy in this way that you would have to to want to read this, nor would I want to start. He's beautiful, he's the joy of my life, and even the difficult bits are worth every second. Why would I want to belittle this fantastic relationship now. He's going to be a teenager one day: there's going to be enough of this then to be sure! I am sure I am not the only one who is getting really bored of people who think that putting ‘fuck’ or ‘shit’ in the title of books consitutes being subversive. Come on, this is the foul-mouthed mainstream. It’s not hip. It’s not even interesting. It’s just dull and lazy. IMHO, of course.

Oh yeah, and it’s not because I worry about my kids hearing ‘bad things’ – I don’t have such a prissy attitude.

I can also understand why other people might relate to the kind of stree-relief this book provides. I don’t want to censor or proscribe things.

However, not every parent with a toddler is thinking this. I really don’t think about my little boy in this way that you would have to to want to read this, nor would I want to start. He’s beautiful, he’s the joy of my life, and even the difficult bits are worth every second. Why would I want to belittle this fantastic relationship now. He’s going to be a teenager one day: there’s going to be enough of this then to be sure!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/26/go-the-fuck-to-sleep.html#comment-1093689 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1093689 I think I love you. You are the only other person I have heard express these beautiful words/thoughts. Btw, I live in the deep south where "common sense" is all about the invisible magic person and patriotism. FML I think I love you. You are the only other person I have heard express these beautiful words/thoughts. Btw, I live in the deep south where “common sense” is all about the invisible magic person and patriotism. FML

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/26/go-the-fuck-to-sleep.html#comment-1094466 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1094466 LMAO!!!!!!! i have two non sleepers. i haven't slept a wink in nearly three years. mwah ha ha ha ha....... (if you can't laugh, people, what are you GOING TO DO!???) LMAO!!!!!!! i have two non sleepers. i haven’t slept a wink in nearly three years. mwah ha ha ha ha……. (if you can’t laugh, people, what are you GOING TO DO!???)

]]> By: phomancho http://boingboing.net/2011/04/26/go-the-fuck-to-sleep.html#comment-1093703 phomancho Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1093703 See Flying Monkey above. The book sounds like a funny idea. I have little kids, rarely does a night go by that that I am not thankful that the little monsters are finally asleep. The description calls it subversive. I was hoping there was something more subversive than just using the work fuck in the title of a not childrens book. That is all See Flying Monkey above. The book sounds like a funny idea. I have little kids, rarely does a night go by that that I am not thankful that the little monsters are finally asleep.
The description calls it subversive. I was hoping there was something more subversive than just using the work fuck in the title of a not childrens book.

That is all

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/26/go-the-fuck-to-sleep.html#comment-1094730 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1094730 Too funny! All these comments are funny but yours was hilarious Too funny! All these comments are funny but yours was hilarious

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/26/go-the-fuck-to-sleep.html#comment-1096012 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1096012 Yeah, but you can still rub your own gums with laudanum or some substitute thereof. (scotch?) This sort of humour, though perhaps too edgy for the faint of heart, is exactly what's needed to penetrate the fog of guilt and exhaustion familiar to parents of young children. Come on, folks, lighten up! We need some edgy humour to survive the cycle of effort and frustration that characterizes modern parenting. Yeah, but you can still rub your own gums with laudanum or some substitute thereof. (scotch?) This sort of humour, though perhaps too edgy for the faint of heart, is exactly what’s needed to penetrate the fog of guilt and exhaustion familiar to parents of young children. Come on, folks, lighten up! We need some edgy humour to survive the cycle of effort and frustration that characterizes modern parenting.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/04/26/go-the-fuck-to-sleep.html#comment-1093198 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1093198 http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gtfts http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gtfts

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/26/go-the-fuck-to-sleep.html#comment-1095761 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1095761 Robitussin. Robitussin.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/26/go-the-fuck-to-sleep.html#comment-1103956 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1103956 Thats what I do now and i'm in my 20s. Except substitute the laudanum (since its not made anymore) with something a little stronger :) Thats what I do now and i’m in my 20s. Except substitute the laudanum (since its not made anymore) with something a little stronger :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/26/go-the-fuck-to-sleep.html#comment-1103960 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1103960 I TOTALLY agree. Honestly, its just a word. Why does everyone get their panties in a wad? I don't like when people can't speak without using "the 'f' word" as every 3rd word. But why does it bother people so much? I TOTALLY agree. Honestly, its just a word. Why does everyone get their panties in a wad? I don’t like when people can’t speak without using “the ‘f’ word” as every 3rd word. But why does it bother people so much?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/26/go-the-fuck-to-sleep.html#comment-1094755 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1094755 I always love to see the comments by the humorless, politically correct crowd. puleeeeease go find some other serious, brow furrrowing site to have indignation over and leave the fun to the rest of us? I always love to see the comments by the humorless, politically correct crowd. puleeeeease go find some other serious, brow furrrowing site to have indignation over and leave the fun to the rest of us?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/26/go-the-fuck-to-sleep.html#comment-1095524 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1095524 There's actually a name for this, inspired by the fact that the internet has made it so much more common: It's called "recreational indignation". And it's proof that there are a whole *lot* of people with way too much free time. Course, Usenet proved that, 20 years ago. There’s actually a name for this, inspired by the fact that the internet has made it so much more common:

It’s called “recreational indignation”.

And it’s proof that there are a whole *lot* of people with way too much free time.

Course, Usenet proved that, 20 years ago.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/26/go-the-fuck-to-sleep.html#comment-1103717 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1103717 you rock you rock

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/26/go-the-fuck-to-sleep.html#comment-1093734 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1093734 You're taking the book and yourself far too seriously. You’re taking the book and yourself far too seriously.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/26/go-the-fuck-to-sleep.html#comment-1096807 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1096807 Sorry, I don't own any elephant books Sorry, I don’t own any elephant books

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/26/go-the-fuck-to-sleep.html#comment-1093994 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1093994 @ FlyingMonkey and Phomancho, let's assume the publisher is responsible for the descriptive comments and not the author. And let's assume the author was just trying to write a book that he thought would appeal to parents like him. Because I'm assuming that like me he often says to his partner or to himself, "Whhhhyyyyyy won't they just go the fuck to sleep". Now that I have a four and a half year old i'm waiting for the book, 'Shut the fuck up!!' If you think "it's not hip. It's not even interesting. It's just dull and lazy", then you're just not the target market. And that's cool. @ FlyingMonkey and Phomancho, let’s assume the publisher is responsible for the descriptive comments and not the author. And let’s assume the author was just trying to write a book that he thought would appeal to parents like him. Because I’m assuming that like me he often says to his partner or to himself, “Whhhhyyyyyy won’t they just go the fuck to sleep”. Now that I have a four and a half year old i’m waiting for the book, ‘Shut the fuck up!!’

If you think “it’s not hip. It’s not even interesting. It’s just dull and lazy”, then you’re just not the target market. And that’s cool.

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