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"  Confirming a flurry of rumors last week, People magazine released the cover package for their annual &amp;quot;SEXIEST MEN&amp;quot; issue (yes, all caps is all necessary) last night. And the big title goes to the &amp;quot;cool, confident, seductive&amp;quot; Adam Levine \u2014 though these are adjectives more commonly used to describe men in deodorant ads. But there you go. This whole thing has happened and some of us will have to enter a 12-step program to make sure we can, eventually accept it. That all said, let&amp;#039;s not even pretend People magazine&amp;#039;s editors don&amp;#039;t make their decisions based upon who&amp;#039;s going to rile folks up on social media. (This is why Ryan Gosling will never win despite being more than qualified for the award, because everyone would be happy about that and too busy swooning over the photos to actually make fuss and, you know, even form coherent sentences.) So, just how how varied have the reactions to Levine&amp;#039;s award been? Let&amp;#039;s look to Twitter. There&amp;#039;s the inevitable &amp;quot;yuck, no thx&amp;quot; backlash:    How the hell did Adam Levine get the spot for Sexiest Man Alive?? He&amp;amp;#39;s not even attractive! \u2014 Courtney Crimson (@flapjackdoodles) November 20, 2013      I&amp;amp;#39;m so confused by Adam Levine being named Sexiest Man Alive. Are sexy men endangered? Does People not know how many other men are alive? \u2014 Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) November 20, 2013      The people are outraged about Adam Levine being chosen as sexiest man alive. Our sexiest system is broken. I&amp;amp;#39;m seceding. Who&amp;amp;#39;s with me? \u2014 Nate Smith (@bestnatesmith) November 20, 2013   But there are also (a surprising number of) fervent Levine fans rallying to the cause:    Obviously Adam Levine was named sexiest man alive, I mean who else would it be? #letsbehonest &#128536; \u2014 Haley Churchill (@HaleyChurchill4) November 20, 2013      It&amp;amp;#39;s not a surprise that Adam Levine is the sexiest man alive winner. He&amp;amp;#39;s a god. \u2014 Sarah Kirchner (@SarahLKirchner) November 20, 2013   And then there are the hipster fangirls who are just proud to have been so ahead of the times on this:    @adamlevine was voted the sexiest man in the world. Did we really need a magazine to tell us that? \u2014 Megan (@megan_myhoney) November 20, 2013      Adam Levine is People Magazine&amp;amp;#39;s sexiest man alive. Why are they just now figuring this out? \u2014 Nora. (@nora27xo) November 20, 2013   Oh, and by the way, this is my favorite example in this category of reactions, because the phrase &amp;quot;microwave popcorn bitches&amp;quot; is timeless:    Adam Levine named 2013 sexiest man in the world! Bt I&amp;amp;#39;ve been saying dis since lst year..ooh now every microwavable popcorn bitches know :( \u2014 Ayo Maria Odus (@siena_maria) November 20, 2013   There are the folks OK with the choice, just about, but wait a hot second WOULDN&amp;#039;T [insert celebrity/boyfriend/Disney prince here] BE BETTER? \u00A0    Adam Levine is the sexiest man alive... Although I&amp;amp;#39;m happy, I would have to disagree this time and say it&amp;amp;#39;s Justin Timberlake... \u2014 Kaity Fisher (@KitKatKaity24) November 20, 2013      Who the fuck is Adam Levine and why is he the sexiest man alive? Has something happened w/ Hugh Jackman?? \u2014 Anne Costova (@Anne_Costova) November 20, 2013      seeing that Adam Levine is the sexiest man alive.. ummm no. pretty sure Channing Tatum still is lolz #grrr \u2014 Abigail (@abby_bowers8) November 20, 2013   And there are the guys who want it to look like they&amp;#039;re just joking about being a better choice for the magazine but deep down they really mean it and, yep, aren&amp;#039;t going to hold back:    Adam Levine named sexiest man alive, confirming that most women want a handsome idiot, mediocre artist, and complete twat. \u2014 michael:$PATH (@michaelpath) November 20, 2013   Also, someone had this to say because of course: In conclusion, this tweet:    ADAM LEVINE WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME \u2014 \u2655 altea (@altearoxxx) November 20, 2013   Photo credit: courtesy of People magazine "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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