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The Perverse Allure of Messy Lives

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Roiphe, K. (2012). The Perverse Allure of Messy Lives. In Roiphe, K. In Praise of Messy Lives: Essays. The Dial Press, pp. 145-152

(noun) a brief moment of emotional excitement; shudder thrill

146

one can't help but experience a puritanical frisson

on Mad Men

—p.146 by Katie Roiphe
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one can't help but experience a puritanical frisson

on Mad Men

—p.146 by Katie Roiphe
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6 years, 7 months ago
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When we talk about the three-martini lunch these days, it is with a sort of dismissive contempt, tinged with a pleasurable thrill of superiority. How much more sensible we are than them! How much healthier! How much more prolific! "How did anyone get any work done?" someone will invariably ask. But maybe that's the wrong question, or maybe the kind of work they got done was a different kind of work, or maybe that is not the highest and holiest standard to which we can hold the quality of life.

don't know if I agree with the conclusions re: alcohol etc but I see her larger point, and it's not a bad one. esp cus the "work" people usually imagine when they ask that kind of question is almost always ephemeral and thus largely pointless white-collar work

—p.151 by Katie Roiphe 6 years, 7 months ago

When we talk about the three-martini lunch these days, it is with a sort of dismissive contempt, tinged with a pleasurable thrill of superiority. How much more sensible we are than them! How much healthier! How much more prolific! "How did anyone get any work done?" someone will invariably ask. But maybe that's the wrong question, or maybe the kind of work they got done was a different kind of work, or maybe that is not the highest and holiest standard to which we can hold the quality of life.

don't know if I agree with the conclusions re: alcohol etc but I see her larger point, and it's not a bad one. esp cus the "work" people usually imagine when they ask that kind of question is almost always ephemeral and thus largely pointless white-collar work

—p.151 by Katie Roiphe 6 years, 7 months ago