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I feel like this article told more about the people reading and writing at The NewYorker than anything else. The lexical field is fascinating.
by fvdessen 9y ago
I feel like this article told more about the people reading and writing at The NewYorker than anything else. The lexical field is fascinating.
- QAPereo 9y agoWhat did you learn about them?
- fvdessen 9y agoThat not enjoying wine can be a profound experience that makes one search for meaning involving philosophers, politicians, multiple countries, mathematics, science, music, history, art, and social intrigue spanning dozens of people.
- matwood 9y agoHaha, I came to the same conclusion. The article was a lot of words to say "I don't like wine, so I'm not going to drink it anymore."
- xapata 9y agoIt was about much more than that -- a child's relationship with parents, self-esteem, the American Dream, and social class, among other things. As with many things (like academic papers) the meat is in the footnotes.
- QAPereo 9y agoMore broadly, feeling inadequate compared to your peer group, or desired peer group is a profound stimulus for some. I like your analysis!
- nebabyte 9y agohttps://xkcd.com/1095/ https://xkcd.com/1095/ This isn't limited to wine drinking preference, people can pontificate about anything. I'm sure a sea of articles in the same vein wouldn't begin to compare to the number of person-hours wasted on alcohols.
- samfriedman 9y agoYou might enjoy the New Yorker column, "Rabbit Holes". It's specifically for articles that take a small observation or part of culture and dive way deeper into it than you'd imagine possible (or practical). https://www.newyorker.com/culture/rabbit-holes https://www.newyorker.com/culture/rabbit-holes
- kahnpro 9y agoI was expecting a scientific solution to help wine taste better.