The Disappointment of Prurient Curiosity
After reading this absolutely hilarious article by Mark Steyn over the weekend, I finally broke down and did something I told myself I wouldn't do: search for Congressman Wiener's -- Weiner's -- offending photograph online. I mean, I try not be one of those gals who allows herself to look at dirty pictures under the pretense of disapproving of them...
Of course, the snapshot was very easy to find. And, honestly, anticlimactic. Is that all there was? (It took me a moment to see that there was anything other than underwear going on.)
Anyhow, if you need a Monday pick-me-up, and you haven't yet read Steyn's article, go do so. You won't be disappointed (in the article, not the picture). I especially loved this observation: "The republic’s 'citizen-legislators' do hardly anything for themselves these days, starting with reading the thousand-page legislation they cheerily pass, but if they can’t even perform their own sex scandals there really is no point to them."
Dear Ricohetians, have you ever found prurient curiosity disappointing? Do you suppose such disappointment is inherent in prurience itself?
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Aug '10
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Mark Steyn is a national treasure. Too bad he's Canadian. I wonder if he would come over to our side? Probably not. The comedy of our politics is funnier if you don't actually have to live under their influence.
Jun '10
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Normally I'd not bother to follw a story such as this. Pictures of pencil-necked geeks in their BVDs aren't the least bit appealing. But the fact that I have over the years grown to despise Anthony Weiner and am not the least bit saddened by his downfall is what has fed my curiosity. Follwing the Ace of Spades tweets over the weekend was comedy gold. Seeing the Weiner loyalists try to spin when it was crystal clear that he was caught in the act was good for a laugh, as well.
So I'd have to say that the interest many of us have is not purient, but rather political in nature.
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I'm sure Mark will be discussing all things Weiner on this week's Steyn/Goldberg/Long, although I doubt Jonah and Rob will have much to say about it.
Right.
Arriving Wednesday.
Edited on Jun 6, 2011 at 1:04pmAug '10
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StickerShock:
So I'd have to say that the interest many of us have is not purient, but rather political in nature.
Glad to hear it.
But I must confess that I looked at the picture out of prurient curiosity.
May '11
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"Have you ever found prurient curiosity disappointing?". I suspect it is inherently disappointing. Weiner has been engaging in a game now readily available through the internet that most of us left behind in early childhood. That game, when I was a child, was called "Doctor" and the rules were: 'I'll show you mine if you will will show me yours."The video capabilities of cellphones have made it more graphic than old fashioned phone sex but probably not more gratifying. The very concept of phone sex is horrifying to me. When I die and move on to that other dimension, if I hear a phone ring, I will know where I am!
Sep '10
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Too bad he's Canadian.
"I find your lack of faith disturbing." -- Darth Vader
May '10
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he just admitted his guilt
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_congressman_twitter_photo
May '10
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My own prurient curiosity never extends to photos of guys, period. I'm waiting for the big scandal featuring MFR.
I anxiously await Steyn's comments on this, however. I expect his first words to ask why we had this silly and unimaginative name of "Weinergate" all over the place, when it is obvious that the women who, er, exposed the scandal to Breitbart were actually "Weinersnitchers." Mark will doubtless have a few more puns for us as well.
You note that the NY Republican had to resign, Weiner won't. Like Clinton and Spitzer, he will eventually be a hero.
I wish I could be a liberal and never pay a price for any goof-ups.
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Prurient curiosity is always disappointing, don't you find? And, yes, I suspect that's inherent in prurience itself. An effect of the fall.
(There. Went from Andrew Weiner to theology in three sentences. Pretty good, wouldn't you say, Midget?)
Nov '10
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I'm glad Weiner didn't legally contest the authenticity of his photo.
He'd never have made it stand up in court.
Aug '10
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Duane Oyen:
I anxiously await Steyn's comments on this, however. I expect his first words to ask why we had this silly and unimaginative name of "Weinergate" all over the place, when it is obvious that the women who, er, exposed the scandal to Breitbart were actually "Weinersnitchers."
It wouldn't be the first time Mark has commented on Weinersnitchers. There was that rash of mysterious disappearances in Sudan, after all. Of course, modern-day Weinersnitchers are no longer made of veal, but pork, so they're not even Halal.
Aug '10
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That's my experience.
Unless prurient curiosity was part of led me to marry my dear hubby -- marriage hasn't disappointed. But then, marriage channels prurience, if it should even be called than in such a context, into greater ends.
Yep. You're on a roll today, what with Adam and all.
May '10
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Ah, Midge. How many ways do I love you? I'd count the ways, but there's a 200 word limit.
Edited on Jun 6, 2011 at 7:32pmSep '10
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FeliciaB: Ah, Midge. How many ways do I love you? I'd count the ways, but there's a 200 word limit. · Jun 6 at 7:31pm
Edited on Jun 06 at 07:32 pm
I have a prurient curiosity in knowing exactly what this means.