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""Can you pick up those toys? Oh, well done!"
"Can you wash your hands before dinner? Great job!"
"You're a great breakfast eater / toast maker / shoe picker-upper / tooth brusher."
Oh, please don't. Even to a kid..." [
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8 days ago
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"Above all, chill out.
Seriously. I'm not a dog person, so I don't have a lot to offer there, but your anxiety level about all this seems super-high.
If it's really truly true that you have no possible alternative to keeping this dog in your..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by lizzicide, aeschenkarnos, tomboko
2 weeks ago
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"I don't have much personal experience with ghosts, but I did some investigation when a friend asked for help with some strange goings-on in their house. I posted to various local pagan lists, asking for first-hand experiences with haunted houses and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Scram
2 weeks ago
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"A few sessions with a CBT-focused therapist might be a good idea. It sounds like your boy has learned to internalize teasing into self-hatred. That's a dangerous habit of thinking, but one that he can unlearn with help...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sondrialiac
2 weeks ago
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"Some people (particularly English learners) seem to expect that every aspect of the language has a rational or historical explanation.
This is akin to the common belief of AskMe querents that there must be a word for every salient concept. Or the..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by languagehat, Capri
Last month
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"British artist Lucian Freud's painting of a rather... portly slumbering nude...
The word you're searching for is fat." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by saturnine
Last month
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"The OP did not ask for our opinions on Santeria or its practices. Here's the actual question:
How did you handle it when you told your parents you had different religious beliefs then they did?... how do I deal with my parents rejection and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by arcticwoman
Last month
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"How can I cultivate an image of a good, confident, mature professional woman?
Maybe don't worry so much about being "good."
This, plus your not telling people about your capabilities so as not to insult them, suggest that you may be..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by PatoPata, desjardins
Last month
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"I am curious if she's just pulling my leg, or if there really is such a thing.
I...want her to know that what's important to her is to me too.
Your two statements seem at odds. Are you trying to catch her out in a lie, or are you trying to be..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
2 months ago
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Perfumistas Rejoice!
favorited 13 times, recently by q8xer, dsaelf, fondle, Homeskillet Freshy Fresh, biscotti, pantufla, hadjiboy, mostlymartha, fermezporte, carter, phyrewerx, P.o.B., vronsky
2 months ago
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"I enjoyed the heck out of Air, or Have Not Have, by Geoff Ryman, which describes the impact of disruptive information technology on a small, remote village. Ryman's observations of human character and village life are lively, tender, and exact...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by kolophon
2 months ago
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"I suspect those who make free with the dismissive one-liners don't have much relevant experience. Otherwise they would understand that this is a non-trivial question in a D/s relationship -- especially one where you spend most of your time together..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by FissionChips, catlet, thebrokedown, arianell
2 months ago
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""Shit" was one of the few words my grandmother could reliably say after her strokes. Said lightly, ruefully, with disgust or surprise or annoyance or world-weary existential humor, it was a whole vocabulary in a single word.
May every..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Blazecock Pileon
2 months ago
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"According to the current issue of Allure, when the two were married at New York City Hall in November 2007, the bride wore Hermes Osmanthe Yunnan and the groom wore L'Air du Desert Marocain by Tauer Perfumes. Why yes, I am a big fat perfume geek...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by junebug
2 months ago
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"No, because we already had this discussion.
No, because the point of this post is basically "Fox suxx amirite?"
No, because this post has "trainwreck" written all over it.
No, because "I think it warrants..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by god hates math
2 months ago
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"Among other things, my folks told me the following:
Smelt have one head and two tails.
Santa eats the cookies and drinks the scotch we put out for him every year, and Rudolph takes a bite out of the carrot.
When they went into their room in the..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by LeeJay, amyms
2 months ago
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""I wish to be the boss of the ice cream man."
Crap, now I'm crying again." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by olya
2 months ago
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"I don't know enough to say whether you should stay or go.
But I can say this whatever your relationship is like:
Stop threatening to leave.
Breaking up shouldn't be a gambit that you wheel it out in every argument. You might want to look..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by mdn, seanyboy, fiasco
3 months ago
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"When's the wedding? Maidenform is just about to release a new Breakthrough backless bra (sizes up to 38DD)." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by ramix, timory
3 months ago
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"(And before anyone says "Eponysterical!" my handle comes from a circumstance of auto-fellatio by a sea otter which I myself witnessed.)" [
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favorited 3 times, recently by boubelium, thomas144, grouse
3 months ago
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"Compost them. If you've made proper stock, the vegetables will have given their all to the liquid, and what's left will have very little flavor and a completely flaccid texture...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by hjo3
3 months ago
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"Perhaps part of what she's getting out of smoking is rebellion against authoritarian forces in her life. Perhaps she sees you as one of them.
If so, then coming down all heavy and lecturing her about the Horrible Badness of Smoking may be the..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Melinika, Ladysin
3 months ago
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"For me, here's how the progression goes:
1) Think about having sex with someone.
2) Kiss and make out with them some.
3) Have Phase 1 of the talk: the one where I tell them that nothing goes inside me without latex on it. During this talk, we..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
3 months ago
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"Loosen your grip on the bad feeling. Don't identify yourself with it so completely. Remember that you are not your rage -- it's just a feeling, it's not who you are -- and feelings always change.
Instead of being totally consumed with it,..." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by regicide is good for you
3 months ago
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"My read is that "gay" is a cultural identifier for you, rather than a restrictive descriptor of who you're attracted to. And as many above have noted, using the word in that sense is likely to cause confusion.
But the underlying issue..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by pointystick, sebastienbailard, soviet sleepover
3 months ago
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"I don't think there's a really good answer short of moving when the lease is up.
It's amazing the lengths that people will go to to avoid conflict.
A notable percentage of interpersonal AskMes and advice colunist questions boil down like this:..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by sweetkid
3 months ago
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"I think it's just as reductionistic to say everyone is fluidly omnisexual as it is to force everyone into one of two (or three) labeled boxes.
Some people clearly do experience their sexual orientation as fixed for life and intrinsic to their..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by sondrialiac, ROTFL, folgers crystals, Hat Maui
3 months ago
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"I'm glad to see this. I find the homo/hetero/bi trichotomy completely inadequate to deal with the range of observed behaviors and identities.
Modifying those identities with "fixed" or "fluid" offers a much richer and more..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by pinothefrog
3 months ago
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"Aww, she's super cute. I'm so sorry for your loss.
Make an altar with Reba's collar, bowl, photos, etc., and keep a candle burning there for a month. (Rationalists can scoff at the woo quotient all they want, but stuff like that is comforting.)..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by RedEmma
4 months ago
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"Thanks, this has been bugging me too. I think sidebarring that post makes the place seem less friendly to diversity and dissent, and lends ammunition to those who claim that Mefi is a liberal echo chamber.
I see a parallel to the sexism..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nasreddin
5 months ago
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"Wonderful suggestions. I came in to suggest Pema Chodron's When Things Fall apart, already covered by regicide and salvia.
My own brain hack: I remind myself that feeling bad is inevitable, but feeling bad about feeling bad is completely optional...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by UbuRoivas, chrismear
5 months ago
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Detroit Public Schools Book Depository
favorited 30 times, recently by JaredSeth, landedjentry, the luke parker fiasco, blackkar, shavenwarthog, veronica sawyer, mduda, mai, dejah420, marginaliana, designbot, subtle-t, agregoli, lunit, box, Smart Dalek, es_de_bah, pinothefrog, any portmanteau in a storm, longdaysjourney, hilatron, honest knave, hydatius, dantsea, disillusioned, The Card Cheat, peeet, dersins, Ostara, DMan
5 months ago
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"Is it my place to blow the whistle?
Not without your wife's full agreement. It is her secret, and she should get to say what you do with it.
The two of you need to talk through and be prepared for a whole range of potential outcomes before..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by sondrialiac, Ladysin
5 months ago
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"In order to prove this, the researchers would have to test this hypothesis against a control group of straight men who don't look at women's breasts.
There are no such straight men. QED, the research is impossible.
(By the way, did you know..." [
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5 months ago
