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"I know several people who have ridden motorcycles for 20+ years without a single accident. You've had several. That's enough to prove to me that you should not be permitted to ride a motorcycle anymore. I'm not at all surprised that it sends the same..." [
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"Stay in a hotel, not with him. That way, you have both privacy and a safe place to go if he turns out not to be all you hoped he would be. Tell him ahead of time that you won't be having sex. You can always change your mind after a date or two if you..." [
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"If they insist that they need these specific forms, ask whether you can black out your financial information. Leave only the fields with your dependents' names in them unblacked. That way, you can verify that you filed taxes listing the relevant..." [
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"No contact until you no longer want to have contact with him. When you don't want it anymore -- and that means honestly don't think about him, heard a funny joke and didn't occur to you that he would think it was funny too, wouldn't bother calling..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by movingon, melissam, loiseau
7 days ago
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"Whenever I locate someone I’m interested in, I do what most people do…engage in small talk. I like to observe people before, before I approach them. Sometimes this process take minutes, sometimes weeks. Some people I already know, some people I’ve..." [
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10 days ago
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"Have you been professionally fitted for a bra to ensure that you're wearing the right size? I was always anxious to change out of my B cup bras at the end of the day because they were uncomfortable. Then I got fitted in a lingerie store by a lady who..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by flibbertigibbet, OLechat
10 days ago
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"No one has told you to suck it up.
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favorited 5 times, recently by M.C. Lo-Carb!, thejanna, ikkyu2, missmagenta, Ookseer
11 days ago
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"Not to pile on, but paying for her dress and hotel room is not a "gift." It's compensation for expenses she's incurring in order to do you the honor/favor of standing up for you. If you want to get her a gift, get her something that..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by PhoBWanKenobi, melissa may, amethysts, Flying Squirrel
12 days ago
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"Dear AskMe,
On my "be prepared" list is falling off of chairs, which causes more than 6 times as many deaths per year in the US as dog attacks do. I've read several good article on ways to handle the situation if I fall off of a chair,..." [
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2 weeks ago
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"I've recommended it before, and I'll recommend it again: HotCouponWorld. The posters there will show you how to combine coupons (for whatever you want to buy; not just cheap, processed crap) with sales to save 50% or more off of your grocery bill...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by colt45
3 weeks ago
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"circe, can you explain the method by which you determine whether or not a given treatment is effective for a given condition? I think that's where some of your answerers are getting hung up.
Medical science has some very specific methods by which..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by 0xFCAF, lemuria
3 weeks ago
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"Another vote for don't tell. I've been a vegetarian for 20 years, and I wouldn't really care. I might already know, because I might have had a stomachache the next day, but I wouldn't blame you or need to cleanse my aura or anything like that. And in..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by thebigdeadwaltz
3 weeks ago
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"Oh, and then once you've taken such probably totally unnecessary precautions, relax and have a good time!" [
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Last month
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"If you want a certain lifestyle, live that lifestyle. Once you're living it, see whether or not the woman you say you love wants to live it with you. If so, great. If not, then decide whether or not you're happy in the relationship. But don't judge..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
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"With your own family, you should always take 100 percent of the blame for any conflicts involving a significant other. It doesn't actually matter whether or not you believe you deserve 100 percent of the blame for the situation. Tell your family that..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Acer_saccharum
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"My ex tried to give me a Christmas present about two weeks after we ended our four year relationship. The ending was supposedly mutual, but mostly his doing. I moved out of our shared apartment, and he bought me a nice wireless router so that I would..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Jurate, Coatlicue
Last month
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"Every child deserves at least one parent who actually enjoys many of the day-to-day tasks of parenting. I'm not talking about cleaning up poop. I'm talking about getting down on the floor and playing with blocks, reading stories in funny voices,..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by equipoise, Nattie, anitanita, peacheater
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"If the reason the military has chaplains is to show soldiers that God is behind their work, it seems to me that the role you can play for atheist soldiers is to help each of them to find for her/himself the nonreligious moral basis for his or her..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Nattie, ohio
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"What is the presentation about, and what were you planning to use Powerpoint for?
(My personal belief, for what it's worth, is that most Powerpoints make presentations worse, not better, so you're more likely to do well now that your crutch has..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Meatbomb
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"The big difference between "girlfriend" and "female friend you make out with" is, in most cases, exclusivity. (of course, polyamory exists and works for some people, but it's a pretty advanced maneuver, and even if you thought you..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by yohko
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"There is no such thing as a "toxin," unless you believe you've been poisoned, in which case you need to go to the hospital for emergency medical treatment. Sugar and processed foods do not contain any "toxins" for which periods of..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by HighTechUnderpants, arcticwoman
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"As you can see, people are pretty evenly split between "not replying is unspeakably rude" and "replying just to say no is a terrible insult." So there's no pleasing people. The only solution, then, is to do what makes you happy...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
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"Cooking is a mindless chore, like scrubbing the bathroom or laundry. It needs to be done over and over again, and the tasks it involves are unsatisfying. Why would I want to spend a lot of time doing mindless manual labor just to get the same (or a..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by des, chiababe, Telf, tristeza
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"Laundry. Wash your sheets, blankets, throw pillow covers, afghans, towels, and any other fabrics you have lying around, often. Use a good detergent, like Tide, and use fabric softener sheets.
Also, keep your windows open for as much of the year as..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by ms.v., vytae, kidsleepy, highrise
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"You just need to get new friends.
Your friends do not share your interests. The fact that you think your interests are more important or relevant or weighty than other interests doesn't mean that they ought to adopt your interests or that you are..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Lesser Shrew
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"I think that scheduling an entire weekend of events for 100 people resulted in most of your acquaintances ignoring the invitation entirely, and many of your friends being unsure of what to do with it. If I got an evite asking me to sign up a week in..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by Ladysin, blueberry, lalochezia, sondrialiac, DulcineaX
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"The question didn't ask whether someone who is bored by the show would be bored visiting a therapist; it asked whether someone who is bored by the show would be bored acting as a therapist.
In answer to that question: no, not necessarily. There..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
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"Never underestimate the appeal of baggy clothes.
Baggy clothes don't appeal to students these days. They like fitted, tight clothes. I give out t-shirts to college students, and our demand is something like 30% small, 25% medium, 25% large, 15% XL,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by vegetableagony
2 months ago
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"Some people think it makes them more attractive, and either feeling more attractive gives them more self-confidence or they like feeling as though others are attracted to them. But I would imagine that most people who wear makeup do it because their..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Coatlicue
2 months ago
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"(I attribute this to his having very few sexual relationships prior to me, while I have been much more active)
While this may very well explain some of the difference in your understanding of the need to compromise in this situation, it is..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by vivelame, InfidelZombie, arianell, JauntyFedora, moxiedoll
2 months ago
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"I think it was the economist Tyler Cowen who pointed this out: if you're a reader with a well above average appetite, you will read perhaps 5,000 books in your entire life. That's if you read 1-2 books a week, every week, from the time you're in..." [
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2 months ago
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"I'm a woman, and I agree with game warden.
One time a couple of years ago, I went out for drinks and dinner with a guy, and it didn't become clear to me until the end of the evening (when he tried to hold my hand) that he considered it a date...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Ladysin
2 months ago
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"You'd be telling your kids this in order to make your ex-wife look bad. You can dress it up any way you like, but under the surface, you want your kids to know that your ex-wife doesn't buy your kids as many things as they currently think she does,..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by The Gooch, nakedcodemonkey, JennyK, headspace
2 months ago
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"Please, please, please don't make your kids deliver your child support checks for you, in an envelope or otherwise. That puts them in the middle of an adult financial arrangement that should be between you and your ex-wife. It's the equivalent of..." [
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2 months ago
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"If you're not wedded to fiction, look at P.J. O'Rourke. I gave my little sister his All the Trouble in the World and Peace Kills when she was in high school, and she loved them. He self describes as libertarian leaning, and his books are hilarious..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
3 months ago
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"Why do you want your weight to equal that specific number? Is it because you want to look a certain way? Is it because you dislike a certain part of your body and believe that hitting that number would change that part of your body? Or is it because..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by chicainthecity, anaelith, Metroid Baby
3 months ago
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"How old are you? Most people, especially women put on a little weight when they are in their late teens and early twenties as a part of the end of puberty, and it's completely natural. It's part of your body settling into being an adult.
At..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by chicainthecity, ch1x0r
3 months ago
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"You don't know how to fix her computer. You want to play, and you want to be right. The number one rule of being a grownup is "don't touch other people or their stuff without their permission." Don't break the rule...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by kosmonaut, crabintheocean
3 months ago
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"You should probably learn a bit about the industries you're criticizing before you unleash a nonsense stream of chatfilter that I can only hope will be deleted as soon as the mods see it.
But just in case it isn't, here's some actual evidence to..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by drezdn, wfrgms
3 months ago
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"Frame your answer in terms of what you do want to do, not in terms of what you don't want to do. They're worried mostly because you seem to be drifting and doing nothing. If you have a plan, even if the plan is unorthodox, that will make a lot of..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Who_Am_I
3 months ago
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"This kind of prosecution is shockingly common, and your friend very well may may go to jail, possibly for a very long time, if she does not proceed carefully. That means finding an attorney who has specific experience on these types of criminal drug..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by dancestoblue
3 months ago
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"I disagree completely with Oriole Adams and all the others who say that this problem can't be resolved by avoiding your mother's phone calls. When I was reading your question, I felt as though I was reading a question I could have written myself a..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by notjustfoxybrown, The Toad
3 months ago
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"Virtually no one yet has answered the question. It's not "what treatments should I try if I want to stop getting migraines?" It's "I get migraines. How do I tell my boss and coworkers that I may need time off at work to deal with them?..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by shelleycat, gursky, sunshinesky, tomboko, carbide
3 months ago
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"Whatever benefits you offer for married people with kids, be sure that single people without kids aren't left out in the cold.
If you offer paid maternity and paternity leave, have paid family leave for people who take time off to care for sick..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Soulbee, spinturtle, shiny blue object
4 months ago
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"People expecting you to put your day on hold because they can't be bothered to wake up before the day is half over are being silly.
People who keep different schedules that you do are not being silly, they are simply keeping different schedules..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chrisamiller
4 months ago
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"I wear my shoes in the house primarily because I store my shoes in my bedroom closet, so it's convenient to wear them until I get around to going into my bedroom to take them off. Otherwise, I'd end up with an untidy pile of shoes near the door..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by exlotuseater, Robert Angelo, BigVACub, wyzewoman
4 months ago
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"One of my all time favorite poems is "Remember," by Christina Rossetti:
Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember..." [
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4 months ago
