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You win the advice competition. I'll give that a nine out of ten. Almost perfect, but it was lacking in terms of mango-ness and monkey-offering-up-nes...

I disagree. (And how dare you treat my hypothetical great-aunt with such disrespect?)

Mongrel is barking redly and no-you-shut-up-and-get-olderly.

Couldn't have said it better myself. (Actually, I could have, because I'm brilliant in every way imaginable).

I disagree. (And since I am always right, you must be wrong).

But here's the problem: I am always right, and we have disagreed.

I prefer Metaly Dave.

Have a mango. You'll feel better. Trust me. Would you like me to send you over a monkey to offer it up to you?

Doesn't virtually everyone think like that though? I bet even conspiracy nuts think like that. If I recall correctly, I've seen it myself quite recent...

Are you subtly suggesting that the problem could be me? No, no, no. That's just not possible. It's that they can't, or won't, recognise my brilliance.

Very. For me, I reckon it's a coping mechanism I developed as a result of my very dysfunctional upbringing, which involved constant provocations and c...

Yes, good point, and I agree with most of that. I acknowledge that what is legal and what is moral doesn't always overlap, and I accept that there hav...

Yes exactly. I know what "lust" usually means, and several dictionaries have already confirmed this. It's pointless to argue against a dictionary over...

Still reading The Conservatives - A History. The book begins in 1662, and I'm currently about three quarters of the way through, at the year 1937, wit...

I find that imagining chopping their head off with a samurai sword helps. Or imagining setting them on fire - that's another good one. I can't believe...

Fishing for a compliment? :D If I had have included an exhaustive list, rest assured, you would have been on it, and that hasn't changed. You actually...

:D

I do. I think that it would be bad advice for me, but may be good advice for someone else in a similar situation. If it was a colleague, rather than t...

I'll keep it brief, because, personally, I don't think that this topic warrants much discussion. Hopefully, I have learnt my lesson from very lengthy ...

What do I make of it? Laughable, outdated, sending the wrong message, and very limited appeal. Non-applicable. Solutions are for problems.

I don't know where you got that from, but I'm pretty sure that that's simply not true and a big exaggeration. And I'm basing this is in part on my own...

@"Bitter Crank", First of all, to clarify an ambiguity in that comment of mine which you've quoted, when I said "and lots of people get satisfaction f...

And that goes to you as the owner? I should be the owner. Then I'd shoyu whose boss.

I'll care more if it is shown to be true, or if I am presented with what I consider to be a good reason to believe that it is true. Otherwise I don't ...

I thought that's what you'd say. And what percentage of the profits will I receive for coming up with all the good material? :D

Of course I'm talking about sexual desire! What else would I be talking about? We're talking about sex after all. But, like I said, strong sexual desi...

Then I'll take that into account when considering these things, but as I was just adding to my previous comment in an edit, if I could detect it, then...

If that's merely how she feels, then so what? Why should I care? I happen to feel otherwise and doubt her claims. If that's what she thinks, then wher...

I was going to suggest that the guy who has his house burnt down should be the guy who keeps using up the other guy's soy sauce, and that it is later ...

That's more like it! :D Look out for me on the news. ;)

Thanks for the advice. I am definitely not going to bring this up directly with the person in question. I have considered enquiring into it indirectly...

What about them? They're an exception, and, if we're to keep this as realistic as possible, most likely a child or someone who is under duress and suf...

I find that hard to believe. But sure, that's more or less what I meant. Lust. It's a strong desire for something, isn't it? We both know what lust is...

That's a straw man and not something that I've said. I acknowledge that there are exceptions. I mean a case that is typical. If you want to know what ...

I mean what I said. With due respect, please don't play dumb.

What do you hope to achieve by introducing these specifics? They are game changers, for me at least, so any conclusion you draw can't be used to suppo...

The normal way. That's very different from the kind of typical case that I had in mind, so any conclusion you try to draw from any answer that I provi...

Are you really suggesting that the number of porn videos which have been proven by a court of law to be guilty of legal exploitation could realistical...

They occupy the centre ground between the Tories and the Lib Dems in that regard, which makes a lot of sense for various reasons, not least because th...

It's annoying, because Labour has also respected the result of the referendum, and has embraced it in a way which differs from that of the Tories - a ...

Firstly, ethics, politics, and law are related to philosophy, and are each highly relevant to the topic, so comments along those lines are entirely un...

Lust, per se, does not seem wrong to me at all, but only in certain contexts or in excess. I'm not a Christian, so I don't think that it's a sin or an...

The peak may have come and gone, but I think that this mood or state of mind among the national population will persist for quite some time. The trigg...

Now, does anyone have any good advice on how to stop being annoyed at something? Specifically, it's about dwelling on the thought that I've been overl...

Well, obviously, when you put it like that it seems particularly absurd, but whatever the rationale, I wouldn't expect it to be reasonable. Like jamal...

No, that's not a sure thing by any means. There are other important factors to take into consideration. That expectation makes sense outside of the co...

That's not correct. Shin Kicking came about in England in the early 17th century. I remember it like it was yesterday. It was part of the Cotswold Oly...

Shin kicking is a different sport. Like all good sports, it originated in England in the early 17th century.

Yep, she's playing the man and not the ball. That's the Tory plan of attack in a nutshell. Labour's policies have gone down well with the public, but ...

It need not be about fear at all, actually (it often isn't), but rather about dislike of, or prejudice against, immigrants. It's more about the way th...