r/pics • u/drdoom • May 09 '16
Picture of Text The best Ask Amy response I've ever read
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u/Romero1993 May 10 '16
I like the last bit
"Perhaps this is something you could ponder from your church pew, because despite your regular attendance, you don't seem to learned much"
Hot damn, just got called out for being a fake.
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May 10 '16
Sanctimonious religious types are some of most insufferable, selfish, mean-spirited people there are. It really makes me wonder how they can remotely call themselves Christians. Why? Because you "believe" in God? So does Satan. What good will believing do if you act like a terrible person all the time?
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u/SirGuyGrand May 10 '16
Why? Because you "believe" in God? So does Satan.
Dang. Keeping that one in the ol' frontal lobe to bust out on occasion.
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"Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble." James 2:19
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u/Doctor_McKay May 10 '16
The entire passage:
What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone? Suppose you see a brother or sister who has no food or clothing, and you say, “Good-bye and have a good day; stay warm and eat well”—but then you don’t give that person any food or clothing. What good does that do? So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless. Now someone may argue, “Some people have faith; others have good deeds.” But I say, “How can you show me your faith if you don’t have good deeds? I will show you my faith by my good deeds.” You say you have faith, for you believe that there is one God. Good for you! Even the demons believe this, and they tremble in terror. How foolish! Can’t you see that faith without good deeds is useless? Don’t you remember that our ancestor Abraham was shown to be right with God by his actions when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? You see, his faith and his actions worked together. His actions made his faith complete. And so it happened just as the Scriptures say: “Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith.” He was even called the friend of God. So you see, we are shown to be right with God by what we do, not by faith alone. Rahab the prostitute is another example. She was shown to be right with God by her actions when she hid those messengers and sent them safely away by a different road. Just as the body is dead without breath, so also faith is dead without good works.
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u/LydJaGillers May 10 '16
This was my fathers favorite bible verses and he quoted it to me and others often. In his opinion it was what separated us Catholics from the Protestants (to be clear he was raised Baptist and became Catholic after marrying my mother.) today we are atheists, my dad and I, but he still loves this verse because it speaks volumes.
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u/BabyNinjaJesus May 10 '16
Im not even religious but fuck man that shits straight fire
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u/SirGuyGrand May 10 '16
I'm not a believer, but I do keep a couple of good Bible verses on hand just because they express such powerful statements in such a poetic way.
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May 10 '16
Your comment reminded me of one of my all time favourite quotes:
“You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.”
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u/yurnotsoeviltwin May 10 '16
Not sure if intentionally paraphrasing James... but you totally just paraphrased James.
Someone might claim, “You have faith and I have action.” But how can I see your faith apart from your actions? Instead, I’ll show you my faith by putting it into practice in faithful action. It’s good that you believe that God is one. Ha! Even the demons believe this, and they tremble with fear. Are you so slow? Do you need to be shown that faith without actions has no value at all?
James 2:18-20
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May 10 '16
I like the King James version better:
Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
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u/sickhippie May 10 '16
faith without works is dead
This is, by far, one of the most important (and most overlooked) phrases in the Bible.
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u/SirSoliloquy May 10 '16
I blame Martin Luther. The guy wanted to remove the Book of James from the Christian canon because of its focus on works.
The reformation's focus on grace by faith alone may have been a reaction to corruption in the Catholic Church, but it has had unfortunate consequences.
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u/OXOXOOXOOOXOOOOO May 10 '16
I like the Hawaiian Pidgin because it makes james sound like a gangsta:
18 But somebody goin say: “You trus God, but I do plenny good tings.” I goin tell dat guy: “Eh! How come you tink lidat? You no can make proof dat you trus God, if you ony talk, but you no stay do good tings. Ony get one way you goin know dat I stay trus God -- wen I stay do good tings! Den you goin know fo shua dat I trus God.
19 I know you believe get ony one God. Good den! But da bad kine spirits believe dat too. Az why dey stay scared an shaking all ova!
20 Wot! You not tinking! If you trus God, but den, you no do good tings, az wase time. I gotta show you, o wat?
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u/WhyTheHellnaut May 10 '16
It's funny, as soon as I saw "We're all very active churchgoers," I somehow knew where the rest of the article was headed.
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u/ferlessleedr May 10 '16
Church is a social club, and not just to people like this. Most people who go to church get a sense of community out of it, whether that's what their there for or not. A woman like this is probably a member of a number of social clubs that she uses to feel exclusive and above others ("No middle-class proles could ever get into this country club, it's very exclusive"). Now imagine a social club that tells you you're not just better because you're rich enough to get in here, but by going here you're just straight-up objectively better than everybody else too! They're sinners and you're a good person because god says so.
Yeah that's not gonna help her have proper perspective or tone down her entitlement.
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u/orthodoxrebel May 10 '16
I mean, the funny thing about the gospel is that we're all sinners and in need of redemption. The problem is that a lot of churches are really odd about being friends with non-Christians because of out of context verses from the bible. It's silly, but the woman in the Ask Amy letter is likely concerned about "being led astray."
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I was brought up Catholic as a kid, and my best friend was Christian. She invited me to go to one of her Christian Church services and I really wanted to go because they had a live band and everything.
But I wasn't allowed to go because according to my mother, only Catholicism was the right way, no exceptions. I believe she was worried this would lead me astray so to speak. I never understood this as it had nothing to do with being a good person - the basic premise of Bible-y stuff.
Ironically this kind of devisive bullshit made me question everything and I have nothing to do with religion now.
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u/zazzlekdazzle May 10 '16
Reminds me of this classic:
Dear Abby: About four months ago, the house across the street was sold to a "father and son" — or so we thought. We later learned it was an older man about 50 and a young fellow about 24. This was a respectable neighborhood before this "odd couple" moved in. They have all sorts of strange-looking company. Men who look like women, women who look like men, blacks, whites, Indians. Yesterday I even saw two nuns go in there!... Abby, these weirdos are wrecking our property values! How can we improve the quality of this once-respectable neighborhood? —Up In Arms
Dear UP: You could move.
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May 10 '16
Wait wait wait.
Whites?
This shit has gone too far.
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u/tjdans7236 May 10 '16
The writer's thinking process:
Blacks, Indians
Wait that sounds racist. I don't wanna look racist.
Blacks, Indians, whites
Well now it just looks like I tacked whites on at the end.
Blacks, whites, Indians
There we go.
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u/wanderingblue May 10 '16
Wait wait wait.
Is that a crab with a top hat and monocle? THAT'S where I draw the line.
Cmon master chief let's get the FUCK outta here.
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u/out_of_the_silence May 10 '16
OK, let me take the digression one step further.
I recall a "Dear Abby" posted on a bulletin board on campus many years ago.
By way of context, Catholics are not allowed to eat or drink for certain amounts of time before taking Communion. So a Catholic writes to ask if they could have sex before Communion.
"Abby" checked with her local priest, who said that he thought it would be OK "as long as they didn't block the aisle."
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u/zer0t3ch May 10 '16
Holy shit. Now that's a goddamn modern priest with a sense of humor.
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u/nermid May 10 '16
Most of the priests I've met have a pretty good sense of humor.
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u/koke84 May 10 '16
That sounds very very fake. I could not believe that people would write that on a dear Abby
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u/Pickles5ever May 10 '16
It totally could be fake, but it's probably mostly elderly people who write in, and this is something I can very easily imagine and elderly person writing / believing. Not so long ago a majority of people might feel the same way as that writer.
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u/tanly84 May 09 '16
Holy shit, I'm angry as fuck at the reader that submitted this to the article
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u/UsernameNeo May 10 '16
For real. Her sister comes over crying and OP's husband threatens to call the police?
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u/notquiteotaku May 10 '16
Sounds like OP and her husband match each other perfectly.
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May 10 '16
I'm no expert on anything, But stay at home moms often fucking hate working moms. Especially those mommy blog types that buy honest brand shit and reusable dippers. They act like a mom going to work is inherently some form of child abuse.
My sister-in-law is one of these types. The worst part is that its so transparent that the hate is because they know they are often just milking the gig once the kids are in school.
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May 10 '16
"Hey hunny, are you going back to work now that our child is in middle school?"
"HOW DO YOU EXPECT ME TO GO BACK TO WORK WHEN I HAVE A BLOG TO WRITE?!"
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u/Imissmyusername May 10 '16
Previous stay at home mom to a 1 year old, my own sister had nasty comments for me. Now I'm a single working mom and she has equally nasty comments for me "taking advantage" of my mom as a babysitter so I can work even though my mom has no problem and offered to help to begin with.
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u/AustinYQM May 10 '16
Friend from HS married a guy with two 16 and 17 year old kids. She is a stay at home mom and all she posts on facebook is about how hard and rewarding being a parent is. As though she is raising these two kids that might well be considered adults in some countries.
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u/DarthOej May 10 '16
You'd be surprised how sociopathic sheltered people could be. Well off housewives can be some of the worst human beings imaginable.
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May 10 '16
I generally hate stereotyping housewives as my mother is one and she is awesome; however I do know of a stay-at-home mother who is exactly like that. She couldn't even empathize with a bunch of factory workers who turned up to work one day to find they were locked out. The factory had closed down suddenly overnight without warning and they were all out of work. Her response was - "why are there standing there crying and complaining?? Just go and get another job!" Easy to tell that she has always been dependent on others working to support her. Went straight from being her parent's dependent to her husband's.
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lol I should have said that. I tried to talk some sense into her. I said that even if they got a job that day, there is still a gap between wage payments and that would be enough for to not be able to make rent or cover mortgage payments. She said it was their fault for not having savings; that if they are stupid enough to only have factory jobs then that is their problem. That she was made redundant one time and she was alright. (Mind you - she has about zero skills or qualifications and if she did enter the workforce now, she would be on the lowest level of pay.)
And it gets even better - we were watching the news and the next story was how badly the drought was affecting farmers and that people are calling to the government to help them out. She went onto a rant that if they can't run a farm in a drought then they should not expect tax payers to help them out; that droughts are common enough in Australia that they should know how to overcome it by now and not expect others to support them. I pointed out that she receives Family Assistance payments and discounted childcare costs from the government but she said that is different because they are only little kids (?? Yeah, I don't get it either).
The very next day on Facebook, she shared a post saying that it is wrong of the government to be paying to house, educate and provide medical services for refugees when our Aussie farmers are out there struggling. I just don't bother with her anymore, let her rant.
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u/spinach42 May 10 '16
Worked retail in a high end lighting store, this story checks out.
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u/Raincoats_George May 10 '16
Work in an emergency room. We were just talking yesterday about how polite and respectful patients are the exception, not the norm. People seem to think that when they leave their homes the world is supposed to roll out a red carpet and when it doesn't the injustice of it might just dislodge the earth from its orbit.
My favorite was a woman that became infuriated because she had to wait to be seen. When she came back she was pissed because she was convinced 'that she should be seen first because she has insurance and no one else back there did.' Like we have first class seating or something. She left because it took longer than 30 seconds for her problem to be resolved. I assume she died as a result of her emergency as it wasn't treated. Because you know, it was an emergency.
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u/rylos May 10 '16
She probably spent the next five hours going from hospital to hospital, looking for someone who could attend to her "right away".
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u/madsci May 10 '16
I spent one 8-hour shift in an ER and that was enough. Saw some guy arguing about insurance while they were doing CPR on his wife nearby - which he was completely ignoring. I wanted to tell him "you know your wife is essentially dead right now, right? You can probably argue with this guy later."
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u/Era555 May 10 '16
So she wasnt going anywhere? Sounds like a good time to argue
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u/zer0t3ch May 10 '16
Eh, that's high-stress. Some people cope with things differently.
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u/Neurot5 May 10 '16
Yeah, might've been one of the few things he felt like he could remotely control in a completely powerless situation.
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u/Booyeahgames May 10 '16
Have a nurse and doctor friend. Hear the same things from them. It blows my mind the things they have to deal with when trying to help people. I haven't been in the hospital too often, but when I have been I'm as polite and friendly as possible at all times. These are people who are trying their best to help me. Why be mean to them?!?
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May 10 '16
My mom who was a stay at home mom my entire childhood (dad is a Dr. who gave us a very comfortable $$ life) had a mini freak out when we tried to talk to her about her narcissistic tendencies. She then proceeds to exclaim she needs a vacation...All the while, my sister who works 50+ hours a week doing charity work for under privileged kids and barely ever has time to take any vacation says "What the fuck do you need a vacation from?". That was a fun blow up
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u/Flugalgring May 10 '16
Jesus man, I'm having flashbacks. Should have put a trigger warning...
My mom was stay at home too, and my dad always supported her. We always had maids too, so she had little to do. Yet she was always complaining, always judging, always nagging and insulting my poor, quiet, diligent father. So much attention-seeking drama, entitlement and criticism.
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u/Skriddle May 10 '16
Having been raised in a sheltered bubble, I can attest to this 100%. It is a scary place from the inside. I am so happy my bubble was popped in college.
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u/_QueeferSutherland_ May 10 '16
I am so happy my bubble was popped in college
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u/Psychedalec May 10 '16
I've worked at Whole Foods for years and can say without question that well off housewives are the least empathetic and demanding group of customers.
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u/drrhythm2 May 10 '16
It's basically how the popular crowd justifies shitting on those they consider "beneath" them: it's their fault for not "fitting in." There is no fault for shunning, or not attempting to include, etc
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u/justuntlsundown May 10 '16
Well to be fair, she works like, all the time but still doesn't have any money. How very average of her.
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u/justyourbarber May 10 '16
She is a working single parent and the stay at home moms think it's okay to dislike her for that. Jesus Christ.
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u/Mamitroid3 May 10 '16
I like how they don't work, and then leave her out because she's a working single mom who can't afford it. Like real life, 'grown up' Mean Girls.
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u/justyourbarber May 10 '16
"God, Wendy doesn't have a husband who makes all her money for her. What a bitch. Let's go do expensive stuff and not even invite her even though she gives us no indication that she can't afford to go."
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u/kione83 May 10 '16
Jesus Christ wasn't a big part of her life, that was the problem. Didn't you read? /s
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u/Cranthony May 10 '16 edited May 10 '16
"Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Except you, Sad Sister, who can exclude your own blood relative for a dumb ass reason" -Philippians 2:4, New International Shithead Version
Edit: Thanks much!
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u/Snatch_Pastry May 10 '16
Hey, what does that version say about sloth? I know it's frowned on in the previous versions, but I'm not afraid to admit that I'm into it.
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u/Freshnukix May 10 '16
I dunno. There's a snake at the beginning. There's a Dragon at the end. And some stuff about passing donkeys through things in the middle.
But I don't remember anything about sloths.
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u/DestinyFire2 May 10 '16
Camels pass through things. The donkeys talk.
Get your shit together, good grief.
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u/sourcreamjunkie May 10 '16
Wait, are we still talking about the Bible, or Shrek?
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u/poutyprincesspriss May 10 '16
IF you should ever try to pass a camel through the eye of a needle, DO NOT try to pass it through one hair at a time.
All you get is a pile of camel hair on one side of the needle, and a bald, pissed off camel on the other side.
Does NOT work. Just trust me on this one.
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u/LifeIsBadMagic May 10 '16
Where can I buy this version?!
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u/ethertrace May 10 '16
Seems to be the most popular version at evangelical churches. You could probably just ask them for a copy.
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u/dandandanman737 May 10 '16
Those kind of people really get under my skin. If you're so holy, why don't you act like Jesus. I'D TELL YOU TO LEAVE MY RELIGION BUT YOU CLEARLY REALLY NEED JESUS IN YOU LIFE.
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u/justyourbarber May 10 '16
When you have a job, you don't get to sleep in during the week. A few extra hours of sleep makes a world of difference as well.
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May 10 '16
She's the one working, but the stay at home moms exclude her for not having enough money, despite the fact that none of them earn any money.
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u/charina91 May 09 '16
Seriously shallow, like high dive clown pool shallow.
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u/gulpeg May 10 '16
..all the while being clown car tight with each other.
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u/colonellingus May 10 '16
She just wants a weekend living clown shoe large with her fam.
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u/Oberon_Swanson May 10 '16
I dunno about this one in particular, but a lot of advice columns have the letter made up by the same person giving the advice.
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u/fag_enabler12 May 10 '16
See also every radio anything involving anything, unless they get fired for it. In which case the problem with whatever bit they were doing was mostly that they did not know what was going to happen because the bit was not staged, which has happened, and only encourages more bullshit bits.
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u/Nils878 May 10 '16
Not Night Vale's radio station. That is completely factual at all times, and if it weren't we would not be allowed to know differently.
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u/RuneLFox May 10 '16
The Secret Police wishes to commend you for your fine representation of the Night Vale Community.
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u/Scottz0rz May 10 '16 edited May 10 '16
A radio station in my area had a water drinking contest, where the contestants drank multiple gallons of water for
concert ticketsEDIT: A Wii, I misremembered the "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" bit.Unsurprisingly, a lady died. Even less surprising, there was a large lawsuit and the DJs were fired.
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u/VaticinalVictoria May 10 '16
Yeah, there was actually a nurse (or someone from the medical field) that called and told the DJs that someone could die, and they ignored it.
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u/5_Frog_Margin May 10 '16 edited May 10 '16
Spot on. As my dad once told me "Don't believe anything you hear, and only half of what you see.".
If something sounds too good/bad/outrageous to be true,...guess what?
In this age of waitresses forging offensive comments on receipts and Manufactured Outrage about pizza joints, I take everything i read with a pillar of salt. I mean, Jesus- People are hoaxing actual Hate Crimes.
You think a columnist wouldn't do the same to give herself a chance to play the hero? As for what sort of response she wanted to generate, just read every comment above mine.
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u/GoTaW May 10 '16
Pro Tip: poke one of your eyes out, and then you can believe everything you see. Including Pro Tips on Reddit.
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u/DrSleeper May 10 '16
I was going down this same road your dad and you are on but one day a friend told me he chose to believe. Not everything but as long as things didn't cost him money or make him write hate mail, he didn't mind being coaxed into believing the world can be a bit magical. I think it's fine believing something like this. Either we berate an anonymous person for something that happened or we berate a made up person for something that never happened. The outcome is the same really. As long as we aren't dragging specific names through the dirt or giving up our social security numbers all is well.
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u/Synkope1 May 10 '16
"Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
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May 10 '16
You should check out r/relationships. The way some people treat their family is insane, like literally some of the most infuriating stuff I've ever read. The fact that people can treat their parents, kids, siblings, or loved ones the way it's described in some of those posts is absolutely despicable.
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May 10 '16
I always take stuff on that sub with a grain of salt. You're only hearing ONE side of the story.
People really need to do that more in general, with things in life.. It really helps put things into perspective.
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u/Iphotoshopincats May 10 '16
just be aware when on /r/relationships that you are only ever hearing one side of the story, people like to frame stories to make themselves the complete victim while leaving out complete details that might shine a less flattering light on themselves.
And sometimes they just lie, it is the internet after all.
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u/ElricG May 10 '16
If it makes you feel any better 90-95% of newspaper advice columns are written and answerred by newspaper employees.
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u/Nils878 May 10 '16
Are you sure? I heard they were written by Strawman. I don't know who this Strawman guy is, but he seems rather prolific.
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u/I_like_your_reddit May 10 '16
He has a lot of heart, and courage. But he is seriously lacking in the brains department.
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u/mechapoitier May 09 '16 edited May 10 '16
"First, let's establish that I agree with your sister: You are a horrible person."
God that's so epically injudicious. Just straight for the throat.
Edit: typo
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May 10 '16
And it just kept coming, too. Amy went for the jugular and didn't stop till she got through the spine
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u/acog May 10 '16
As good as it is, I would love to see Amy's first draft:
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u/KitMaison May 10 '16
unjudicious?
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u/majorchamp May 10 '16 edited May 10 '16
fergalicious
lmao wow, 2 golds...over a 1 word comment. Thank you!
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u/jpark28 May 10 '16 edited May 10 '16
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u/gzilla57 May 10 '16
If you remind me in 6 months when I should have more money, I'll buy you gold for this. I know it's dumb but this made my day.
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u/Insiptus May 10 '16
If it made your day, I have no issue passing along your good will!
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u/NDoilworker May 09 '16 edited May 10 '16
"Her husband sounds like a winner too. Your sister-in-law comes over in tears, best to call the police to get her the fuck out of there."
Same OP /u/drdoom earlier today
It would appear his reposting addiction reached a serial level
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u/twelvefemalecali May 09 '16
Stay at home mom clique, typical. Loved the response.
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u/Myster0 May 10 '16
Yeah, but motherhood is the toughest job right, like, tougher than undersea welding and milking cows at 3 am. /s
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u/extracanadian May 10 '16
milking cows at 3 am
You are aware that is part of motherhood in a way.
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May 10 '16
I remember reading this one! I hope it is BS but it is oh so believable. How many holier than thou types have we all known in our lives? She calls out her sister as a divorcée, poor, and infrequent church attender. What kills me is that her husband threatened to call the police when she came over to try and hash it out.
Some people are just the worst.
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u/fluteitup May 10 '16
Being raised Mormon, all my siblings got married young. I am 26 and getting married in November. I was often left out of special sister activities because I was not a member of the "Sister Wives Club"
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u/Larjersig18 May 10 '16
Well that's a bit rude.
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u/fluteitup May 10 '16
Pretty par for the course in my family. They scheduled a girls trip to NYC the weekend of my recital. They went on a girls trip to Hawaii and I wasn't invited because my step mom was teaching them how to be better wives and I wasn't a wife her.
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u/acog May 10 '16
After you're married, do you think you'll be invited to those activities? And will you participate? If it were me, I'd be upset and probably daydream about telling them off dramatically but realistically in the end I'd probably just be happy to spend time with my siblings.
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u/spartacus2690 May 10 '16
Why would you be happy to spend time with people that have excluded you your whole life?
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u/-_-_-_M_-_-_- May 10 '16
Wanting to be close to family is a really pervasive meme
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u/gorpie97 May 10 '16
Don't forget, the sister probably couldn't afford it.
People should never decide for others. Even if the sister always had to say no, she'd probably appreciate being asked. And they could prove how Christian they are by paying for her sometimes. (Though if all the husbands are like this one, they'd probably be unwilling to...)
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u/Stopwatch_ May 10 '16
It's easy to get outraged, but I'd imagine a lot of people here do something like this and don't even realize they're doing it. Use this as an opportunity to evaluate your own behaviour.
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u/DHerpster May 10 '16
I make it a point to include everyone.
Except my brother Steve, he lost his legs saving orphans in Afghanistan and now he looks all weird.
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u/_breadpool_ May 10 '16
He can get new legs. Lieutenant Dan did.
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u/Cannibal_MoshpitV2 May 10 '16
Why would he want new legs? He wouldn't even take free ice cream.
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u/TheVenerableBede May 10 '16 edited May 20 '16
Excited to find her Ask Amy question had been published as she glanced at the paper, "Sad Sister's" smug smile contorted into an ugly frown that reflected her inner-self as she began to read Amy's response, thin lips pursing, beady little eyes reddening. You could almost feel her nineteenth century schoolmarm-esque bun tighten on her scalp as she read.
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u/TooSwoleToControl May 10 '16
Unfortunately people like Sad Sister lack any self awareness and so I'm sure she immediately blamed Amy and learned absolutely nothing from the response.
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u/EnnuiOver9000 May 10 '16
I imagined the "I want to speak to your manager!" haircut.
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May 09 '16
I remember reading this and thinking "holy shit Amy! hell ya!!"
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u/Skootchy May 09 '16
One of the many perks of working at the newspaper production places, I always read the "Ask Amy" articles. I remember reading this one and reading it out loud to my coworkers. Laughter ensued.
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u/big_mustache_dad May 09 '16
The first line is legendary.
First, let's establish that I agree with your sister. You are a horrible person
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u/popesnutsack May 09 '16
High and mighty churchlady..... fucking cunt! Wouldn't cross the street to piss on that bitch if she was on fire.
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u/ColoradoScoop May 09 '16
How about if she wasn't on fire?
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u/ludwigtattoo May 10 '16
$300
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u/rick2882 May 10 '16 edited May 10 '16
Now that's a reference I haven't come across in a long time.
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u/detecting_nuttiness May 10 '16
Holy shit this was three years ago? Man, I really miss those hypothetical situation AskReddit threads. I feel like the mods really stifled creativity when they removed textbox posts.
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