Socrates was a Christian III

Dogen · Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 11274 Location: PDX

When it got out that I was in grad school people started popping up all over Facebook with questions. No one wants advice, though, they want validation. The therapeutic relationship imparts a kind of power in your words, and the people who will pay to see you are more likely to listen... The people who want roadside consults via Facebook have no interest in being told anything, they just want someone to hear what's going on.

I say this even after helping someone decide to leave their husband and go back to school. She was an exception.
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stripeypants · Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 9:56 pm Post subject:

Wish I'd known, could have brought a list of things I needed validated when we met up. Now I'll never feel special or correct. :-\
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Dogen · Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 11274 Location: PDX

Well, you're totally doing everything right.
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Heretical Rants · Joined: 20 Jul 2009 Posts: 5344 Location: No.

Hey Dogen, I have a question of incredible importance for you, since you're in grad school: should I have garlic or pepper with my beans today? Maybe both? I prefer garlic but I haven't had pepper in a while.
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Heretical Rants · Joined: 20 Jul 2009 Posts: 5344 Location: No.

I ended up going with garlic.

now please validate my decision
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DeD CHiKn · Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 6:33 am Post subject:

I did one of those things that I realize all too late I shouldn't have done.

I looked up a body issue online. In this instance, swollen lymph nodes after working out. My doctor tells me not to worry, it's fairly normal. He ran blood work to be sure with my family history though.

I forgot his actual explanation though so I googled it and ended up on a weight lifting forum.

Some one told the OP to consult a doctor related to his issue with lymph nodes. His response: "My co pay is $80, I'd rather spend that money on protein supplements. Figured you guys could advise me better anyhow." People agreed.

This is why I hate niche forums.

Dogen · Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 11274 Location: PDX

mouse · Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 20826 Location: under the bed

that seems like a good reason for vampires to learn to overcome their garlic aversion....
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Dogen · Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 11274 Location: PDX

Garlic, grapefruit, and St John's wort are three pretty interesting plants, definitely some of the most interesting that we've studied. Garlic and SJW have a variety of physiological effects, and all three of them interact with a lot of meds/vitamins/supplements (especially SJW and grapefruit). Enough so that we mention them when sending people home with certain meds (calcium supplements, antibiotics, antiepileptics, certain heart meds, antidepressants, over-the-counter pain killers [NSAIDs], etc).
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DeD CHiKn · Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 5:49 am Post subject:

Dogenpedia.

That is your new name.

Dogen · Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 11274 Location: PDX

Sweet! My plans for world domination are coming along nicely. I've already released my own currency. It's a unique strategy for toppling world governments, I admit.

1. Release new, meme-based currency
2. Become Dear Abby
3. ???
4. Become supreme overlord of the Earth and all its outlying properties (i.e., the moons)
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Darqcyde · Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 11:40 am Post subject:

Seems as sound as any other strategy employed by global powers.
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mouse · Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 20826 Location: under the bed

sounder than some, actually - at least we get useful nuggets of information while he is preparing to turn us into his slaves.

lotta people just go straight to the "turning people into slaves" part.
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Thy Brilliance · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 3661 Location: Relative

Darqcyde · Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 1:11 pm Post subject:

"Maybe no crash but stolen, effectively hidden, perhaps in Northern Pakistan, like Bin Laden." -- Rupert Murdoch via Twitter
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