wow... that was a long article... I dont know Ms Beck... some interesting things in there but mostly I think of advice as Dan Savage frames it.

Sex Advice Columnist Dan Savage Still Fresh After 20 Years is where i got that quote from hes a sex advice columnist who has some really interesting insights into human sexuality

I do understand that here in a social media platform like plurk it is easy to give "advice" without being asked... and of course should be taken with a grain of salt

While we're taking about listening to others, we're taking the unsolicited advice of social media. "Margie tweeted about a cleanse that worked for her" makes [term used loosely] us think that said cleanse may

also work for us, to meet our needs in our situations. And we are bombarded with that input, particularly from people we feel we know because they talk about their lives so often.

Or "these pills work for me, that I'm completely healthy and just going through an episode of a rash; I don't know if you could be allergic, have issues in some organs... IT WORKS FOR ME! TRY IT!"

colleenCriss: It's a challenge to say something right now, yes?