Is Dear Abby better than Ask Dog?
I think you make up all your own questions! That means you are a fraud! How can you sleep with yourself knowing you have deceived all the people who read advice columns? Why don’t you and your staff get a life and leave the advice gig to the pros, like the Dear Abby advice column?
Thank you for your concern… I will reformulate your question to “Is Dear Abby better than Ask Dog?” to make it a little bit more interesting…
Are Dear Abby Questions More Real?
I don’t write my own questions! All questions on this website have been submitted to me, but I do however use “editorial discretion”. Which means that I edit questions submitted to me (some more than others…) I don’t believe for a second that, Dear Abby, publishes questions unedited in their own advice column! However, I might edit submitted questions a bit more than Dear Abby does, which doesn’t make them any less valid. And more importantly: it doesn’t make them any less helpful, useful or entertaining! If more people knew how to form and put down a though — less editing for me. More questions to choose from — less editing for me.
If you look around this website you will see that I cover a wider spectrum of human nature than would ever be possible in a syndicated newspaper advice column such as the Dear Abby advice one. There’s no politically, religiously or commercially motivated editor here telling me what’s acceptable or not. There’s also no government censorship in this advice column!
Dear Abby Fraud Accusations
I’m no more a fraud than Dear Abby, or any advice columnist for that matter! People ask for opinions and advice, and both Dear Abby and I provide answers to the best of our ability. I have faith in people, and honestly believe they are capable of making their own decisions. An advice column is only there to encourage people to consider alternative options and solutions (in my most honest and humble opinion). What people choose to do in the end is their decision and responsibility.
I don’t deceive people! The Ask Dog advice column is only a vehicle for me to deliver my own opinions, ideas and suggestions… People are not stupid… They are perfectly capable of ignoring any or all advice given to them.
Actually, talking about fraud: “Abby” has been dead for years! The column is now run by her daughter.
Ask Dog is Not Dear Abby
As for my sleep… I sleep very nicely at night, thank you very much! This website is a non-commercial entity — it doesn’t earn me any money at all. In fact, I pay to host this website so people may ask questions for free! What’s more honest than that? Do you think Dear Abby pays for the upkeep of the advice column from their own pockets? I don’t think so!
I also don’t hire any staff… This might come as total shock to you… I don’t hire any staff at all! Every single bit of advice in the Ask Dog advice column has been written by Yours Truly (including all the spelling and grammatical errors…) Can you say the same about the Dear Abby advice and questions? I don’t think so… Yes, there are other people contributing to this website using the comments form, but these people do so out of the kindness of their heart, for the betterment of humankind. Can you say the same about the Dear Abby staff? No, I didn’t think so…
Is Dear Abby the Only One?
An advice column is not a substitute for psychotherapy or medical advice. It’s all about opinions and entertainment… This advice column covers pretty much everything, but it doesn’t provide any kind of medical advice (physical or mental.) Giving advice in the form of a column is not a profession…
I think your email shows signs of insecurity, perhaps even jealousy! Is it possible that you are stunned and shocked that I’m able to provide advice on versatile and complicated topics such as “Natural Aphrodisiacs”, “How to manipulate people” and “Crazy parrot” — and you are not?!
Ask Dog Next to Dear Abby?
There are many advice columnists out there… Granted, no one is as helpful, insightful, versatile and entertaining as myself, but there are others. Why shouldn’t we all be able to live in a happy co-existence? There’s room for all of us! When people want to read the same boring questions over and over again they are more than welcome to read the Dear Abby column, or the other ones. Ask Dog will always be here to help people with questions that can’t possibly be answered anywhere else!
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