When I say “folks in real life” I mean the sort you know fairly well, but not your closest friends and family.
I didn’t realize there was a difference in hypothetical advice until a younger (mid-20s) work friend presented a problem to a couple of us a few days ago:
TMI warning for the guys
She’d gone to the bathroom at work and had only had a tampon with her, which she’d had to use despite the one she’d taken out being dry enough to hurt. She wanted to know if we could recommend keeping the one she’d put in from hurting too since it was likely to be as dry or drier. So she asked ways we could think of to make things less dry…
We recommended things like “make sure you pee first” or “Maybe a bath would help.”
But had a doper asked, I’d have a better suggestion. “Fantasize about your favorite celebrity and spend some time in single-player mode first.” This would be the more effective than the other two suggestions, but I wouldn’t say that sort of thing to a coworker, no matter how friendly we are.
How about you? What advice is fit for dopers but not for real life acquaintances?
Not responsive, but in the situation described I would have advised using vaseline, or K-Y, or in a pinch some salad oil or mayonnaise or anything oily, if she could find some in the break room. A very little of it would be enough, wouldn’t it? Like one or two old plastic packets of MacDonalds mayo?
Dude, I don’t care if it’s the Sahara, I am NOT using BrainGlutton’s suggestion. I hope s/he’s a guy. :eek: Although if so, what do guys think we do with these things?
Sounds pretty disgusting, but I can’t think it would be dangerous. It’s packed in an airtight package, and it meets safe food standards. I wouldn’t do it, though. There has to be a better way.
In real life, if there were an adult looking for advice on something I knew about or even an adult wondering why their teenager is acting like this or what makes something attractive to teenagers, I would shut my mouth and move along. Adults in person don’t tend to like it when kids try to offer them suggestions and I think they like it even less when the kid is right.
On here, I’ll answer if I think I can and I’ll certainly answer if the question is something like “why do teenage girls put mustard in their hair and wear rubber mouse noses to school?”
Why did the kids put beans in their ears?
No one can hear with beans in their ears.
After a while the reason appears.
They did it 'cause you said “no”.