The Entire History of the DU Lounge Explained in One Cracked Article

[MrScorpio]

5 Topics Guaranteed to Elicit (Condescending) Advice
By: Christina H November 02, 2010

Do you know what is even worse than a touchy subject like cat declawing that suddenly turns everyone around you into the Hulk? A touchy subject that turns everyone around you into Dear Abby.

Try mentioning any of the below things to a large group of people -- or just try not hiding any of these things from a large group of people -- and you will have so much condescending advice on your hands that you could, I don't know, build a really annoying house out of it. You'll be surprised at how many people you like and respect will suddenly turn into advice columnists from hell.

http://www.cracked.com/article_18853_5-topics-guaranteed-to-elicit-condescending-advice.html?wa_user1=3&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended

[Kali]

1. pretty good

I'm pretty sure I'm guilty of a bunch of those:hide:

[krispos42]

2. So...

...if I mount a Mac on a treadmill and run while feeding my kid organic peas, install a 500-watt germ-killing UV light, and eat Zoloft like candy...


...I'll be able to out-flame the cornflake-breaded chicken threads, the circumcision threads, the pit-bull threads, the breastfeeding-in-public threads, the launching-a-probe-into-the-moon thread, AND the Olive Garden thread in one fatal blow?



Wow. Such power is too much for one DUer...


I'll have to get a sock puppet!

[begin_within]

3. Thanks for the link, but that is one badly designed web page.

At least on my browsers (Firefox, Camino and Safari). It's a mess.

[SteppingRazor]

4. I saw a Cracked article that linked to DU the other day...

http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-recurring-myths-we-apparently-really-want-to-believe/

[Kali]

6. I didn't see a DU link there

or were you speaking metaphorically?

[JonLP24]

7. The link is there

This it it--http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x6307482

It is in the part about faking job quitting stories.

[Kali]

8. thanks

missed it

interesting - wonder who christina h is???

[JonLP24]

5. Ha!

The first one. I was thinking of asking the lounge what is a surefire way to gain weight. With that article I'm glad I didn't.