Advice

On bible camp

My parents are forcing me to go to bible camp for three days. I’m not religious at all. How can I make it more fun for me, if you know what I mean? Sex, drugs, and electronica are all welcome. I’m 15.

You’ve got the right idea. I’m sure you’ll be fine.

Hell, I remember bible camp. Fucking loved it. Those things are usually run by sappy, credulous neo-hippie Jesus freaks. They’re relatively harmless and easy to fool. As long as you don’t do any property damage, you can get away with bloody murder.

Don’t worry. It won’t be hard to find a core group of like-minded campers and raise a little hell. At meal time when everyone else bows their heads in prayer, keep your eyes open. Look around. See all those other kids stealing sideways glances? Those are the fun ones. If anybody brought weed, you can guarantee it’s one of them.

Ignore all the bible banging. Seriously, just tune it out. They can insist that you show up for church, but you don’t have to sing the hymns. It’s perfectly okay to be a conscientious objector. Be polite, but be firm. Don’t ever let them make you do or say something that violates your spiritual or intellectual integrity.

Walk around with a copy of Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris. It’ll be your antidote to all the crazy christian nonsense. Give it away to someone on your last day.

Other than that, just have fun. Swim in a lake, roast a marshmallow, and make out with somebody. Whatever you do, don’t take any of it seriously. It’s just fucking camp.

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Advice

On smoking

When did you start smoking cigarettes? Do you think 14/15 is too young to start? If someone starts (well, me) at 14 (already started), is it possible to keep it under control or should I stop altogether? How do you smoke? Are you addicted? Please map this ground out for me because I’m lost.

I had my first cigarette in a church camp bathroom, not coincidentally on the same night that someone’s finger other than my own first found it’s way inside my vagina. All in all, a pretty wild night for an eighth grader.

I never really started smoking, though. Much like getting fingerbanged, it was just something that happened every once in a while when I was sneaking around with high school boys.

In college, I would smoke with friends who smoked, but I never actually bought cigarettes myself. These days, I keep a pack of Parliaments laying around like I keep beers in the fridge. They’re on hand for when I have guests, and occasionally if I’m in a particular mood.

I guess you could say I’m a pack-a-month smoker, which means on an average day I could call myself a non-smoker and no one would know the difference.

That’s just it, though. I’ll never become someone who needs a cigarette every day. I won’t ever let it become a habit. As habits go, cigarettes are fucking disgusting. The dry cleaning bills alone make it a stupid idea.

Of all the shit I put into my body, cigarettes do the most damage and leave the most lasting negative effects. Sure, when I’m high as fuck, I’ll smoke like a chimney, but that doesn’t make it any less gross.

Not to start sounding like a PSA, but a couple of my crazy party friends happen to be doctors. These guys have shoved ecstasy up my ass, and I’ve done cocaine off their cocks. They know their way around every recreational poison you can imagine, and they’ve told me the same thing every time: smoking is the worst thing you can do to your body.

So there it is. Maybe it’s a bit of a mixed message, but I hope you understand that I’m not holding myself out as an example. Sure, I smoke a little, but I do all kinds of whacked out shit that I obviously shouldn’t do.

You’re only fourteen. If you’ve already started smoking, you’re fucked. You should absolutely quit. Never let yourself get addicted to anything, especially something so damaging as cigarettes.

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On not giving blowjobs

So, my boyfriend wants me to give him a blowjob. I love him, and we’ve had sex, but they just really aren’t my thing. I told him no, and stood by it.

Now he’s saying I’m a hypocrite, because he ate me out once.

Am I being a hypocrite? I mean, I don’t think I’ll do it, even if I am, but still.

Maybe he’ll hear it better from you.

Oh, and just so you know, he’s 18, I’m 17, we’ve been together 10 months.

This question is cuter than a basket of puppies. High school sweethearts who had actual sex before oral sex? It’s darling.

Listen, sweetie. You’re not being a hypocrite, you’re just being a bit old fashioned. That’s fine. It’s your body. You decide what goes in what hole.

Your boyfriend is showing his immaturity by expecting reciprocity for oral sex, and you should never feel obligated to participate in a sex act.

That being said, you can’t expect guys not to want blowjobs. They all want blowjobs. All the time. Always. Nothing will change that, and nothing will stop your boyfriend from getting the blowjobs he wants.

As awful as it may seem, this is the reason your boyfriend will eventually break up with you. He’ll never admit it, maybe not even to himself, but once he’s sure you’ll never give him head, he’ll be on his way out.

This is probably more brutal truth than you wanted to hear, but you need to hear it. Better you figure it out now than spend your early twenties wondering why guys keep breaking up with you.

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On day drinking.

Is it okay to start drinking strawberry and lime cider at half 9 in the morning because im bored?

Strawberry and lime cider? Am I big in Sweden or something? Are you fucking twelve?

If you’re going to get hammered for breakfast, at least have the dignity to do it with real alcohol. Whiskey. Vodka. Beer if you must.

Unless you’re poolside with Truman Capote, no self-respecting day drinker would ever tie one on with a fizzy drink where more than one fruit is involved.

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Advice

On oil and blame.

What are your feelings on the recent oil spill? Whose fault do you think it is?

I don’t have any feelings on the recent oil spill. Sure, I realize intellectually that it is a devastating event with dire environmental and economic consequences, but I’m an out-of-sight-out-of-mind kind of person. I don’t live on the gulf coast, and I can’t fake outrage.

It’s not that I’m shallow or callous. I’m just burned out on righteous indignation at the moment. I’m not politically invested in any of the players, and I don’t have any expert knowledge to offer on how to fix the problem. This isn’t my fight.

Also, assigning blame is stupid. This was a systemic failure. No one man, corporate subsidiary, or governmental bureau is to blame. I’m tired of the left wing screaming at big oil and the right wing screaming at the current administration. It’s no more the CEO of BP’s fault than it is Obama’s. Just fix the fucking problem already.

I will say this, though. If Kevin Costner’s magical ocean centrifuge can clean all the oil out of the gulf, I will forever forgive him for his entire movie career.

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On me.

I miss when you answered a lot of quality questions, as well as blogged with frequency.

Yeah. Me too. I’ve been distracted. It’s hard to give a shit about the petty grievances of mostly retarded strangers when my own world is a bit topsy-turvy.

I’m pretty sure I’ll be back soon.

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On married coworkers.

My relationship with a coworker has gone from a buddy movie quality friendship to a bad romantic comedy of long looks and “chance” run-ins on our days off. We’re not sleeping together, but something is clearly happening here.

Fact: he’s married, and I think of him as a mentor. Bad fact: I absolutely want to fuck him, and he’s made it pretty clear that he wants to fuck me, too.

What happens now? Do I find a new job? Do I try to shift our friendship back into the normal zone? Do I fuck him and then get a new job?

HELP!

He’s a married coworker. What the fuck? Are you just hoping that I’ll call you names?

Have some fucking decency. Have some self-control. Unless you get the wife’s permission, you don’t fuck a married man. Unless you don’t care about your career, you don’t fuck your mentor at work.

A little flirting is fine, but make sure that shit is harmless. You’re forbidden fruit to this guy. Keep it that way. Unless he wants to celebrate your promotion by having a threesome with his wife, you should never fuck this guy.

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On marriage for citizenship.

I get the feeling that you’ll tell it to me straight if I need it (or at least make me laugh and climb out of my little shame spiral): moving up a marriage (a for-real love one, whatever that means) a couple of years for the sake of citizenship. Stupid, or REALLY stupid?

You seem eager for me to condemn you, but I don’t know enough of the details to launch into a judging spree. Why are you in a shame spiral? Are you the husband-to-be, the-wife-to-be, and/or the citizen-to-be?

I don’t suppose it matters, really. If you and your partner are both consenting adults who want to get married for the sake of citizenship, go right ahead. You’re not fucking up my credit score, so mazel tov.

It’s as legitimate a reason to get married as any these days. I guess it’s a bonus that you’re in love, although watch out. Love is the stuff that will fuck up an otherwise perfectly good arrangement down the road.

Oh, and remember, just because you feel the need to move up the marriage, that doesn’t mean you need to move up the wedding. Sign the forms for the sake of the lawyers, but celebrate your vows on your own terms. Don’t let bureaucratic bullshit dictate when you have your big day.

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On embarrassment.

Should I be embarrassed about sleeping with whatever guy at work I feel like fucking? I’ve already nailed two of them but there’s at least one more I intend on conquering.

Should you be embarrassed? Perhaps if you were caught fucking on the copier at work, but don’t confuse embarrassment for guilt.

Morons and sociopaths often don’t know the difference, but embarrassment requires that your socially unacceptable behavior be revealed to others in some undignified manner, whereas guilt is what you feel internally for knowing that you’ve done wrong.

I’m not saying that fucking guys at work is necessarily wrong, but it’s usually a bad idea. Plus, it says a lot about your character that you want someone like me to give you the thumbs up to shit where you eat.

Honestly, I don’t care whether you’re embarrassed or guilty. It’s your career and it’s your reputation. Do what you want with both.

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On getting what you deserve.

After checking my boyfriend’s browsing history on his laptop (I know I shouldn’t!), I found out that he likes to look mainly at picture of girls with “big naturals.” And by that I mean BIG—like 36FFF and shit like that.  I’m a typical B cup.  He says he thinks I’m sexy, my tits are great, and we have great sex.  But I can’t get this out of my head!  What should I do?

Stop checking your boyfriend’s browsing history.

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