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Dear Matt: An Unwanted Advice Column

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I like reading advice columns. It's not because I get much out of the advice that's given; it's usually terrible. When people anonymously share their dirty laundry and problems it makes me feel good about myself. However, I realized that I wanted to take a stab at answering some of these letters from people seeking advice.  Since no one would have any reason to send those to me, I decided to steal them from other columns. So, let's take a look at the letter from our first loser – I mean advice seeker. Dear Passing (if that is your real name):  Yes, people do still read, just not typically the garbage Buzzfeed articles that you send about 16 things that look like Nicolas Cage . If you would send them articles that are actually good, then they'd be calling you so much you'd have to disconnect your landline. You, avidly read (and apparently write to) advice columns, so I assume you still have a landline. To get your friends' att...