Good idea, only the fixers are merely providing a service for the product itself, you. So I think it more than fair you pony up about $5 per week to advertise your stuff, that the fixers can then all comment on for a buck a month. Face it Barry, its therapy for you, and that costs money.:-)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > I think I have a graceful solution for those posters on this forum who > seem to have a compulsive need to "fix" other posters, but who at the > same time fly into an ill-concealed rage any time any of these posters > 1) don't pay attention to their advice, or 2) suggest there are a few > things about the fixers themselves they might just want to...uh...fix. > Or at the very least ponder. > > Make the giving and receiving of advice fee-based. Y'know...the same way > you guys work with the spiritual teachers you revere. Most of you who > are into spiritual teachers wouldn't really expect them to give you > useful advice unless you were paying for it, right? What I'm suggesting > is that you similarly have no right to expect anyone else to follow > *your* advice unless *they* are paying for it. > > It's simple to set up. Those who feel that their insights and their > perceptions of other people are worth paying attention to, and their > advice worth following, *put your skills on the market*, and see who > agrees with you. Set up a simple PayPal account, and charge the people > you give advice to a reasonable fee, whatever you think it's worth. (For > most advice-givers on this forum, I would suggest a fee no larger than > $1 US per month, and that might be pushing it.) > > From then on, whenever you feel compelled to give advice and "fix" > someone, the only people on this forum you have a right to expect a > response from are the ones who are actually paying you for the advice. > All others have the absolute right to ignore whatever you say without > comment, and as if you don't exist. > > Those who feel that their advice is SO important to those they preach it > at that their victims "should" or "must" pay attention to it are free to > pay *them* to be receivers of said advice. But paying your victims does > not in any way imply that they must either read your advice or pay > attention to it. It's just a way for you compulsive "fixers" to feel > better about yourselves, and convince yourselves that you actually have > an audience. >
