>...advice columnist may not give good advice, but they are somewhat less likely to give advice designed to encourage you to cut your own throat for their perso

>...advice columnist may not give good advice, but they are somewhat less likely to give advice designed to encourage you to cut your own throat for their personal benefit. Yeah, they have absolutely no mechanism to verify that their advice is good, or any consequences if it is terrible, and their primary incentive (far more than a psychiatrist's incentive for the malpractice you describe) is to entertain and satisfy you for more attention. This is a horrible rationalization.