Not for the pitifully self-obsessed...

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/jeremyhardyspeakstothenation/pip/erm7c/

About as spot-on regarding the namby-pamby new culture of "feelings", and how it's actually not okay to go on and bloody on about yourself ad nauseam as it's possible for a

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[dativesingular]

Tsk, but then there would be nothing to fuel the fire of LiveJournal!!!

LiveJournal is not the only fruit...although you could be forgiven for thinking that.

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Pssst... Syndication.

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Not for the pitifully self-obsessed...

You do realize you're on LJ, no?

I'm trying to hear the link, but it's fighting with my software. Not unusual in Patland.

Before I go humming a few bars of "Don't fence me in," or something...

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...have a userpic:

Actually...

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...I clocked a truly inspiring poster on a church noticeboard this week:

Who have you forgiven today?

That's a piece of sunset-peddling sanctimonious bollocks actually deserving of being wrested from the clutches of the self-righteous if ever I saw it. *G*

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P.S. The Beeb's "Listen Again" feature can be a bit flaky, I'm afraid. *Sigh.*

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I'm in total agreement. I think there's too much of that state-side. People boast about seeing their "therapist" and the need to "talk".

It's just too drippy, sappy, etc. etc.

Sorry, I couldn't resist this post. :)

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It's everywhere. America may have turned therapy and self-analysis (with the emphasis on anal...) into growth industries, but there's definitely a very strong export market.

My fervent hope is that, despite apparently having it metaphorically "squeezed out" by too many *hugs*, the spine of the human species may one day grow back...