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more about #carytennis more comments → raincoaster: What an ass. It was SEVEN pelicans. more » skahammer: Just doing rounds in my duly appointed position as Secretary-Treasurer of the Gawker Pro-Cary Tennis Brigade. For today, I'm going with an old one: T... more » Hydroceph: Please, God, i don't ask for much. But just this one, please listen. Get that horrible bag of slop off of Salon, please. There must be others out ther... more » Niko Bellic: That pretty much sums up the answer to the question "should I look for quality content on the internet?". more » MissNormaDesmond: OMG THANK YOU! Cary Tennis is a big part of why I stopped reading Salon. He's an incredible idiot, and a poster boy for a lot of what goes on at tha... more » miss_msry: Yeah, and J-school was way over when I went 35 years ago. more » miss_msry: The ice cream thing worked out well for Ben & Jerry. Borrow some money from your folks and open an ice cream cart. more » Niko Bellic: Cary Tennis tries very hard to sound insane. Sometimes, he pulls it off. I am sure that in person, he is a great, normal guy who wouldn't dare giving ... more » Foster Kamer: College dropouts, holler. more » howdybeep (runs with monkey wrenches): Seriously, in ten years this same snowflake will decide to throw over what pseudo j-job she landed (permalancer, floating copy editor, police blotter ... more » lawyergay: My favorite Cary Tennis remains the one where he told a woman in a miserable marriage to go down to the beach and stare at the horizon. more » TheMac: Heh. There is literally nothing self-trained writers love to do more than mock educated/trained writers about the money and time they spent (or had th... more » odinnite: Thank you so much Cajun Boy, I thought I was alone in my seething hatred of Cary Tennis. Finding this post, and your archive of previous posts on Tenn... more » anibundel: Does it mean I'm officially over 30 that my reaction to this letter was "suck it up and get a job like the rest of us"? more » NewsBunny: Boo-hoo. When I started as a journalist, in the early 90s, I worked part-time mornings at one place, and overnights at a White Hen Pantry. And my pare... more » -
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You Cannot Out-Meta Cary Tennis
Question for insane advice columnist Cary Tennis: "Should I ask you for advice?" Response: "Some days I ask myself if I want to live and the answer is eight pelicans going north in a gray sky." In other words, "No." -
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Recent J-School Grad Cries to Cary Tennis
Salon's Cary Tennis is a clinically insane advice columnist. Lately he's been hearing from recent graduates whining about the job market (Remember the Harvard grad who couldn't hold a fast-food gig?) Today it's an ice cream-slingling J-school grad. More » -
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Sad Young Literary Man Seeks Advice From Cary Tennis
Today's question for incomprehensible Salon advice-giver Cary Tennis comes from someone who writes "I am 25 AND I HAVE A HARVARD DEGREE!" So what is the problem? More » -
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'My Favorite Part is Where he Says he's Mildly Attracted to his Cousin.'
Cary Tennis: "I like to try new things. It means that often I do not finish old things. I have another thing wrong with me, too. Sometimes I don't like to try new things." What? More » -
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In This Economy, Is It Wrong to Spend Money?
Salon's Cary Tennis and Slate's Prudence both hand out advice. Today, they happened to answer the same letter from a guy conflicted about spending his inheritance from grandma. Let's compare and contrast their responses. More » -
#oldfavorites
"Dear [crazy Salon advice-giver] Cary [Tennis], I am a college journalism professor." Guaranteed winner.
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'It Would Certainly Inflict Pain'
"What about the physical effects of hot-sauce-laced sperm in a woman's vagina?...if thousands or millions of totally uninformed young men go around putting hot sauce in condoms, who is to blame?" [Cary Tennis, naturally] -
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Looking For Advice in All the Wrong Places
Some prolix young woman wants to know, "How do I stop being a know-it-all?" But this poor, foolish girl went looking for answers from Salon's cheese-and-nutball advice columnist Cary Tennis. A professional know-it-all! More » -
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Facebook Friends: 'A Monumental Decision'
Quiz: Some people you knew back in your hometown send you friend requests on Facebook. You don't really like them. Do you A) accept requests, B) deny requests, C) have an existential crisis? More »

