Dear CF Abby:

For those of you who aren't familiar with CF Abby, she finds examples of advice-column trainwrecks and posts her own advice in the form of snark on her site. I think the site was brilliant, but appears to have gone offline. This community is meant to take up the torch.

The idea is that members will find examples of brain damage from the various advice columns on the web (both in the original questions and the replies, both of which should be posted) and post them to the comm, then post our own 'advice' (read: snark) in letter form.

Friendly discussion in the comments is fine, but this isn't a forum for fighting, trolling or drama. Please be courteous towards each other at all times. Snark, mockery, rage, and disgust towards letter-writers and/or the columnists is fine, but not other posters. Profanity and sexually-explicit language are fine - this is an adult forum. Be aware of that - BUT - see the limits outlined below.

You don't have to be childfree to join, but if the very idea of women who don't desire kids of their own (or judging people whose parenting is, let's say, less than stellar) is anathema to you, you probably won't enjoy reading this journal. Please don't troll; instead just don't read. That way everyone is happy.

Posting rules:

1. The actual post should contain original advice column question and the response to it. OPs may put their reply letters in the original post or in the comments.
   
2. Use LJ cuts when posts get lengthy.
   
3. Put the original question, the columnist's reply, and your OP reply in different fonts to distinguish them.
   
4. Keep your snark advice in reply-letter format.
   
5. You can snark the question, the advice or both, but please don't snark each other. NOT PERMITTED: personal attacks on other posters. Keep it civil - argue the points and positions all you want, but once you descend into name-calling or personal insults, you are over the line and will be warned.
   
6. Posting material from this community to other communities is not strictly prohibited if it's to stimulate discussion along the same subject matter (e.g. other childfree groups, feminist groups, personal journals, etc). Posting material from this community to drama groups or to stimulate trolling or personal attacks, and you're gone.
   
7. NOT PERMITTED: Bigotry (homophobia, transphobia, sexism, slurs or stereotypes based in race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, etc). One warning followed by banning.
   
8. NOT PERMITTED: Advocating or excusing sexual violence (defined as any kind of sexual contact without consent). One warning followed by banning.
   
9. Need clarification on the rules? Click on the Mod Post tag and post to any Mod Post or PM jocelyncs.
   

If something is bothering you about this comm, or you spot a rules violation that the mods haven't responded to, post to cfabby_mods, and we'll get right on it.

The mod community has a dedicated open thread for questions/comments/complaints here: http://cfabby-mods.livejournal.com/1040.html. Comments will be screened for privacy. You may also message me directly (jocelyncs) if you wish.