Don't Be a Dick and Other Sound Advice: 69 Practical Ways of Making the World a Kinder, More Loving Place

By Matthew J Distefano

"Don't be a dick." In today's world, these four words can be the key to making our existence a kinder, more loving place. Within the pages of this book lives 69 practical ways of helping out your fellow human being. Between advice on how to not be a dick to your family and friends, to how to not be a dick to people online, this little hurricane

• Language: English
• Publisher: Quoir
• Release date: Mar 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9781957007076

Matthew J Distefano

Matthew J. Distefano is a regular contributor for The Raven Foundation. He is an outspoken advocate for global peace and non-violence. Matthew is married with one daughter and enjoys the great outdoors.

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1: On Baby Making

Graduate high school, get a degree, then start pumping out babies. That’s what my Evangelical Christian culture told me to do. And while I technically followed that order of events, my wife and I waited until we were closer to thirty to have our child.

Not everyone has to wait that long, but most people probably should. And not to be a dick or anything, but some people shouldn’t even have children. Look around. Between climate change and the obvious lack of parental skills out there, that much is obvious.

This is one reason why cultural norms don’t fit for everyone. Hell, they probably don’t fit for most folks. And we’ve screwed up a lot of people by sticking to them. Couples in their early twenties having kid after kid, only to divorce by their earlier thirties. Gay men and women being told they aren’t really gay and then having to confront their spouse and children with the truth later in life. So much unneeded pain and