ASK AMY On handling rude remarks with a sharp retort
A reader asks how to respond to rude weight loss comments and unwanted health explanations without being rude. The columnist suggests a concise, nonconfrontational comeback and outlines handling future remarks with calm boundaries while avoiding explanations to every adviser.
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Dear Abby Tips on Handling Patronizing Service Speech
Abigail Van Buren counsels seniors to speak up when staff use patronizing terms like young lady. She cites a reader who replied with wit and asserts that many people feel condescended by service personnel across ages. Also notes a short personal note from an 11 year old about a boy named Cole.
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Men face aging effects on sperm and fertility study
A Lawrence Livermore Lab and University of California Berkeley study finds aging men accumulate DNA damage in sperm, reducing mobility and increasing risks of infertility and genetic problems in offspring. The research notes higher DNA fragmentation and a gene mutation linked to dwarfism with age, though chromosome changes like Down syndrome showed no age link.
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Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
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Andrew Wyrobeck
National Academy of Sciences
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