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Hasn't the LW *read* Cary Tennis before? Direction and insight are right out. Introspection and writer-manqué rambling are what you get, and you should know that.
Here a writer is asking a good question, a sound one, where a helpful and considerate response would be more than welcome, but it's asked of Cary Tennis, and you might as well ask the cat.
"Oh, your son's ... wow, have you ever looked at your hand? I mean, really looked at it? It's cool, it reminds me of this one time where ..."