Agony Uncle Danny Dyer shares his "wisdom" with the readers of Zoo Magazine

Not sure you can be misquoted to this degree tbh

He's incited violence against women before in that column:
www.shoutingatco.ws/blog/2010/04/08/the-wonder-of-danny-dyer/

I hate him and the magazine. WTF were any of them thinking.

Maybe not directly, but it is worrying that such ideas are even put out there. Could have an insidious effect - especially when pitched to readers of such an objectifying publication.

SGB that's a perfect DD description!

I don't think anyone has said they think the advice will be taken seriously.

I am not entirely sure who Danny Dyer is, but I get the general impression he's a thuggish Z-list knob-end. So surely the 'joke' is that anyone would set someone like this up as an advice columnist, and the extra layer of funniness is that people are wailing because they think that someone, somewhere, might actually take parodic advice like this seriously?

They have apologised:

www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/may/05/danny-dyer-zoo-magazine

I do think this is a very sad thing for them to have published, even by the standards of the magazine. It reminded me of the documentary about Katie Piper, whose ex-boyfriend paid for someone to throw acid in her face.

I thought it was a very good documentary because the media spends a lot of time glorifying violent crime and discussing the criminal act - both real and fictious. It is very rare for there to be a documentary about how someone emotionally and physically recovers from such a crime, and I think we need to focus more on the victim's perspective.

Prior to the attack, Katie Piper's boyfriend had raped her and she did not go to the police because she did not think she would be believed. That seems to be a common story about rapists who go on to commit further violent crimes.

Adair, that's what I thought.

Oh, oh, are you sure then that this isn't actually taking he piss out of Danny Dyer? I.e 'this is what that dickhead would say'. Would make more sense if that was the case. Had assumed it was actually written by DD (well, in the same way that Alex Reid 'writes'/takes credit for his column in Star). Maybe would have to read the mag to get the context...

It's not funny because that's exactly what some men do do to women who have dumped them.

Acid is another preferred method to keep the bitches in their place.

I've been trying to think myself into the mind of a 20ish bloke who thinks this is really hilarious and I think I've worked out why it disturbs me.
It is funny, and it would make you feel better if you were a bloke who had just been dumped, because while you might not really be going to cut your ex's face you know you could.

if it said for example, 'get a dinosaur to eat her' that would not be funny at all, because obviously you couldn't. But men are usually bigger and stronger than women and anyone can get hold of a knife. So it reminds you 'never mind, eh, women are still the weaker sex and you're still a big strong man'.

yuck yuck at the revolting mindset which produced this.

Good idea Squeaver, it might get hidden away in this section.

I googled zoo magazine, if you scroll to the bottom of the page theres a report abuse - one of the options is glorifying violence. I reported it. Doubt I'll hear anything tho.

Or snap a chopstick in two?
That'll show her

mrsr well yes, I have had some rather wild nights out, I admit.

These days a wild night is when I get a pepsi refill at the Harvester. Perhaps I could liven things up and smash up one of the bread rolls!

And it's not even really Danny Dyer. Just how the "Danny Dyer" character may react. A bit like those fake "Famous person's diary" entries in the Guardian magazine. It's clearly fiction on all levels.

It isn't even remotely funny, just offensive.

Lol at 'steal her make up'

(steal all her make-up would be mildly rankling, too of course, but not in the same league)

Oh come on, we've all done it haven't we Lollipop?

Well, clearly it's set up as not genuine advice. So I can ignore that in the same way you might say to a mate 'aw, go and rip up all his clothes and throw them out the window'. You wouldn't expect them to actually DO it. It would be a joke.

But 'cut her face' - just does not scan well. It is just so weird. And not funny. Maybe 'steal all her make-up' or something. But cut her face???

how long before someone comes along to tell us we have no sense of humour and it doesn't count because it's irony?

Also he is advised to go out on a drinking binge and smash anything that moves.

Fine advice