A The trivial.
If I were Hitler, I would do exactly as he did.
Well of course
B The empathetic.
If I were a Palestinian … a man … an Irish Republican …
I am trying to understand things from your point of view, to understand how or why certain behaviours which seem strange, could be, even are, completely rational within the parameters of your experience of the world & what you consider to be rational or logical
C The didactic.
If I were you, I would not wear that dress ... I would kick him out ... I would go & talk to your childs teacher ... I would always grill lamb chops, never roast them in the oven.
Couched in the language of advice, perhaps empathetic, but perhaps completely uncomprehending of the others problem
