Useless adviceAs a new parent, people seem to think it's OK to pass on any and every old wives tale possible. "Don't hug him too much". What? Quite what possesses people to pass on baseless, idiotic, useless advice I don't know.
That said, I quite often give car drivers directions and then, after they've moved off, realise that I've sent them down a bike-only route, so I can give as good as I get.
What useless advice have you been given (or handed out) recently?
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chthonic, Thu 19 Oct 2006, 10:29)
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"Just be yourself"Has there ever been a more useless, empty platitude piece of advice as "Just be yourself"?
As a pointless default response it can be applied to anybody who craves advice in their hour of need, but you don't know or care what they should actually do:
"How do I get a girlfriend?" - Just be yourself
"How can I pass this interview?" - Just be yourself
"What can I do to make friends?" - Just be yourself
Lets face it, if people hate you and you cant get laid, "being yourself" is probably what you have been doing wrong.
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Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 19 Oct 2006, 11:54,
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