May 2010
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What bad advice have you heard lately?
I’m running out of ideas…so it’s time for some more reader contributions! What advice have you heard that was just ridiculous? (It doesn’t even have to be personal - could be something you read/overheard/saw on tv/etc.)
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April 2010
2 posts
And...
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March 2010
15 posts
Time machine
You know what kind of advice is literally impossible to follow? Advice on things that already happened! As in, “12 years ago, why didn’t you…[fill in the blank]?” Umm, I don’t even remember anymore! But how about I start up the old time machine, and go do whatever it is you want me to?
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On your mark...
What’s up with those people who insist on competing with you about how fast you can get to a particular destination? As in, “how long does it take you to get downtown? I can get there in 15 minutes!” This isn’t the Amazing Race here! There’s no Travelocity gnome waiting for you!
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You should [anything, as long as it is something...
The following happens to me every so often: I say I want to see/read/listen to ABC and, without any sort of acknowledgment of my wishes, in return I hear “you should see/read/listen to XYZ.” Perhaps XYZ really is worthy of my attention, but I’ll stick to my ABC, thank you very much, since you have told me nothing about it (besides instructing me that I should...
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Solicited and still bad!
Part of what makes bad advice so bad, in my opinion, is its always surprising and unsolicited appearance. People always seem to have something handy for you when you could not care any less. However, when you do ask, sometimes they come up with something equally unhelpful and just plain irritating. I recently heard the following answer to my question of what I...
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Feelings
How about this for advice that’s impossible to follow:
“You should be so happy/proud/grateful/etc.”
Thanks for telling me how to feel! I’ll be sure to get right on that now!
I just want to feel how I feel…
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Prepare...
I read an article somewhere (too lazy to find it) that suggested the following: if you are not currently in a relationship, you should spend time reading articles about relationship issues to prepare for when you do meet someone. This is seriously the worst piece of advice I’ve ever heard. Let me get this straight - spend your free time getting stressed out about issues/problems that you may...
What's the worst advice you've ever received?
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City vs. suburbs
Ok, so we all know someone who constantly tries to engage us in that tired old city vs. suburbs debate. For some reason, lots of people feel the need to “recruit” others to their “team.” News flash - there are no teams here! Suburb-pushers, leave us city people alone. We don’t NEED to move (no, not even for “the kids”…which we don’t...
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Send good wishes unto others
Sometimes you get advice that makes you wonder if the person giving it is even listening to you. Once, when I was upset about something, I was told to immediately sit in cross-legged position, light candles all around me, and start chanting, sending good wishes unto those in my immediate surroundings, increasing the radius with each chant. While ordinarily I’m all for...
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Get Married!
I once heard this advice given to a friend: “If you are fighting so much with your girlfriend, you should get married! That way, when you fight, you won’t be able to just get up and leave.” Wait, what?? Shouldn’t they break up and cut their losses instead of legally binding themselves together? This advice is as sound as “if your marriage is in trouble, have...
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Work for the Government
My friend and I repeatedly hear this meaningless advice—“why don’t you just work for the government?” In what capacity, pray tell? Should I start with a Mayoral post or should I go straight for the Presidential one? It’s not like the government just takes in unemployed people indiscriminately and creates jobs for them. I always thought that, just like with any other employer,...
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Buy a house in NJ!
“Sell your apartment and buy a house in New Jersey!” I am repeatedly told by various residents of the state of New Jersey. True to form of any good bad advice, this advice is always unsolicited, making me go “what the….?!” every single time. Now, why would I want to move to New Jersey all of a sudden? Have I mentioned wanting to move to New Jersey? When I say “I want to move,” I mean to...
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A job or a baby
After asking me myriad questions about the completion of my studies and licensing exams, a particularly helpful lady (who shall remain nameless) advised me on what to do with my newly found free time. She said: “You should get a job or a baby!” Ok, let’s deconstruct this piece of brilliant advice. 1) Are these things that you want me to get even remotely the same? How can you advise me to get a...
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The power of the sleeping brain
Once, when I was self indulgent enough to complain about not being able to sleep (at least not deeply or restfully) due to recurring nightmares, a friend gave me some perfectly sound advice. “You just have to turn your brain against the nightmares while you are asleep,” she said. “I’ve done it!” she assured me before I could even ask for a set of detailed instructions as to how to attain such...
February 2010
7 posts
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Positive Attitude
I’ve read that “when you meet new people, you should never say anything negative. Don’t complain about the heat, cold, the long week you had, etc.” Really? Talking about the weather, traffic, etc. is called small talk. If you can’t talk about the recent blizzard/traffic jam/other random news, what can you talk about? You know that religion and politics are...
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Smoking
From an article on quitting smoking (about things that would tempt you to smoke):
“if a friend lights up, invite her to go for a jog”
Yeah, that will go over real well when you’re standing outside a bar at 2 am!
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Budget
Every article I read about saving money makes suggestions that relate to children. Save money by packing lunches for your kids. Give your kids homemade gifts. What if you don’t have kids? What’s left, “use less electricity?”
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Snack
Those magazine diets always offer really specific ideas for snacks. Like “whole wheat crackers and 2 oz. of cheese.” Sure, I always carry some cheese in my bag. It’s not like it would go bad or anything! I have a scale in there too…yeah right.
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Supermarket
Someone once told me that “I thought people meet anywhere! You can meet someone grocery shopping!” Right. Is it just me, or when you go grocery shopping, do you, umm, I don’t know, buy groceries and go home to put them in the fridge? It’s not really a place to chat with total strangers.
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Scrunchie
I once read an article (in Fitness or something like that) that had recommendations for what to do if you forget certain items when you go to the gym. I guess they were desperate to fill space, because the suggestion were totally bizarre. One was: “if you forget a hair tie to put your hair in a ponytail, cut a sleeve off your t-shirt and use that.” What?! So you have a scissor, but no...
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Stairs
Everyone says that you should force yourself to take the stairs instead of the elevator, for exercise. But who really wants to do that, especially since most of the time you’re probably carrying groceries/laundry/a laptop bag/etc.?