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Poll: What's the greatest and/or worst advice you have received?

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So we all appreciate a bit of advice. Whether it be on how to tie your shoelace or on how to fight, kill a grizzly bear in a humane way, it's always welcome.

Sometimes the advice we receive is great, other times it's...well, not so great. So what's the best or worst advice you have ever received. Whether it was truly helpful or just awful, share it!

For me, the greatest advice was from my father when I started driving.
"Remember Ectoplasmicz [1] , it's never your fault. All mistakes are the faults of others. You have to be wary of the other drivers, because most of them are terrible".

[1] He calls me that sometimes.

My cousin recently advised me it's ok to share each other's bodies, and also not to use a condom.

Regnes:
My cousin recently advised me it's ok to share each other's bodies,

by that he means what exactally?

and also not to use a condom.

yeah no..not a good Idea (unless theres somthing else in place)

Paragon Shepard:

Regnes:
My cousin recently advised me it's ok to share each other's bodies,

by that he means what exactally?

and also not to use a condom.

yeah no..not a good Idea (unless theres somthing else in place)

She, and that something else that's in place, I implied we shagged, which we did, and I didn't use a condom, but I pulled out. Or did I?

Regnes:

She, and that something else that's in place, I implied we shagged, which we did, and I didn't use a condom, but I pulled out. Or did I?

youre freind could use a condom

no one fought reapers with an STD!.....excpet for renegade shepard

I'm comander shepard and I endorse safe-sex

Paragon Shepard:

youre freind could use a condom

no one fought reapers with an STD!.....excpet for renegade shepard

I'm comander shepard and I endorse safe-sex

Actually in Canada we don't have STDs, we have STIs, so it's all cool really.

Regnes:

Actually in Canada we don't have STDs, we have STIs, so it's all cool really.

Eh, STD's, STI's same old same old.

Best advice was probably to learn python instead of C++, it's so much easier to program in. I don't get to do it as much as I'd like, but it's fun when I do.

Worst advice was probably going to uni.

Paragon Shepard:
youre freind could use a condom

no one fought reapers with an STD!.....excpet for renegade shepard

I'm comander shepard and I endorse safe-sex

It was his cousin, not his friend. He had unprotected sex with his cousin.

Best advice? Shen having sex with a woman , try to find her g-spot . Oh and never let go of the clitoris.

Worst advice ? When trying anal for the first time, go in with one hard push , then go slow . It's gonna hurt the girl at first , but then it's smooth sailing from there .

Best advice: I was told by someone that I should just turn my back on a overly dramatic situation that I was caught right in the middle of. I was far too involved to even see this as a possibility but once I thought about it, holy shit, he's right, fuck this!

Worst advice: A friend told me to never admit I had any sort of feelings for a girl I had been spending a lot of time with, basing this logic on an awkward situation he had with the same girl more than two years prior and not taking into account I was behaving rationally with her, unlike he had been at the time.

Shotgun Guy:

Worst advice: A friend told me to never admit I had any sort of feelings for a girl I had been spending a lot of time with.

That's extremely silly. From personal experience being honest to someone you have feelings for is the best way to go.

Ectoplasmicz:

Shotgun Guy:

Worst advice: A friend told me to never admit I had any sort of feelings for a girl I had been spending a lot of time with.

That's extremely silly. From personal experience being honest to someone you have feelings for is the best way to go.

I agree, for better or for worse. Dragging things out will almost never end well.

Regnes:
My cousin recently advised me it's ok to share each other's bodies, and also not to use a condom.

George Michael?
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Worst advice is to try F10 to screencap in TF2.

Regnes:
My cousin recently advised me it's ok to share each other's bodies, and also not to use a condom.

Isn't shagging a cousin illegal?

ToTaL LoLiGe:

Regnes:
My cousin recently advised me it's ok to share each other's bodies, and also not to use a condom.

Isn't shagging a cousin illegal?

No, in a lot of places it isn't. For example, 14 of America's states allow people to MARRY their cousins.

ToTaL LoLiGe:

Regnes:
My cousin recently advised me it's ok to share each other's bodies, and also not to use a condom.

Isn't shagging a cousin illegal?

Not in most places, though marrying your cousin is illegal in most places, and I don't want to marry her let alone have a relationship with her. Cousins with benefits.

It is illegal in most places to have such an encounter with a parents or sibling. This is under the belief that it constitutes as rape by taking advantage of an extreme emotional closeness to each other.

Best and worst piece of advice I have ever received:

"Go for it".

It has lead to both some of my happiest and saddest times; some increidible experiences and missed oppurtunities. If I had my time back would I do it differently? Fuck yes.

Best advice I've ever received was from a Staff Sergeant when I was newly promoted to a leadership position, and was making an ass of myself.

"Don't tell them how to do it. Show them. And when they fail, you show them where they fucked up. A boss tells people to go. A leader says 'Let's go.' and they will follow you of their own volition."

Worst advice I've ever received;

"Hey man we should drunk dial your ex"

Best advice I ever got was from my Old Man. "The world is full of dickheads"

The worst advice... That's a little harder to pick. There's been so much...

best advice was from my dad "girls are trouble, stay away from them." i should have listened...

One of my friends at the time told me to go ahead and carry though my plan to commit suicide. BAD ADVICE WAS BAD.

This thread has made me realise that I never really get given advice.

Weird.

tigermilk:
Best and worst piece of advice I have ever received:

"Go for it".

It has lead to both some of my happiest and saddest times; some increidible experiences and missed oppurtunities. If I had my time back would I do it differently? Fuck yes.

Ha.

I think "be yourself" is another one that falls into both the good and the bad advice category.

Best advice: This is the world; welcome. Gravity will always bring you back down, but if you practice, you can keep jumping up higher and higher and quicker and quicker.

Worst advice: Don't try to outjump gravity.

Best advice: Never Drink or do drugs, become an interesting enough person to not need these social crutches.

Worst advice: Man you should TOTALLY start playing an MMO

The best advice is no advice. That is my advice.

Danial:
Best advice: Never Drink or do drugs, become an interesting enough person to not need these social crutches.

Worst advice: Man you should TOTALLY start playing an MMO

Because that's totally why people drink.

hazabaza1:
This thread has made me realise that I never really get given advice.

Weird.

Nobody could ever give Stephen Fry advice.

OT:

Best:

"It's always easier to fix other people's problems than your own" from a friend I looked up to as a kid because he's a couple years older than me. This advice is something I actively use to hold my depression in check.

"A stab is quicker than a slash" when learning to sword fight.

Worst:

"A way to get in with girls is to like all their status updates". I never followed this, but I do acknowledge the guy giving me this advice is a dick.

Jay Knowles:
best advice was from my dad "girls are trouble, stay away from them." i should have listened...

Stay away from Women. That's my motto. Unfortunately I can't. That's my trouble.

Chairman Miaow:

Danial:
Best advice: Never Drink or do drugs, become an interesting enough person to not need these social crutches.

Worst advice: Man you should TOTALLY start playing an MMO

Because that's totally why people drink.

To be honest, that is at least part of the reason I drink.

I'm not sure on "best" advice to be honest, but worst would have to be "just wait".

It doesn't seem too bad at first, "good things come to those who wait" and all, but in this example I was literally being told that if I sit and wait for good things to fall on my lap. The world doesn't work like that. If you want something to happen you need to do something to make it happen.

Greatest: Always try to prove yourself to others and show them your worth.

Worst: Do your best to find out the best in someone (because we all know that there are a**holes, dicks, whores, and overall bad people that will be nothing more than that).

"Apply for jobs you are not qualified for" - Job consultant

CynicalB:
"Apply for jobs you are not qualified for" - Job consultant

Is that the worst or the best? xD

"Everything is good for you, if it doesn't kill you"

what? And that time it does kill me! Stupid stupid advice (but a great song lyric)

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