I’m trying to think of the worst advice a person ever gave me and I just can’t come up with anything…
Perhaps it’s because I never listen to anyone when they’re talking…
I should probably work on that…don’t you think?
Anyway, AskReddit users shared the worst advice they’ve ever received in their lives.
Take a look.
1. Ummm, no.
“You should act dumber so more guys will talk to you.”
2. Nope.
“My cousin told me when I was young to just barely meet everyone’s expectations for anything, and then they won’t expect anything from you and you can just coast.”
3. Karate master.
“”Don’t join that Karate school, because all the kids who were there longer than you will always be better than you, so there’s no point in trying,”
It turned out that I was the only one that actually stayed. I’m probably better at it than all of them now, and even became an assistant teacher before I was 25.”
4. What?!?!
“Smile in your mugshot, because it’s a picture that’s gonna be out there forever.
This can and will be used against you in a court of law.
Prosecution: “Exhibit A. The defendant’s mugshot. This person is smiling. Does this look like the face of someone who is sorry? Someone who is remorseful? No.
They are smiling despite the fact that they could have injured someone or worse. That is why we are seeking the maximum penalty. To show them that this is not something to be smiling about.””
5. A long way to go.
“Don’t worry about taking student loans, you’ll get a great job and can pay them off easy…
Still $70k in debt with no end in sight.”
6. Blew it.
“Don’t accept a plumbing apprenticeship, go to college.
My plumber makes double what I do.”
7. You’ll be fine!
“I once got bit by an aggressive stray dog.
Later that day, while talking to a buddy of mine, I was complaining that I needed to go take anti-rabies shots, just to be safe.
He said that I probably shouldn’t bother with doctors unless I started getting symptoms.”
8. Don’t listen to them.
“Any dating advice from serial daters.
Serial daters always seem to think they have the best advice due to their extensive “experience,” when in reality, unless your goal is also to serially date and never actually find a LTR, they only have a lot of “experience” because they continue to fail over and over again…”
9. Ouch!
“”You should let it pinch you, it won’t hurt that much…”
It was the biggest crawdad I ever saw and I was maybe like 10 fishing with my Dad. He didn’t think I would be stupid enough to do it, but I wanted to impress him.
The chaos that then ensued; I picked it up and let it pinch the soft skin between my thumb and hand promptly scream in pain, Dad laughing his a** off tried to help just to be pinched by the other claw on the back of his hand.
This cycle of continuous pinching continues as we stupidity try to help one another then finally we get it removed and my Dad says to body slam it so I throw it as hard as I can back into the lake.”
10. Doesn’t work that way.
“”Ignore your bullies and they will ignore you.”
They, in fact, did not ignore me.”
11. Oops.
“Go on and get married.
What’s the worst thing that can happen?
You are overreacting, they will change. “
12. Can’t control it.
““Try to think of happier things when you hallucinate.”
Yeah.. let me just think of a unicorn, I can totally control schizophrenia. That’ll help me not see the blurry faceless man following me in the hallway.
Maybe I won’t be so paranoid. That how that works, right? Happy away the illness.”
13. Thanks, Dad.
“I scraped someone’s truck in our apartment complex a few weeks after I first got my license at 18, in my defense he was very over the lines and it was the only available spot.
Called my dad in a panic because I didn’t know what to do, he told me to go park in the lot of the apartments next to us and just pretend nothing happened unless someone confronts me. New and inexperienced, I listened.
Horrible advice, someone saw it and the guy found which apartment I was in. He was pi**ed but more understanding when he realized I was just a kid (to a guy In his 40s I guess 18 is a kid) and explained what happened. We worked insurance stuff out and I learned to never take my dad’s advice.”
14. Time to fight back.
“Just ignore the bully. He’ll get bored.
I wish my parents told me, “F**k that kid up. You’re 16. Slap on the wrist.””
15. Back pain.
“Work through the pain, it will make your back feel better.
It didn’t.”
16. Pretty bad.
“When I was an aspiring educator, I received a lot of scary advice about how school teachers should run a classroom from people who were well intended, but were completely out of touch.
The most memorable was from a woman who had been a special education teacher for years and her nugget of wisdom was to “never say sorry to a student and never admit you’re wrong.” My philosophy as a teacher could never be more opposite.”
17. Go see a doctor.
““No need to go to the doctor, it’s just a little rash.”
It was Lyme Disease and I nearly d**d.”
18. It’s okay to fail.
“My father once told me, when I was in my teens, “don’t ever try anything new because you might fail”.
That’s like the opposite of what good parents are supposed to say.
He had recently went out and tried a career change and failed.”
19. Don’t touch that!
“”Kick it to see if there are anymore bees inside.”
There were plenty of bees still inside.”
20. That’ll fix it.
“My co-worker advised me to have a baby because I was suffering so badly from depression.
She said this would cure my “bad mood”.”
21. Just a fad.
“In 1984 I was told by a friend’s mom that computers were “a fad” and that I shouldn’t major in computer science in college.
I ignored that advice.
It was obvious even then this was a crazy take.”
22. It won’t last.
“I had a boss who, in 1998, wanted to “wait and see if this whole internet thing blows over.”
The writing was engraved on the wall by that time.”
23. Really dumb.
“”If somebody’s mean to you it’s because they like you”.
Can people please stop telling kids this? I used to believe it, too.
Yeah, maybe sometimes it’s true, but most of the time it’s not! Especially above the age of 7.”
24. Bad move.
“When my mom was dy**g in hospice, a coworker of mine told me I should at least let her family know, even though my mom told me she didn’t care if they knew or not. Well, I let them know, and I definitely regretted it.
The sister and her kids made it an entire dramatic ordeal and had to be removed from the room. Her brother didn’t even call or text, just sent his dingbat wife who didn’t even notice my mom had already passed. Haven’t heard from either of them in the year since she’s passed.
My mom was right.”
25. No thanks.
“A guy who was stalking me sent flowers to my workplace (I hadn’t told him where I worked).
A coworker of mine said that was such a sweet gesture, and I should break up with my long-term boyfriend and date this guy instead.”
26. Wow.
“”Live above your means. It motivates you to do better”
Uhhh…No.
Had a sales manager basically say this. Honestly don’t remember how the conversation got there, but was told “we need to get you some debt so that you will stay motivated”.
I preferred to live below my means so I could tell him to f**k off whenever I pleased.”
Okay, now it’s your turn.
In the comments, tell us what you think is the worst advice you’ve ever received in your life.
We look forward to it!
