You know, like “always split on 18,” or “having kids is the most rewarding thing you can do in life.”

What’s that one bit of advice you got from a trusted friend that you know deep, deep down would just ruin your thing?

  • Today@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Anything about god taking you to and through things, or prayer. How’s that working for Ukraine or Gaza or a ton of other places with war, famine, violence, trafficking, etc.? Also, anything that refers to “fighting” cancer or other diseases - too bad your person is gone because they didn’t fight harder.

  • snooggums@midwest.socialEnglish
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    9 months ago

    If you don’t succeed, try and try again.

    It leaves out the steps where you figure out why you think you failed the first time so trying again with a different approach has a chance of success instead of just failing over and over again.

    • jeffw@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      There’s also a good quote about repeating the same thing over and over again being the definition of insanity. Some platitudes are useful

      Edit: repeating the same thing and expecting a different outcome. Attributed to Einstein, but who knows

      • snooggums@midwest.socialEnglish
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        9 months ago

        I wake up to my alarm every morning, guess I must be insane.

        Edit: wake up every morning hoping to be rested. When I worked evenings and woke up midmorning I did feel rested, but the decent paying jobs around here are 8-5. People.keep telling me I will get used to it, but it has been a couple decades without success.