What’s a piece of advice you got as a kid that still sticks with you?
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Mine was from my mother: "Never cry for a man. He'll never cry for you."
Innovation never comes from using something the way it was designed to be used.
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Mine was from my mother: "Never cry for a man. He'll never cry for you."
Adults: Don't touch, the wood stove is hot.
Toddler Me: [touches anyway] hot! Hot!
I still have the scar.
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Mine was from my mother: "Never cry for a man. He'll never cry for you."
"Nobody cares."
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What a fuckin’ weird piece of advice.
Not at all toxic and loaded
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When getting advice, consider if the speakers life is one you want for yourself.
Ok, I'll consider that. Now, what advice from childhood did you have to share?
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Mine was from my mother: "Never cry for a man. He'll never cry for you."
wrote last edited by [email protected]"Don't believe everything you read in books." - my religious dad
Learned pretty early on not to believe a certain book. Woops
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Mine was from my mother: "Never cry for a man. He'll never cry for you."
"Never pass up the opportunity to keep your mouth shut."
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Mine was from my mother: "Never cry for a man. He'll never cry for you."
wrote last edited by [email protected]Dad was teaching my sister and I to cross the street and told us to look both ways.
We were crossing a one-way road at the time and I asked "Do we need to look both ways on a one-way road?"
He said "People are idiots, you look both ways."
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Dad was teaching my sister and I to cross the street and told us to look both ways.
We were crossing a one-way road at the time and I asked "Do we need to look both ways on a one-way road?"
He said "People are idiots, you look both ways."
This summer. Twice. Crossing a one way street just as a car goes zooming through in the wrong direction
And its corollary. Never assume a red light will stop the cars. Always look.
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Mine was from my mother: "Never cry for a man. He'll never cry for you."
In grade school I remember looking up at a brightly colored sign above the door that read, "you are not your circumstance." Decades later, I still think about it as a reminder to treat myself and others a little better.
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Dad was teaching my sister and I to cross the street and told us to look both ways.
We were crossing a one-way road at the time and I asked "Do we need to look both ways on a one-way road?"
He said "People are idiots, you look both ways."
Also very helpful when you travel to countries with left-hand traffic (or right-hand traffic depending on which way you are used to). The first couple days cars are constantly coming from the wrong side.
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Whenever someone gifts you something, just say "Thank you very much" and accept the gift. Don't do the "are you sure" or "oh no you shouldn't have" dance.
Lmao that's every Chinese New Year ever. The red packet exchange is just so awkward and weird (IMO) and completely pointless.
Like Family A's parents gives Family B's kid $100 then Family B's parents give Family A's two children each $50 (totalling $100). Then when they go home, the parents "ask" (read: demand) the kid to give them the money for "safekeeping". So... like... wtf is the point. This is why I don't like the idea of "tradition", conservatives be weird af. Like, at one point, I just stop caring when they give it to me and I'm like "just give it to mom" lol.
Red Packet exchange is just glorified Money PingPong games.
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Oh that was it. My mom used to say it a lot. Sort of a meta answer I suppose.
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Oh that was it. My mom used to say it a lot. Sort of a meta answer I suppose.
I was just pulling your leg. It's a good one.
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Mine was from my mother: "Never cry for a man. He'll never cry for you."
Don’t walk in the middle of the “aisle” (the part cars drive down) in parking lots. I don’t forget it because I constantly see people (morons) not following this advice and almost getting hit by cars.
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Don’t walk in the middle of the “aisle” (the part cars drive down) in parking lots. I don’t forget it because I constantly see people (morons) not following this advice and almost getting hit by cars.
Walk like you drive, is how I heard and say it. Unfortunately, people also drive like complete idiots.
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Mine was from my mother: "Never cry for a man. He'll never cry for you."
"assigning blame is the most useless reaction to disaster. Do damage control and then move on."
My parents used to blame each other a lot when they were fighting. When my friends mess up something, I will them that it's annoying, and then figure out how to deal with it. But I'll never make them feel bad for it, because it's just wasted energy.
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Mine was from my mother: "Never cry for a man. He'll never cry for you."
Not in a good way but: "crying never solved anything."
It might not be a full solution but it sure is a relief. Still can't cry to this day without feeling guilty about it. -
"Never pass up the opportunity to keep your mouth shut."
Better to keep your mouth shut and look stupid then open it and remove all doubt.
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Mine was from my mother: "Never cry for a man. He'll never cry for you."
Everything's better when it's free and they're right, that's why I'm a house burglar now!
