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    777 days ago

    Why would you seek somebody’s advice if you’re not willing to take it? Sure, I get the idea of wanting to be validated, but you also have to accept being told what you’re doing is wrong.

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      337 days ago

      I’ve stopped giving my father advice on computers or electronics because he has never yet followed any of it.

      He gets really upset that I won’t spend time researching things to give him advice to ignore, so presumably he gets something out of it but I’m not sure what.

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        77 days ago

        time invested is his love language, time intentionally poorly invested must be love if its not annoying.

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      186 days ago

      Why would you seek somebody’s advice if you’re not willing to take it?

      People are dumb as hell. Between working retail and working first line IT support, I cannot tell you how many times I’ve had someone ask me a question and then immediately disregard the advice. I got to just expect idiocy when I was asked a technical question at work.

      Thankfully I’m in a much better gig where people value my opinion.

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      227 days ago

      Well, it’s just a fabricated story, so it doesn’t need to make sense. The real author may be plus sized and the doctor’s advice may be real, too, but I think there’s a simpler explanation than excess amounts of steroids.

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        26 days ago

        You can choose to ignore commands too. And just as with ignoring advice, there will be consequences, but you always have the choice.