“What is the worst advice you ever received?” – 17 terrible examples
For others, their career was the subject of the awful guidance.
9.
I had a guy tell me I should bill myself as "the white Sammy Davis Jr"
— Henry Phillips (@Henlips) May 9, 2019
10.
“Lose 15 pounds.” – male theater director, to 21 year old baby actor me. I went on to co-found a real popular body-positive standup show, and have since performed at Steppenwolf, far surpassing his theater credits. Farewell, sexist directors of the world.
— whitney (@boozetornado) May 9, 2019
11.
"Sign up for Twitter. As a writer it'll be good for your career."
— Garrett Martin (@grmartin) May 9, 2019
12.
“Programming is going to be too hard for you and you’re already the only girl in computer class in the school.”- my computer teacher (I ignored it and followed in my programmer dad’s footsteps) This was in 1990.
— Tracy Derning (@tderning) May 9, 2019
13.
"Don't dress for the job you have, dress for the job you WANT." It's really tough to work the McDonald's fryer in full astronaut regalia.
— Frank "Devin Nunes is an Idiot" San Filippo (@fsfmusic) May 9, 2019
14.
"Don't use curse words in your writing, it's not ladylike."
— jenniferlauren (@jenhasgreathair) May 9, 2019
A few were clearly tongue-in-cheek.
15.
“Pursue your dreams”
I ended up completely naked in front on my classmates
— Ciudadano Solovino (@solov1no) May 9, 2019
16.
These beans in my hand are magic, you should totally swap them for that sweet cow you have there
— Guy Incognito (@ShutUpThatsWho) May 9, 2019
17.
Mom: Try these Doritos.
*3 weeks later
Me: pic.twitter.com/0iOx5A4bUl
— Jesse Wines (@Jesse_Wines) May 9, 2019
A Twitter user named Swagmancer actually paid for bad advice.
I once gave $1 to a man on Venice Beach with a sign that said, "BAD ADVICE – $1"
He told me to move to California and live on Venice Beach
— Swagmancer (@UnRealRonen) May 9, 2019
How bad can it be if you’re able to make money selling advice on the beach?
H/T: @Home_Halfway