‘What’s a common piece of “life advice” that’s actually terrible?’ – 23 nuggets of so-called wisdom to go straight in the bin

12.

”The best things come to those who wait’. While it can be useful in rare instances, mostly it’s garbage advice.’
–pinkyandthebrain-ama

13.

”Follow your dreams’ often results in people chasing dreams they could never achieve.’
–g_r_e_y

14.

”Everything happens for a reason’. No. Sometimes shitty things just happen. Sometimes there is no reason. Like there is no reason for somebody to get raped, trafficked, be abused, so on and so forth.’
–Cautious_Ice_884

15.

‘Time heals everything. No, you need therapy.’
–mrpessimistik

16.

‘Fake it ’til you make it. Some people will use that as justification to complete ignore major issues in their life/business/relationships/etc.’
–newbhammer40k

17.

‘I don’t know if this counts as life advice but ‘boys will be boys’. It’s basically teaching your daughters that it’s okay for a boy to misbehave just because they’re a boy.’
–C_ryys

18.

”Sleep when you’re dead’ or ‘sleep is for the weak’ are terrible pieces of advice. Sleep is just as important as good diet and exercise in being healthy.’
–RusMom

19.

‘What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.’
–Skullhead_LP

20.

”Blood is thicker than water’. It’s already a bastardization of the original quote, and a lot of times is used to justify abuse.’
–ImTheGreatLeviathan

21.

‘Never give up. If something isn’t working, the sooner you give up, the sooner you can try something that has a chance of working.

‘Giving up is an important life skill and absolutely essential for success in business. Otherwise you’re often just wasting money and throwing good money after bad. If it’s not working, try something else!’
–MenudoMenudo

22.

”Sleep when the baby sleeps’. It takes me two hours, a sacrifice and a rain dance to fall asleep on a good day. On top of not wanting to live in a shit tip. Yeah mate, that’s not gonna work, I got stuff to do.’
–MagicStars22

23.

‘Live everyday as if it is your last. If I’m going to die tomorrow I’m not going to take care of myself. I’d go binge drinking, spend all my money and do reckless things and if I did those everyday I’d probably be dead in a couple of years.’
–Ok_Calligrapher5776

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