Image by Barbara Jackson from Pixabay
Having a heart attack is one of my worst fears. Well, honestly, death is my worst fear and a heart attack is on the list of "least favorite ways to expire." I've witnessed people fall prey to matters of heart health and it is not fun. Nowadays we are all blessed as a society to have so much knowledge on this issue so the chances of survival have grown exponentially.
And the people who come out the other end do seem to grasp a new lease on life. I'd rather grow from reading Brené Brown, but knowing all we can about heart attacks can only be better in the long run.
Redditor u/Mr_Cakes11 was hoping to hear from everyone out there who has been lucky enough to go on with life after a few scary health concerns by asking... People that have experienced a Heart Attack, what does it feel like?Lesson number 1... no person of any age is exempt. For example...
<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_1"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
No Age Minimum
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTYyMzkxNy9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1ODU1MDIxM30.wuJ6v-I_nqkq0npPqnvgKNay3h4Wp49a9VaZWLURfxI/img.gif?width=980" id="2040f" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="9ebe699d18750ce2e5017c472a39fb98" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="326" data-height="390" />Teddy Bear Cartoon GIFGiphy<p>24 hours prior i had a sharp pain in my back, near the shoulder blade. <span>Along with severely blurred vision, heavier breathing. Walking was much slower, and short walks of 10-20 ft felt like i ran a marathon uphill for an hour. Along chronic vomiting & fatigue. All at the age of 15. </span></p><p><span>Currently, I'm fine. At the time I had no idea what was going on, as symptoms of heavy/labored breathing worsened over 5 months prior. Several trips to the doc & 6 misdiagnoses later, I'm in the ER with 2 heart attacks back to back within 10 minutes. Further 'proper' testing show it was viral myocardiopathy (heart failure due to a virus). 6 months later i end up with a heart transplant & a lifetime requirement of 2 anti-rejection meds.</span></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/l7e6xl/people_that_have_experienced_a_heart_attack_what/gl6pmoe?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Minikart10</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Holding it Together...
<p>My son was 16 & described it as butterflies in his heart. Until his aorta ripped & he then just screamed & held his heart, kidneys & then his ribs.</p><p>I watched all of this while driving him to hospital, it was horrific & even now gives me chills.</p><p>Thankfully Drs saved his life & he lives a relatively normal life now.</p><p><strong><em>Edit - </em></strong>type A aortic dissection. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/l7e6xl/people_that_have_experienced_a_heart_attack_what/gl6cyrd?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">nurrubri</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Get Tested...
<p>A friend of mine had a heart attack at (I think) 14. In her case it was Marfan Syndrome. She survived, but had to get an implanted defibrillator.</p><p>If you're tall and gangly, can wrap your finger and thumb around your wrist with overlap, and lay your fingers back against your arm - it's something to get screened for. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/l7e6xl/people_that_have_experienced_a_heart_attack_what/gl737bm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">madsci</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
<p><em>We're told over and over and over again to stay on top of our health. And that we should get tested for everything regularly -though who has the insurance to cover that- and learn how to read the signs and for extra credit learn how to decipher an EKG, apparently they explain it all. </em></p>
<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Pay Attention
<p>It wasn't that bad so I wasn't sure it was a heart attack. A few months later I went to my GP, and an EKG showed it was a heart attack. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/l7e6xl/people_that_have_experienced_a_heart_attack_what/gl6c91z?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">cigar_gal</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/l7e6xl/people_that_have_experienced_a_heart_attack_what/gl6c91z?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span></span>This is what I'm afraid of. Like, people say to watch out for heart pain/tightness, but that's a relatively common occurrence for me. And this is America, I can't go to the ER every time it happens because it <em>might</em> be a heart attack but probably isn't.</p><p>So inevitably one day it will be and I just won't know until I'm dying. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/l7e6xl/people_that_have_experienced_a_heart_attack_what/gl6mzbs?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Tyrathius</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
keep reading...
<p>When I was a teenager I thought I was having a heart attack. Turned out it was <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/costochondritis/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20371180" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/costochondritis/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20371180</a></p><p>Then in my 30's I thought I destroyed my liver for accidentally drinking and taking Tylenol.</p><p>turned out it was <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/costochondritis/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20371180" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/costochondritis/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20371180</a> again</p><p>anyway you doctor should be able to rule out major heart issues with some simple tests; a good long listen and an EKG. If you're really worried about it they can do it while you're on a treadmill or do an MRI.</p><p>Like if you've considered going to the ER even once for this, you're nuts not to get it checked out at NOT the ER. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/l7e6xl/people_that_have_experienced_a_heart_attack_what/gl6xwto?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">IceCoastCoach</a></p>
<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
No Clutching...
<p>So, I didn't have your full blown, clutch my chest and collapse heart attack.</p><p>I went into work at a restaurant. It was Veteran's Day, so I knew it was going to be busy. Second table in, my left arm started to hurt. Great, just what I need, a bum serving arm on a busy holiday. I kept going to my new tables, but the pain kept increasing. Between tables, I would sneak into the beer cooler to use a bottle of wine to ice down my arm, but it felt like I had torn my bicep. I kept on though, trying to not let my tables see me in pain.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
<p>Finally, once lunch rush was over, I told my boss I was going to the hospital as the arm pain had been a recurring issue over the past couple months. Took an Uber to the ER, still in a good amount of pain but not as awful as when I was running around. Figured I would just get a cortisone shot and call it a day. Nope.</p><p>They took my blood pressure. 202/149. Immediate EKG. Blood work. Turns out I had a baby heart attack, was admitted in. Had a bigger heart attack that night while sleeping and if I wasn't in the hospital might be dead. 5 days later had quadruple bypass surgery.</p>
<div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTYyMzk0OS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY3MzUxNzUxMn0.HU-FVwxs_IQGM2IzwQOIoyE9jE1P4be-DctX2TaloZI/img.gif?width=980" id="798c9" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="87b240bfec02d6a7cc8481f7562e4fb9" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="500" data-height="500" />strong the rock GIF by Baywatch MovieGiphy<p>I never had the chest pain or shortness of breath. Just extreme arm pain that I figured was from a pinched nerve. It's not just numbness, it's any kind of major pain in the arm. Thankfully, everything has gone well post surgery and I'm almost fully recovered. I'll be back to work in 3 weeks!</p><p><em>Edit: </em>36 year old bio male. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/l7e6xl/people_that_have_experienced_a_heart_attack_what/gl72g21?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">sprite4breakfast</a></p>
<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
<p><em>Some of the humans who walk this Earth are truly <strong>"Avengers." </strong>Several of these stories are told by people who make having and surviving a heart attack seem like just another ordinary, everyday occurrence. I've been known to faint at the slice of a paper cut, so I can't imagine choppering myself to the nearest hospital while keeping my heart pumping. Like... who are you people?</em></p>
<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Why do you ask?
<p>I felt like I had intense heartburn, after it didn't go away and I started having shortness of breath, I woke up in the middle of the night, drove myself to the emergency room so they could tell me to relax, they ended up giving me some stints instead.</p><p>Why do you ask? If you feel like it might be one, go to the hospital, better safe than sorry! </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/l7e6xl/people_that_have_experienced_a_heart_attack_what/gl67dny?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">lghitman</a><span></span></p>Grandma is Super Human
<p>My grandma is a very energetic woman in her 80s. She was busy working in her garden, carrying gravel and dirt around, watering and so on. She then felt tired and kinda not well and decided to take a nap. Napping helped and she continued her usual life. Fast forward 1 week later she's on her regular check up and cardiologist says "holy crap you had a heart attack several days ago" and she was like "well I felt kind of dizzy but that's because I was working too hard that day." </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/l7e6xl/people_that_have_experienced_a_heart_attack_what/gl7zjkw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">rawberryfields</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
aches and pains...
<p>I was mowing the lawn, then took a break. I eventually noticed my chest really hurt, across from armpit to armpit a perfect half bath towel rectangle of pain. It felt like every front facing rib was in a vice front and back. Two days and three stents later I was home.</p><p>When my dad had his heart issues his chest didn't hurt, rather it felt like "a toothache in his shoulders." </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/l7e6xl/people_that_have_experienced_a_heart_attack_what/gl6as5s?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">kthulhu666</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
It gets worse...
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTYyMzkzOC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY3NjY0NTYzMX0.d5qg1QOXZ_YZMU_w2IdthG-AudQHnS-KMH2yFQCBPKc/img.gif?width=980" id="ca5c6" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="6b3dff0944d055566ce3143edc369e62" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="500" data-height="500" />howie mandel omg GIF by America's Got TalentGiphy<p>Well my dad was stabbed in the heart before, and he said the heart attack felt about a 100 times worse. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/l7e6xl/people_that_have_experienced_a_heart_attack_what/gl6ooau?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">reach_for_the_bleach</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
<p><em>Well all of that information is frightening. It's imperative to know, but still, a bit on the stressful side to read. Which now makes me nervous, because stress isn't good for the heart. And I'm not a spring chicken anymore, so I need to watch out. Oh Lord. Matters of heart just always seem to carry the most dire circumstances. Keep up on your health people. We only have one life and one body. </em></p>
<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
<p class=""><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/l7e6xl/people_that_have_experienced_a_heart_attack_what/" target="_blank">REDDIT</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/l7e6xl/people_that_have_experienced_a_heart_attack_what/" target="_blank"></a>Want to "know" more? Never miss another big, odd, funny, or heartbreaking moment again. Sign up for the Knowable newsletter <a href="https://mailchi.mp/knowable/knowable-newsletter-in-content" target="_blank">here</a>. </p>
Keep reading...
Show less
Lawyers Break Down The Worst Legal Advice They've Ever Seen Given Online
January 20 | 2021
Image by Sang Hyun Cho from Pixabay
Objection! Much like WebMD, everyone should not use the internet for a for the legal equivalent. If you need legal representation, then put some pennies together and get some, or do the only research you should, find free legal aide. Too many people are trusting people they'll never see for life matters that are too important. Once and awhile some lawyers take a look to see what's being thrown about and most of it is problematic.
Redditor u/NoodlesTheKitty wanted to hear from employees of the court about the times they couldn't believe what they were hearing and seeing by asking.... Lawyers of Reddit - what is the worst advice you've seen on r/legal advice?
<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_1"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Different Place... Different Troubles....
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTUwMzQxMy9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzMDMyMzk3NH0.MTn-2Pdl0RST8bd9KhTNysq3gJAKJQgp8mZ6QznVNf8/img.gif?width=980" id="702b4" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ffd065ad559e27076eafbffefacb9d0f" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="400" data-height="300" />Lawyer GIF by memecandyGiphy<p>I'm a lawyer and the biggest mistake I see people make is assuming the law is the same everywhere. There is a reason we need to be licensed in every state to practice there. Furthermore, if it's not your specific area of expertise, a general knowledge of the law is probably not enough. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kx731t/lawyers_of_reddit_what_is_the_worst_advice_youve/gj97s8s?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Wizzdom</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
In Bad Faith
<p>Not <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">r/legaladvice</a> but <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">r/exmormon</a> for legal advice. I remember the time someone was mentioning they were gearing up for a divorce but didn't have enough money to retain an attorney for the proceedings. Someone on the sub gave them the advice that they should get consultations with all of the top divorce attorneys in the region. The reasoning was that if the attorney has consulted with one side in a case that they are obligated to not be able to represent the other side. They wanted the spouse to also not have access to an attorney.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
<p>Comes out later that OP actually took that advice & consulted with 30 divorce attorneys. None were able to take the case so spouse has a hard time hiring one. Eventually the spouse & attorney found the thread on reddit and were able to tie the account back to OP.</p><p>Judge not only rules totally in favor of the spouse but OP was also ordered to pay part of the attorneys fees due to abuse of process, acting in bad faith, etc which made things more expensive for her.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/2cqp34/what_happens_when_you_ask_rexmormon_for_legal/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Here's a thread summerizing it all</a>. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kx731t/lawyers_of_reddit_what_is_the_worst_advice_youve/gj9f21z?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Skrivus</a></p>
<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
"not a lawyer"
<p>In a thread asking about the legality of physically assaulting people who don't wear masks in public (Big surprise, its still assault) the general consensus was "Feeling strongly enough about something means laws don't matter."</p><p>I tend to notice its common on reddit to have this weird, psychotic power fantasy going on where you can respond to minor rudeness with immediate and overwhelming violence and be applauded for it while doing so. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
<p>A lot of advice in <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">r/legaladvice</a> from "not a lawyer" types seems to advocate blatantly illegal and often violent behavior in reprisal to some pretty minor slights. The mod team is pretty good at taking down these types of comments, but you still see a lot of them. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kx731t/lawyers_of_reddit_what_is_the_worst_advice_youve/gj8nefq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vict0r117</a></p>
<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Looking....
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTUwMzQ2NS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0NTUzMjg2Mn0.dmcduKduq8W_NTJzLrJUnZ7LqZOK391kRiVuU2NTAw4/img.gif?width=980" id="2919a" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="075c2cc2838fef83c681665c124b11d3" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="253" />Looking Jim Carrey GIF by Golden GlobesGiphy<p>The only half decent advice I've ever seen come from that sub was what <em>kind</em> of lawyer you need to look for. It's safest to assume that everyone else is a cop or a maroon. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kx731t/lawyers_of_reddit_what_is_the_worst_advice_youve/gj94hmd?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">matcha-hatcha</a><span></span></p>100% Wrong
<p>It was regarding a noncompete or some kind of employment contract. All of the advice in the thread, including from quality contributor flared posters, was saying "looks like you're stuck, it's a contract and you agreed to it, consider it a life lesson."</p><p>With 2 minutes of research I found an appellate case directly on point from the relevant jurisdiction saying "employers can't enforce this contractual clause because it's against public policy." Meaning that everyone else giving advice in the thread was correct generally, but 100% wrong for the OP.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
<p>Lexis/westlaw searches (the way lawyers research the law) are obscenely expensive, so I don't expect anyone in <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">r/legaladvice</a> to be doing them out-of-pocket to help internet randos. But I found it with google. Either way, if you're posting there giving advice half-cocked, not knowing the full facts or law, I feel like you're violating your ethical obligations as an attorney. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kx731t/lawyers_of_reddit_what_is_the_worst_advice_youve/gj8srrf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hawks1TheYoungTrade</a></p>
<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Not Reddit
<p>I'm a lawyer. So much of it is straight up garbage. It's pretty clearly full of folks googling away. The best answers are often downvoted lol. I followed legal advice for a few days or something and bounced as fast as possible.</p><p>Don't rely on Reddit if you need advice. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kx731t/lawyers_of_reddit_what_is_the_worst_advice_youve/gj973fe?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Panama_Scoot</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Great Ponds
<p>I'm not a lawyer but I really enjoyed the person talking about my state's Great Ponds law. The question was asking what to do about people trespassing on OP's boat ramp at their summer cabin. According this poster, the Great Ponds law says there needs to be access, so therefore OP is out of luck. In reality, the law says that the town must provide public access to lakes or ponds over a certain size, not that you can just walk through anybody's property to get there. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kx731t/lawyers_of_reddit_what_is_the_worst_advice_youve/gj8xza1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NativeMasshole</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Basics
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTUwMzQ4MS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2MTY4NTM2MX0.7lGvtZQTpSNpORk6tqz55dGmgFx9XFCAjvXbBH99Cjc/img.gif?width=980" id="2162b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="cc89d7da3b16216189399d2d6da2255b" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="500" data-height="281" />viola davis side eye GIF by ABC NetworkGiphy<p>In my opinion, there are only three actual pieces of advice from that sub.</p><ol><li>Call the police</li><li>Get a lawyer</li><li>You're screwed. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kx731t/lawyers_of_reddit_what_is_the_worst_advice_youve/gj92d1v?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">MooKids</a></li></ol><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Have a Nice Life
<p>I'm not a lawyer, but I used to browse <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">r/legaladvice</a>. A year or two ago, there was a girl who was looking for options to prevent her parents from taking her back to the ancestral third-world country for a year for "school" or something. The post was chock-full of red flags; from the context it seemed pretty likely that the actual reason was far more sinister (I don't remember the specifics, but it seemed likely she would be married off, and in any case would not be returning to the USA at any point). </p><p>As I recall, she seemed reluctant to leave her friends for "a year" and didn't look forward to the trip, but she seemed oblivious that there might be something worse in store. Specifics aside, everyone was justifiably scared for her.</p><p>Nobody had any particularly useful legal advice, because it turns out there's not really anything illegal about leaving the country with your minor/dependent child with a good cover story, and her few preemptive legal options would have required more money and freedom than she had.</p>
<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
<p>People did, however, have a lot of practical advice. Things like, "under no circumstances should you get on the plane," "talk to a teacher <em>ASAP</em>," "if you can't avoid going to the airport, pocket something that'll earn you a private interview with security and tell them you're being trafficked," etc. Again, I don't remember all the specifics, and maybe not all the advice was useful. But some of it was stuff the girl probably needed to read.</p><p>The comments section got ripped apart by the mods. It was just a graveyard of deleted posts followed by "This comment has been removed because it does not contain any legal advice." And the post itself was removed later with a short note to the effect that "this is not something we can help you with, have a nice life."</p>
<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
<p>I get it, a sub has rules to keep the conversation focused, and you don't want to get in the habit of making exceptions, or the rules no longer mean anything. But those rules are enforced by people, not robots, and sometimes a rule-breaking comment could literally save a life. Have a little empathy.</p><p>I unsubscribed that day. I hope the girl is okay. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kx731t/lawyers_of_reddit_what_is_the_worst_advice_youve/gj956ce?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">coherent-rambling</a></p>
<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
You Never Know
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTUwMzQ2Mi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyNDkzNTk4NX0.HY10bE-Q-FZXXduK5Pm5WaRD60B1CczNo0ay3W1CluI/img.gif?width=980" id="5481d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="1b9a452b32ee3e42d8db910201c0fbeb" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="480" />Law Lawyer GIF by GIPHY Studios OriginalsGiphy<p>For people unaware there are no qualifications to be a contributor on <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdvice/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">r/LegalAdvice</a>. So you could be getting responses from actual qualified lawyers or it could be a 15 yr old repeating garbage they heard on the internet. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kx731t/lawyers_of_reddit_what_is_the_worst_advice_youve/gj8z43f?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Throwaway47321</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
<p>Want to "know" more? Never miss another big, odd, funny, or heartbreaking moment again. Sign up for the Knowable newsletter <a href="https://mailchi.mp/knowable/knowable-newsletter-in-content" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>. <br></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kx731t/lawyers_of_reddit_what_is_the_worst_advice_youve/" target="_blank">REDDIT</a></p>
Keep reading...
Show less
Are you the type to take other people's advice or do you need to learn things first-hand?
Personally, we've had some people deliver some pretty beautifully Iroh-level good advice... and we have kicked ourselves immensely for not taking it. The best advice we've ever gotten is to take the advice we ask for.
<p>One Reddit user asked: </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kc6os3/whats_the_best_advice_youve_ever_recieved/" target="_blank">What's the best advice you've ever received?</a></p><p>We don't know if these people took any of this advice, but yeah, this is all pretty good stuff. </p>
<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_1"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
A You Problem
<p>My older brother once told me this (after I had vented about another failing relationship): If you have a problem in your relationship and you haven't told your partner ....it's a YOU problem.</p><p>It really forced me to work on communicating better (and also knowing when to call time) in general.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kc6os3/whats_the_best_advice_youve_ever_recieved/gfo8bw1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">raethefish</a></p><p>I don't understand why people have such a difficult time telling their partners when something is wrong. Does it feel better to snap at them and bite their head off?</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kc6os3/whats_the_best_advice_youve_ever_recieved/gfpvqso?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">-4twenty-</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Advice
<p>"Only take advice from people who have what you want." </p><p>Helped me find actual mentors, and got me reading things that would actually help me.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kc6os3/whats_the_best_advice_youve_ever_recieved/gfnxsgj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">thedukeofdelicacies</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kc6os3/whats_the_best_advice_youve_ever_recieved/gfnxsgj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"></a>Great advice. When people learn I've been successful financially they either want to tell me about their business idea or ask me how I did it and how they can too. Almost universally they don't actually listen to me. They're too excited to talk about themselves and their big plans. I'm very willing to give people advice, but in 2 or 3 years I've yet to meet someone who actually listens.</p><p>These days, in real life, I do everything I can to suggest I'm not wealthy so people don't pitch me their shitty business ideas then ignore me when I offer feedback.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kc6os3/whats_the_best_advice_youve_ever_recieved/gfo4fqs?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ignost</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
<p><br>I'm a tax accountant. My family asked me about tax deductions. I told them their personal expenses aren't deductible. They tried to negotiate with me.</p><p>You asked. I told you the law. Stop trying to convince me. I don't care what you put on your taxes.</p><p>One of my cousins asked me about this guy who has a multi-step plan to become wealthy. I've seen tax returns of people with similar occupation titles and their taxes do not reflect what is on their website as proof of their success. So I told her he's a scammer and was indicted for fraud.</p><p>"But what kind of fraud? Because if it wasn't for mortgage fraud..."</p><p>Does it really matter what kind of fraud? And if you didn't really want my opinion, why did you ask?</p><p>-<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kc6os3/whats_the_best_advice_youve_ever_recieved/gfpuo2p?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"> -4twenty-</a></p>
<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Bad Food
<p>"The money you save buying bad food will later be spent on hospital bills"</p><p>-Serbian dude in a grocery store when my family first came to America</p><p><span></span>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kc6os3/whats_the_best_advice_youve_ever_recieved/gfo5qbf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">xokoper683</a></p><p>Ah yes, America. The place that combines extremely unhealthy cheap food with extremely expensive health care.</p><p>- <a href="Ah yes, America. The place that combines extremely unhealthy cheap food with extremely expensive health care." target="_blank">modern_milkman</a></p><p><a href="Ah yes, America. The place that combines extremely unhealthy cheap food with extremely expensive health care." target="_blank"></a>There are such things as "food deserts," though. Places where it's harder to get nutritious meals.</p><p>"Unprocessed, healthy, fresh food, with no preservatives" often equates to <em>"spoils quickly, needs time to cook, can even be expensive depending on where you live."</em></p><p>For middle to upper class that's doable, but when you're overworked and living paycheck to paycheck, you buy cheap, long-lasting stuff that requires minimal prep.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kc6os3/whats_the_best_advice_youve_ever_recieved/gfpt2bt?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">AdvocateSaint</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Act Broke
<p>Act broke to stay rich</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kc6os3/whats_the_best_advice_youve_ever_recieved/gfo8wgp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Boootaa</a></p><p>My wife and I do ok for ourselves. </p><p>We live in a nice neighborhood, and our neighbors drive fancy cars and seem really wealthy. Then when we talk to them more, we find out they have no savings.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kc6os3/whats_the_best_advice_youve_ever_recieved/gfpugqd?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Dudeinairport</a></p><p>Money talks, wealth whispers.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kc6os3/whats_the_best_advice_youve_ever_recieved/gfpsejl?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ballermasri</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kc6os3/whats_the_best_advice_youve_ever_recieved/gfpsejl?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"></a>I know some millionaires. They drive basic models of relatively inexpensive cars that are forever old. They buy their clothes from Walmart.</p><p>And that's their secret. They're millionaires because they don't spend frivolously.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kc6os3/whats_the_best_advice_youve_ever_recieved/gfpv7xy?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">-4twenty-</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Better Than A Zero
<p>As a perfectionist, who also procrastinates (yes I know) it's really difficult for me to do an assignment if I know I won't be doing it perfectly or on my exact terms.</p><p>Due to the corner I back myself in to most times, I don't always have the time to submit the work that I feel reflects my true potential and I get so overwhelmed that I don't want to do it at all.</p><p>I had someone tell me it's better to get a decent grade like an 8/10 rather than submit nothing and get zero if that makes sense. Get the credit and make the best with the time you have left otherwise you'll regret that zero just because you wanted a 10.</p><p>Idk if anyone else has this particular struggle or needs to hear this but yeah it's helped me anytime I've felt like giving up.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kc6os3/whats_the_best_advice_youve_ever_recieved/gfnvqlx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">toiletqueef</a></p><p>I know this advice as "don't let perfect get in the way of good". It means work on producing a good, finished artefact rather than chasing unrealistic goals of perfection.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kc6os3/whats_the_best_advice_youve_ever_recieved/gfo7gcd?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">digibollocks</a></p>Good Luck
<p>From my professor in college about a final in an email: </p><p>"Students, I will not wish you good luck on this test. Luck is wished on those who believe they will do bad. Instead, I wish you the best on finding time to study for this exam, guaranteeing you a passing grade."</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kc6os3/whats_the_best_advice_youve_ever_recieved/gfo6zy1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">erwreckahh</a></p><p>Reminds me of a professor who explained on the first day that his class is structured to be "easy to pass, easy to fail, and hard to get an A in." So much of life is like that-if all you want is to not fail, just show up and do the basics. If you want to excel it gets much more difficult. I know it's not advice in the traditional sense but I think about it a lot.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kc6os3/whats_the_best_advice_youve_ever_recieved/gfqwqs2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">turingtested</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Being Nice
<blockquote>"Yer born into a world that ya didn't ask for, suffer for decades, and then ya die. Cuz everyone dies to make room for the new gen. Dun't matter if yer rich or poor or lucky or unlucky, cuz everyone is suffering in their own way. So be nice to em, because it'll make em suffer a little less, and you'll feel better too. Being nice is all you can do, and it does a lot."<br></blockquote><p><em>-my dad roughly 20 years ago</em></p><p>I honestly never received such brutally honest advice that actually helped me become a better person.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kc6os3/whats_the_best_advice_youve_ever_recieved/gfo2uq3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Brangur</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Nobody Knows What They're Doing
<p>No one really knows what they're doing in their job. The closer you get to the roles at the top, the more you'll see that everyone is still making their best guess.</p><p>Instead of worrying about making the right call 100% of the time, and procrastinating on decisions, get better at failing but moving forward from it.</p><p><span></span>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kc6os3/whats_the_best_advice_youve_ever_recieved/gfo58y0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">macadamianutt</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Friendshifts
<p>There are friendships and there are friend"shifts." </p><p>Most people you'll get to know during your life will be friend"shifts," just a few will be friendships. That doesn't mean the relationships that end don't have meaning, though be prepared that a deep one, even most deep ones will eventually fade, and that's ok.</p><p>It may sound like a downer, but it has helped me to not get so devastated when I realize someone I care about isn't part of my life anymore.</p><p><span></span>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kc6os3/whats_the_best_advice_youve_ever_recieved/gfob307?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">DJArcusII</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
You Don't Have To Be Stupid
<p>You don't have to be stupid to do dumb things. </p><p>We all screw up from time to time, but that's not a reflection on your intellect. Be an adult about it, acknowledge your error as necessary, correct it, learn from it. If you're worried about people judging you for screwing up, they're probably paying a lot less attention to you than you think, and chances are they either didn't notice or didn't care.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kc6os3/whats_the_best_advice_youve_ever_recieved/gfo22ja?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">EwoksMakeMeHard</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
<p>Want to "know" more? Never miss another big, odd, funny, or heartbreaking moment again. Sign up for the Knowable newsletter <a href="https://mailchi.mp/knowable/knowable-newsletter-in-content" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p><br></p>
Keep reading...
Show less
People mean well, but not all advice imparted by even the wisest of acquaintances may not always apply.
<p><strong>Curious about the experience of strangers, Redditor <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Not-an-Ocelot/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Not-an-Ocelot</a> asked:</strong><br></p><blockquote><em><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k3xgv3/whats_the_worst_advice_youve_ever_received/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">What's the worst advice you've ever received?<br></a></em></blockquote><p>Some of the responses were eye-opening while others were laugh-out-loud hysterical.</p><p>One Redditor was encouraged as a teen to drop out of high school by someone you would never expect. </p><p>A woman who was trapped in an undesirable relationship was encouraged to do the unthinkable.</p><p>And one user who wanted to impress his date regrettably followed the advice of his mother that may have cost him the prospect of having a girlfriend. </p><p>Do any of these examples seem familiar to you? <br></p>
<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_1"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Higher Learning
<p>"You don't need to go to college, you're a girl. -spoken by my favorite high school teacher."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k3xgv3/whats_the_worst_advice_youve_ever_received/ge5lqbz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"></a><a target="_blank">bethbed</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Roll With The Punches
<p>"Just ignore your bullies and they will get bored and stop."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k3xgv3/whats_the_worst_advice_youve_ever_received/ge5l8vw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">cantretrievedata<br></a></p><p>"This was my bane in elementary school. 6+ years of heavy bullying and people telling me ThEy WiLl StOp If YoU iGnOrE tHeM."</p><p>"No, they f'king don't. It just marks you as a spineless victim."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k3xgv3/whats_the_worst_advice_youve_ever_received/ge6jegn?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">AeolianMelodies</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Dropping Out Of High School
<p><em>"from my dad when I was 16 y/o"</em></p><p>"'You might as well quit school and take that job at the plant while it's still open.'"</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k3xgv3/whats_the_worst_advice_youve_ever_received/ge5mv2o?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">From-the-Trailerpark</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Fake Pregnancy
<p>"When my marriage was in trouble a friend of mine suggested I fake a pregnancy. Couldn't believe the words came out of her mouth."</p><p>"I did not take her advice and we're not friends anymore for a number of reasons - her line of thinking being one of them."</p><p>"For anyone interested, the marriage eventually ended in a loving, peaceful, kind and respectful manner. My ex-husband remains a good friend and I consider myself blessed to have been able to remain friends with such a wonderful man."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k3xgv3/whats_the_worst_advice_youve_ever_received/ge5ph85?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">LasRua</a><br><br><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Fashion Faux Pas
<p>"Mom: Tuck your shirt into your boxers for this date. It will keep your shirt from becoming untucked."</p><p>"Wondering why my date seemed in a rush to leave, when I got home, looked at a mirror, and to my horror, spotted the RESOUNDINGLY visible underwear wedgie I was sporting."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k3xgv3/whats_the_worst_advice_youve_ever_received/ge5y21d?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">GwyvrGames</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Remain Calm
<p>"You're having a panic/anxiety attack? You're fine dude just relax and calm down."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k3xgv3/whats_the_worst_advice_youve_ever_received/ge5t2nl?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">yolopoppy</a><br></p>"Best Days Of Your Life"
<p>"'Make the most of your school days because they're the best days of your life.' I can confirm that my school days were not the best of my life and since leaving school, I've become a happier person and made more memories than I could've imagined. Yeah, school can be good but don't go around thinking it's not gonna get much better than that, because it does."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k3xgv3/whats_the_worst_advice_youve_ever_received/ge5p89g?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ultramonos</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Starting A Family
<p>"Get married and have kids ASAP."</p><p>"Ah well, grandparents do come from a different age...."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k3xgv3/whats_the_worst_advice_youve_ever_received/ge5l0qk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">DaMadOgre</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Perfect Practice
<p>"'Practice makes perfect.' I was told that many times throughout my life until my martial arts instructor taught me 'Perfect practice makes perfect,' as though if you have been practicing something an improper/less than efficient way you will be accustomed to doing it incorrectly very well. If it's worth practicing, then its worth ensuring you are practicing it correctly."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k3xgv3/whats_the_worst_advice_youve_ever_received/ge5zy7e?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">OlmecDonald</a><br></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Fake Wisdom
<p>"Passed on to my father from his father."</p><p>"Never say 'I don't know' because it makes you look stupid. Make up an answer if you don't know."</p><p>"Uh, no. Making sh*t up is what makes you look stupid."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k3xgv3/whats_the_worst_advice_youve_ever_received/ge6cf4s?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Askeee</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Abusive Relationships
<p>"'Stay with him because he'll provide for you and he's good to you' family responding to me leaving a (known) abusive partner."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k3xgv3/whats_the_worst_advice_youve_ever_received/ge5rbma?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">EverywhereINowhere</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
<p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k3xgv3/whats_the_worst_advice_youve_ever_received/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"><br></a></p>
Keep reading...
Show less
Every now and then life hands you a moment where you get some sage life advice from the "Uncle Iroh/Mr. Miyagi/Yoda" figure in your life. Or maybe it's someone hitting you with some hard truth.
<p>Sometimes all it takes is a sentence or two for things to get really, really real. One Reddit user asked: </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jwfbth/what_was_a_sentence_said_to_you_that_changed_your/" target="_blank">What was a sentence said to you that changed your life forever?</a><br></p><p>We expected "I'm pregnant" to be a popular response - but what we actually got was something else entirely. Take a look.</p>
<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_1"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Be The Adult You Needed
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDgwMTAxMi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzNTUwNTQyNH0.T42ItMC9M6xylgHMkil_En_TVB4l6820Yb60NwCvWm8/img.gif?width=980" id="76735" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="a89fae05c97e9bb7b33a558ffc91697b" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="270" />Cry Lol GIF by Shalita GrantGiphy<p>"Be the adult you needed as a child"</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jwfbth/what_was_a_sentence_said_to_you_that_changed_your/gcprsy3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">brutalboxox</a></p><p>You can be an adult who remembers how to be a child.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jwfbth/what_was_a_sentence_said_to_you_that_changed_your/gcrgg2u?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">BeardAndSmile</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
That's What Makes Them Good Friends
<p>"F*ck you and the problems you create for yourself"</p><p>One of My best friend said that to me 4 years ago and we're still close friends today. It was a wakeup call that I needed.</p><p><span></span>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jwfbth/what_was_a_sentence_said_to_you_that_changed_your/gcpu77z?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Flingsquidz</a></p><p>Good friends sound like a**holes when they need to. That's what makes them good friends.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jwfbth/what_was_a_sentence_said_to_you_that_changed_your/gcsnzws?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">JADW27</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
So Sure
<p>"I've never <em>really</em> loved you, I was just so sure you'd change"</p><p>This was after seven years and a child together. </p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jwfbth/what_was_a_sentence_said_to_you_that_changed_your/gcpue3r?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">not_better</a></p><p>Nothing but BS. This is why I'm bluntly honest. I'd rather just tell you what's wrong and work through it than sit there, make a life together, and just leave and blame the other person. Gets on my nerves. </p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jwfbth/what_was_a_sentence_said_to_you_that_changed_your/gcqztf6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">christygl7</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Arguing With An Idiot
<p>When I was at school, I chatted to a drunk guy at a bus stop once and he gave me some life advice. It was something like this.</p><p>"You have a quiet look about you. I can tell you're not a loud mouth and that's a good thing. If anyone tells you not to be that way, f*ck them." </p><p>"You can laugh at them when you're a doctor or something. Don't argue with those idiots. Right now I can tell you're smart, but once you start arguing with an idiot, I can't tell the difference."</p><p><span></span>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jwfbth/what_was_a_sentence_said_to_you_that_changed_your/gcqfoe0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">WhtCt</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Why?
<p>"Why do you care so much what they think?"</p><p>Said to 7th grade me after crying for the 187th (ish) time I came home and complained kids were making fun of me.</p><p>Now I have the reverse problem. I don't give 2 sh*ts about anyone's opinion...so I speak my mind and let insults roll off...even ones that should bother me.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jwfbth/what_was_a_sentence_said_to_you_that_changed_your/gcpq9lb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">JohnnyReklaw</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Part Of Success
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDgwMDAyNS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY3MTAzNTA2NX0.8rEj218SsVCJzRVx0mRd2IJefcADC1C--0k8quxchss/img.gif?width=980" id="f398d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="e21699ad62f6b4ba54c621db47aaa4c3" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="500" data-height="273" />keep moving forward teen titans GIFGiphy<p>"Failure is PART of success, not the opposite."</p><p>Boss said this to me when I was in a funk at work. He knew I was feeling down about myself and wanted to do anything to bring me out of it. Honestly, one of the best bosses I've ever had. Still keep in touch with him from time to time.</p><p><span></span>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jwfbth/what_was_a_sentence_said_to_you_that_changed_your/gcq1cr6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">bangersnmash13</a></p>Not Happy Pills
<p>"Anti-depressants won't 'make you happy', they're not happy pills. They're like life preservers so you can focus on having fun at the pool party instead of drowning."</p><p>Having narrowly gotten through a crisis scenario and escorted to a student health center with nothing else to lose, I talked to my doctor about my hesitation to take meds. He said that and it flipped my depressed pre-conceived notion of "weakness" and medication on it's head. </p><p>Months later my chronic chronic depression and panic disorder were in remission, where they have remained for 6 years. :)</p><p><span></span>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jwfbth/what_was_a_sentence_said_to_you_that_changed_your/gcqbsah?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Thats_classified</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Needed To Hear Kind Words
<p>''You're the best mommy ever. I'm glad you were born in this planet''</p><p>My little son told me that one day when my family made me cry. I never wanted him to see me crying but that day my family was so rude with me in front of him. </p><p>Sounds crazy but I really needed to hear kind words. My family used to criticize all the ideas or things I like. The unique approbation I need was my son's one. </p><p>When my child said those words I decided to left my home and start a new and nice life together far away. That's the choice we made and everything changed. It was time for being the best version of myself. He deserves a much better environment.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jwfbth/what_was_a_sentence_said_to_you_that_changed_your/gcqaz3u?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">selm_for</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Get It Done
<p>"If you get it done and over with, then the rest of the day is yours."</p><p>My dad when I use to complain that I never had enough time to do chores or I would put them off until my parents got home and they weren't done. On one particular day my mom was furious. She lit our @sses up like a Christmas tree.</p><p> I went to my room mad as hell at my mom. Then my dad came in and told me that quote up above. </p><p>The next day I got up, did my chores early, and had the rest of the day to myself. </p><p>My brothers didn't take that approach and when mom got home she let them have it. </p><p>I felt like a king of his own kingdom. I rode that smart @ss smile all week; then that week quickly became years. School became the same way. </p><p>"Just get it done and over with and you won't have to mess with it." I hear it in my dads voice.</p><p><span></span>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jwfbth/what_was_a_sentence_said_to_you_that_changed_your/gcqm5q3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">SolidSeth68</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
I Watch What I Say
<p>A small, warm hand on my mine.</p><p>My youngest looking up at me with large, solemn eyes and saying, "I'm not ready for you to go."</p><p>This was in response to a stupid comment I made... I have really debilitating migraines now and again. I said it was so bad, I wished I would just die. </p><p>And that was his response to my immature outburst. I watch what I say and how I word it now. Kids are so impressionable and it hurts my heart that I caused him sadness.'</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jwfbth/what_was_a_sentence_said_to_you_that_changed_your/gcqwfka?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">PurpleVein99</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Fingers Crossed
<p>"I didn't lie, I had my fingers crossed." </p><p>This was said to me by my now ex wife about her cheating on me. It taught me that people will tell you what they want you to hear, and nothing more.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jwfbth/what_was_a_sentence_said_to_you_that_changed_your/gcu1nfr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ZombieJeeper</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Ew
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDg0ODkwMi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2MTc4Mzg2OX0.udqfyCHiMQYhR1lP4KJqVKmyaRw1KwL-iBpwj9DIKco/img.gif?width=980" id="6ddc8" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="8c9d026c7caed1a781300607f2bfc9bd" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="245" data-height="138" />gross jimmy fallon GIFGiphy<p>While most are putting phrases that changed their lives in a good way, here's a bad one:</p><p>"Ew, ew, disgusting" - said by a girl who hated me. At the time I had huge acne problem which I was really self-conscious about, and that single phrase wrecked my confidence for a long time. </p><p>And even though we are good now and I consider her a friend, I still have no confidence in my appearance.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jwfbth/what_was_a_sentence_said_to_you_that_changed_your/gct3zhe?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">CuddlyViper</a></p>Liking And Learning
<p>"You don't have to like someone to learn something from them."</p><p>It's helped me to try to look a little deeper at some people. Don't get me wrong I still cut out toxic people and don't associate with anybody I don't want to, but it does help to give me a more positive outlook as well as to add to my life experience.</p><p><span></span>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jwfbth/what_was_a_sentence_said_to_you_that_changed_your/gct04rp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Jekyll1886</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
"I Don't Have Problems"
<p>About 13 years ago my marriage was falling apart. When I asked my wife at the time if she wanted to go to marriage counseling she said: </p><p>"I don't have problems- you do. I don't need counseling - you do. It's not about you and me, you don't have to tell me you love me - I really don't f*cking care - you can f*ck off ... and bring the boys with you - I'm sure they'd f*cking love it." </p><p>So I took her advice, went to counseling and brought my 2 young boys everywhere with me. They did, in fact, love it.</p><p>Her sentences, without a doubt, changed my life as I chose not to try and work on the marriage any more and we divorced a couple of years later.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jwfbth/what_was_a_sentence_said_to_you_that_changed_your/gcsxmzf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">LugosisKarloff</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
Listen
<p><em>"Shut the f*ck up and listen"</em></p><p><em></em>In the early 1980's I was 21 and complaining about how this WW2 vet would always want to tell me stories about the war. Another man who was in the group said <em>"</em></p><p><em>I've known</em> [WW2 vet] <em>for 30 years, he's never once mentioned his time in the war to me - consider yourself lucky. Shut the f*ck up and listen".</em> </p><p>I thought, <em>"he's right"</em> and I started to listen from then on. It got to be a habit and I've learned a lot from just listening to people.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jwfbth/what_was_a_sentence_said_to_you_that_changed_your/gcswp0k?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">CQSteve</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
<script src="//tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/georgetakei.com.js" async ></script>
<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script>
<p><br></p><p>Want to "know" more? Never miss another big, odd, funny, or heartbreaking moment again. Sign up for the Knowable newsletter <a href="https://mailchi.mp/knowable/knowable-newsletter-in-content" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
Keep reading...
Show less