• dohpaz42
    link
    English
    788 months 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.

    • @jedibob5
      link
      English
      1248 months ago

      This reads as satire to me I think

    • @zurohki@aussie.zone
      link
      fedilink
      English
      338 months 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.

      • @Num10ck
        link
        English
        78 months ago

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

    • @RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      218 months 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.

      • dohpaz42
        link
        English
        18 months ago

        This story may be fabricated, but the idea of the story is very real.

    • @Passerby6497
      link
      English
      188 months 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.