We all get lots of advice–especially people Musers’ age. Unfortunately, even well-meaning people can steer you in the wrong direction. When has that happened to you? How can people recognize bad advice when they hear it? How can they keep from giving bad advice themselves?
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Any advice given by a sibling is probably bad advice meant to humiliate you. I should know; I give it.
“Go boil your head” is the one I get most often.
Hello!
Go boil your head
*thinks* Boiling= hot. burns. Bad. Head= Used to think and to eat. Good. Boil+Head= Not good.
I choose to not follow your advice
Argh! Foiled again. I will have to think of a cleverer plan.
Yippee!
The main secret to recognizing bad advice is to stand back from the situation and think as logically as possible. For example:
Skipper
Bad Advice Person
does this belong on the Smiley Practice thread instead, do you think?
yay! first post! i think…
here’s some easy to recognize bad advice-
Follow kricket’s advice.
hey, it’s true! i followed my own advice and… it didn’t quite work…
you guys, gum does not get peanut butter out of hair, no matter what ppl tell you! i definitely learned that the hard way. the only way to get gum out of your hair…is to use scissors
HAHAHAHA! I BET YOURE WONDERING EXACTLY WHAT I MEANT UP THERE^^ reverse gum & PB…i havent taken my meds today…
ooh first post.
go jump in a lake
(6) see, now, that’s not necessarly bad advice. What if it were on the hottest day of summer and your house had no AC?
Bad Advice
-stick your foot near your dogs mouth
Skipper Nancy- your story is well *stops and thinks* well it’s it’s interesting
Why thank you, PSPOP. And don’t beat yourself up about MG leaving. Maybe if we’re extra good, she’ll come back.
Actually, I can’t think of a time some one’s given me bad advice. I’m sure it’s happened, but usually, I choose to like the situation I’m in, so I don’t know if I would have recognized it.
Worst Advice EVER: Talk to a trusted adult or parent about any issues you may have.
DON’T.
Rant about it here instead.
Hmmm….”Don’t worry! I’m sure it wont hurt to much!”
I would talk to a parent about issues…or one of my teachers..there is a teacher at my school who is over 10 years older than me but I still consider her as a friend and I would tell her anything and she would give me good advice.
CSM (11),
It seems to me that about 90 percent of the problems in the Harry Potter books came about because Harry & Co. decided not to tell Dumbledore about something disturbing that had happened.
#14 – oh yeah! good point!
Hmm…. bad advice……………………………..
“Drink five gallons of water all at once right before a road trip.”
#11: haha, yeah…i absolutely hate it when ppl tell you to go talk to an adult (usually a counselor-blech!) when youre angry
Notoriously bad advice from school: “The milk expired a few days ago, but it’s still okay to drink.” No it isn’t!!!
Useless advice (except in very odd circumstances) from my friend: “Don’t poke that needle into the side of your hot air balloon!”
11) I disagree. Tell your problems to someone who can help and is responsible which is often an adult. or a museblogger. ^_^
I am happy to see that only one post mentions “first post” and that post is also somewhat on topic.
The difficulty is finding an adult to talk to who will actually understand and help you, not do something foolish. I’m lucky- I could tell my parents anything. (I wouldn’t, but I could).
19) Maybe it’s just me, but I usually find musebloggers more helpful than adults, at least on small problems like how to tell your crush you like him or her, what a word means and where it came from, how to write in Old English, etc. But I suppose if you have a more serious problem requiring immediate attention a responsbile adult would be a better person to ask.
don’t give bad or useless advice…
that’s my advice
or is that bad and useless.
oh well, I’ll nebver know unless I give it..
wait, but that would be going against my advice if it IS bad advice,,,so what do I do. Do I give it or not. Actually, if your reading this, I obviously gave it, so whats the point…
glad I got that over with. wait, that isn’t advice, so I cant post it…
Bad advice:
Don’t bother to turn off the oven when you’re done with it. Who knows, you might need it again tomorrow. And you know how long it takes to pre-heat those things.
Girls who wear black nail polish are trustworthy.
It is easy to bathe a dog.
14- Excellent point. But Dumbledore is…superhuman…he’s just different. And Harry is just an idiot. Like, he never does anything useful with the Room of Requirement. Anyway, none of the adults I know [GAPAs excluded] are vaguely helpful. I know from experiance.
24- Hey! I wear black nail polish…
bad advice- canoe down a waterfall. they did it in that vile disney creation Pocahontas, right? so anything an animated character can do you can do better, right? and raccoons are cute and cuddly and not at all disposed to steal things and damage what they dont take, right? and john smith was blond and beardless, right?
If there was something drastically wrong, etc, I’d definately tell my parents. But mosty, I can work things out myself.
Here is some bad advice-
“Wook at de pwetty fwames!! Go touch de pwetty fwames!!!”
* “fwames- flames
*Ahem* The reasons why I will never, ever talk to our school “councelar.”(or however u spell that)
Conversation with one of my friends and the school councler
My friend: Gurr I hate school. Just kill me now.
Councler: Oh! Let me go ruin this persons life!
My friend: Oh dear. *runs to class*
Councler: *sets up sesion with my friend. Goes to her classroom. Wispers loudly to the teacher so everyone can hear* Can I have[name of my friend] for a moment? I need to talk to her. It won’t take long.
My friend: *Hides head while all stare*
Councler: *Drags friend away*
My friend: Help!
Councler: (in office) Now, tell me. What’s wrong with you?
My friend: Nothing.
Councler: But there must be somthing wrong.
My friend: No. There isn’t.
Councler: Do you want to die, [friends name]?
My friend: What?
Councler: do you want to die?
My friend: No!
Councler: It’s okay if you want to die.
My friend: *Stares*
Councler: Really. We can get you help. You need it.
My friend: No I don’t!
Councler: Denial. Well, I’ll talk to you soon.
My friend: Please don’t.
Councler: Really, it’s no trouble at all.
My friend: *Runs away and lives hapily ever after with a wild wolf pack*
Sadly, this is true. Well, execpt for the wolves.
**experience
Mo (one of my friends): You need a cell phone.
Me:No I don’t.
Mo: But what if I have to contact you for some reason and you’re not at home, like if you’re in Alaska or you’re dead?
#29: ooh, i
hateit when ppl do that! my doctor does that to me all the time. whenever i go in for a checkup, the first thing he does is ask me repeatedly for about 10 minutes if im doing any drugs…he’ll just ask me this until my mother assures him that im not…& then he’ll spend @ least another 20 minutes asking me why im “sad”(a lot of ppl like to inform me that i look “sad” – v annoying), & repeatedly assuring me that HE IS HERE TO HELP ME NO MATTER WHAT…usually i end up making up some “problem” to be “upset” about – just so he’ll shut up. & get this: when i finally tell him my “problem”, he always tells me that its my fault & that i should be ashamed of myself! ha! some “help” he would be…one of my favourite things to do when speaking w/ my doctor is to just go into this dreamy, excited speech about how “wonderful” life is (thats absolute BS coming from me)…& watch his reaction. its hilarious.
If I made dreamy, excited speeches about how wonderful life is, my doctor would think I was on drugs, too.
Haha, nobody’s ever thought i was on drugs. But eric’s band name is LSD, and josh got taken out into the hall once and questioned because he was so asleep. Actually, we joke about drugs a lot…probably too much. (way too much according to teachers, parents, etc) Like the band camp drugs-pumpkin seeds-and the liquid drug-arizona iced tea (lots of people at my skool like that stuff. I don’t like iced tea at all, so idk if it’s any good) And i could go on…but whatev.
29-OMG THAT IS HILARIOUS!!! I have to save that.
At the doctors office, run around screaming “Muse! Muse!” in the waiting room
If you like a guy, just walk up to him and………………. touch his butt
Replace 2 meals with bowls of Frosted Shredded Wheat to lose 10 pounds
To get rid of feral cats, pee in your yard
While washing stains, sing “nananana. Nananana. Hey Hey Hey. Goodbye”
…. Want more?
Whoops, forgort to read topic descritpion. Anyways, somebody acually told me to do number 2 on that list. Creepy stuff, New York State kids.
Lots of people think that I am depressed or on drugs. Apparently, they see me as detached and stoic. I’ve had persons come up to me and ask why I look “forlorn.” No joke. I didn’t think I looked forlorn. Then againe, I think I’m smiling in pictures, but when they’re developed I look really sleepy…
Same here, SM
I accually AM depressed and medicated for it. My main causes for depression nowadays is that theres too much in my life, Mongomerygurl leaving, and things I wouldn’t mention.
The girls at my school who wear black nail polish belong to a group that I so originally call “the group of slightly overweight girls who are sometimes mean and will definitely get into BAD TROUBLE, if you get my drift”. They will be nice and friendly one moment and the next moment they’re telling everyone false bad things about you.
So for bad advice: these girls make GREAT friends.
38- *hug*
11. I think that although not all adults can be trusted to keep things secret, or are good confiders, you should find an adult that you can trust. I had a nanny who I could tell anything too, and I liked her a lot. She’s gone though.
My worst advice ever- “Of course you should sing in the talent show with your best friend who can’t sing to save her life. It’ll be fun.
Connect the pipe coming out of your toliet to your shower head. That just came to me. Ew.
hey, lucky #42^^.
never use loreal colour pulse (hair colour) in electric black if youre a redhead.
well, unless you want purplish/magenta highlights
hehe
Adults are indeed no trustworthy. When my mom found out i liked someone, she told everybody she knew. I mean EVERYBODY. I think she just wanted something to talk about.
bad advice:
don’t let your cat in the house if she/he has a bird in their mouth that is still alive and able to fly
Speaking of parent’s and suchlike (this is kind of off-topic…
lol) i just found out that tory’s parents don’t know she’s going out with danny. Which is pretty incredible, seeing only the whole town knows by now (minus her parents i guess…)
I kind of don’t talk to my parents, aside from how was skool and suchlike, but if i had a big secret that i had to tell somebody, they’re as good as anybody i guess. Of course, in my opinion, if it’s a secret, it kind of defeats the purpose to tell somebody about it. I’ve never felt an urge to tell anybody any secrets of mine. (the few and rather pathetic ones that i do have…) But i guess some people do.
bad advice that’s not true.
labeling people makes everything easier.
the mean girls become popular because they are meanieheads!!
lying is cool and lots of fun! yay! no guilt!!
45- I think it’s bad advice to listen to your bad advice
If someone of the oppostie gender (That has been nice) tell you everybody hates you its because they like you and want you all to themself. Why else would they guy that said that me me also give me a 1750s coin?
49: Really? Interesting. Lemme think now…what has a person of te opposite gender voluntarily given to me? Hmm…nothing. But neither have they told me that everyone hates me.
a 1750 coin? that’s really cool. I might have a coin from the 1800s, but a coin from 1750…that’s really cool
How To Clean Your Toilet
1. Put both lids of the toilet up and add 1/8 cup of pet shampoo to the water in the bowl.
2. Pick up the cat and soothe him while you carry him towards the bathroom.
3. In one smooth movement, put the cat in the toilet and close both lids. You may need to stand on the lid.
4. The cat will self agitate and make ample suds. Never mind the noises that come from the toilet, the cat is actually enjoying this.
5. Flush the toilet three or four times. This provides a “power-wash” and rinse”.
6. Have someone open the front door of your home. Be sure that there are no people between the bathroom and the front door.
7. Stand behind the toilet as far as you can, and quickly lift both lids.
8. The cat will rocket out of the toilet, streak through the bathroom, and run outside where he will dry himself off.
9. Both the commode and the cat will be sparkling clean.
i really do like cats, i just thought this was funny. pretend it says “dog” instead…
Well, it was a replica, but still very expensive i’d bet. Probably real silver, If I had to guess. It was heavy.
Almost every guy inmy class is hitting on me EXCPET the one I’m hitting on *sighs*
My mom had an idea: Maybe, if he saw me talking to my male 2nd cousin at my first cousins bar mitzvah, he’d get jealous. Yeah Right. So much for helpful parental advice….
#52: lol!
a good way to have a conversation w/ a guy is to either offer him help or ask him for help in a class
that’s really funny!
I should try it.
52- Ha ha! I need to send a copy of that to my friends…may I?
Seriously…a lot of popular girls don’t listen in class, then as soon as the teacher is done talking, they will ask the nearest popular guy for help. he comes and squishes himself in her chair WITH her and does a little bit of helping and a lot of whatever else they do. I wouldn’t know. I’m usually doing the work myself at this point. Alone.
Quintessentia, that is FUN-EE!
There aren’t any cliches at my school, just the pecking order. Which I’m third bottom of. I hang out with the schools only two outcasts, which kinda makes me feel special.
thats funny about that cat, but I would like to know how some one found out that the cat enjoys it. Did they ask it?
The most useless advice you can give a person is
Don’t Panic, because they’re immediatly going to panic.
Whoever it was that says peanut butter doesn’t get gum out of hair is wrong . One time my sister got some gum in her hair (don’t ask how, it is not something that reflects well upon my character), but then it came out with super oily peanut butter. She only had to cut a few strands, far less than she would have other wise.
dont procrastinate. its fun, but you get into a habit.
and then you get addicted to muse blog.
so sad
my average is going one point lower in pretty much every subject
I got an A- in one of my classes this term, and my parents are like, “You can do better.”
It’s kind of funny. All the people at school say, “No, you are not [some undesirable adjective, such as overweight] and I almost start to believe them until I get home and bam, my parents immediately say, “How was school? You are [undesirable adjective such as overweight].” Both parties insist vehemently that the other is wrong. I know I should believe my parents, but it’s so tempting to just go with the flow and agree with the kids at school. I’m kind of confused.
56) go ahead! i got it in a forwarded e-mail so it’s not mine to copyright. by the way, haven’t seen u around much.
Really bad advice? Go ahead, bleach your hair as blonde as you want to if you’re a natural brunette. My friends have tried this several times and trust me, it looks bad every time. :p
I love the disney Pocahontas. Thank you very much.
Here’s some awesome advice- If you have to get up super early to go to a band trip, don’t sleep the night before. Just stay up all night so you don’t have to re-straighten your hair. And then don’t sleep on the bus.
Some people in my class did that, and they’re STILL baggy-eyed. It’s so funny.
I see my post was not approved. Ah well. It was more for laughs anyway than to serve as “advice”.
It seems that this thread is winding down to randomness.
It seems that this Museblog is winding down to randomness.
Call it ‘Wachtelschlag’s Law’ that the whole is always more random than its parts. Look at the ‘Breakfast on Mars’ thread, for zark’s sake.
Here’s some bad advice: “If you pull it off really fast, it won’t hurt.” Ooo, one time I got gum in my hair. I was in first or second grade and was chewing gum while the teacher was talking. (I don’t know how, becuase gum wasn’t allowed. I don’t think I was a rule-breaker, so maybe there was some exception.) Anyway, I had, at that time, a habit of chewing my hair and thought to myself, “Why not chew gum and hair at the same time?” So I did. Of course, the gum got stuck in my hair and I had to cut it out. Nobody seemed to notice. Here’s some bad advice that I once believed. “Riding a tricycle down your basement steps in entirely possible.” I did that when I was about three or four. Fortunately, I stopped at the landing and just got a bloody nose. I don’t where I got that idea into my head though.
64- I’ve been sort of busy. I have a lot going on
49-51 & 53-58 are completely off topic. pies everyone except JS, because I may be on JS’s side in pie wars. And to help the people who are pieing themselves, pies lesu domine, dona eis requiem. Pies lesu domine, dona eis requiem. etc.
(52) That is soooo funny! I like cats too but that was just hillarious. I think I’m going to send it to my friends also.
71- *smaks self in head with cross board*
Wonderfully bad advice: tell the guy you like that you like him, thereby instantly destroying your friendship utterly beyond repair.
Oh, I’m so miserable.
someone appreciates my vast skills
Quintessentia – I did that.
Quintessentia,
i have told guys i like them and yeah, it messed up my friendship but in a few years i got over it and he knew i was over it and we were friends again! all hope is not lost.
63
how bout aggreeing with your SELF? it works so much better than trying to aggree with someone else.
“Girls who wear black nail polish are trustworthy.”
Well, you could say instead that the girls that you described in your school who wear black nailpolish are untrustworthy, Meritorious Mer. I wear it, and I think I’m nice. (that was GOOD advice O_O)
Bad advice would be to tell everyone that my thirteen-year-old brother will not bite your hand if you wave it in front of him.
your brother bites? good for him. i used to until people got (real)annoyed.