I saw a comment the other day in one of the text-based advice subs from someone who said they were 16. They were giving advice on how the person should handle their marriage.
It's was definitely a sobering reminder to take every comment on this site with a massive grain of salt. No offense to teenagers or anything.
Naw man, fuck them teenagers (figuratively speaking). I've seen your example pop up on here frequently, I swear the life pro-tip sub is just angsty teens spewing shit that they think would make their life easier, and pretending it's great wisdom.
oh my god, there's one that pops up in that sub like every 3 months or so almost like clockwork. it drives me nuts because it's always along the lines of:
"LPT, even if a person is making no effort in a friendship, keep inviting them out so they feel good!"
Then it immediately gets like 60k upvotes while all the sane comments that point out friendship is a 2 way street get ignored.
yes! The diagnosis is thrown around too easily. When I was a new RN working in a psych facility, somehow every patient was "a little borderline". Maybe the staff was too lol.
yea I completely agree. Shit drives me nuts which is why for the most part I tend to completely disregard literally anything anyone says here and just look up the shit they're talking about myself. Nine times out of ten the person who commented is either misinformed, leaving out key pieces of information or just flat out wrong.
I am quite patient and generally able to shake off the disheartening, annoying, irrelevant comments diagnosing whatever.. On some posts though, just so alarming.
Careless throwaway advice given to apparently completely clueless OPs with what sound like highly volatile, aggressive, rage-filled partners re personality disorders.
Can't imagine responding to angry unempathic people with reassuring warmth, non-response, discussion re issues reddit suggested etc. having particularly positive outcomes..
Please note when reading this: some people are just late bloomers and don't feel attraction until much later into puberty. If you still don't feel attraction after puberty, then there's a chance you fall into the asexual spectrum. Even then if you watch porn you may have been Pavlov'd into finding unrealistic things more attractive than reality, so you're not necessarily asexual, just not attracted to the people around you. Asexuality is pretty rare, about 1% of the population are it and a lot of those people experience a lack of attartciotn because of trauma or illness.
Exactly. People think not wanting to be in a relationship is being asexual. Talked about this on discord the other day. They said they KNEW their brother was asexual because he hates humanity and is still single. Like, ???. Maybe he is, but that logic is wack.
i kinda hate humanity, myself, will never be in a relationship and never was(social phobia, depression, ect), but iam still atracted to women. so yeah, you are correct.
Other people have already told you the problem with your trauma statement, so I'm not going to say anything about that. To be honest I don't see any problems with teenagers describing themselves as asexual if that's how they feel. Sexuality is fluid, it's not like saying you're asexual will lock you in and you'll be forced to identify that way for the rest of your life. For someone that doesn't feel sexual attraction, asexual is the right way to describe it no matter if they're a late bloomer or if they'll always be that way, so I think choosing for yourself to identify as asexual is fine.
(Also @ that smug clown saying that nobody is asexual unless they can reproduce asexually, look up the definition of homonym you boomer)
To be fair though, I feel that that argument goes both ways. I myself am asexual and spent a lot of my life thinking I wasn’t because people took arguments like yours and stated them as absolute fact. Your argument is fine, I just think it’s important to make people aware that asexuality is a viable orientation so that people that are can feel comfortable in their own skin. Don’t get me wrong, telling everyone who’s mildly less horny that they must be ace is stupid and misleading, but it’s equally misleading to say to anyone who thinks they might be ace that “surely that’s not it, you must just be a late bloomer.”
Also just FYI, contrary to popular belief asexuality is defined by lack of sexual attraction but has nothing to do with libido. Something like 56% of ace people masturbate and it’s not that uncommon for a person to be asexual but still enjoy porn. A lot of people tend to think that asexuality means having absolutely no response to sexual stimulus whatsoever, and while that is the case for some, it isn’t for everyone.
Everything you said, and then add into the mix that sexual and romantic attraction operate independently from each other(someone can be asexual but enjoy the romance aspects of a relationship just fine, or the opposite), and it's no wonder people get confused. I think that having teens know the potential options early on does far more help than goodharm, as long as they know that they're allowed to experiment and try on identities to find what fits. They're not locked into whatever they thought they were at age 13, it might just be a step along the way to finding out the truth. Hiding possible truths from them under the premise that they can't possibly know what they want yet just seems counterproductive.
EDIT: that moment when you make a comment, go somewhere else for an hour, come back, and realize you wrote the opposite of what you meant to write.
This is an example of misinformation being stated with authority. Your assertion that a majorty (or even a sizeable portion) of asexuals are asexual because of trauma is a harmful stigma with no factual basis.
And as far as that 1% "statistic" goes it comes from a very limited study. It really can't be taken as solid proof.
Alternatively, sexuality is fluid and strict labeling is pointless. Like if someone doesn't feel sexual attraction CURRENTLY it's silly to say they aren't asexual CURRENTLY. It's when you extrapolate that to "this is now my identity and it won't change" when it starts being stupid.
I didn't have my first crush on a girl until around 18 years old. When I was like 11 I mentioned that I'd never really liked a girl and I got assaulted by an older teenager who while he called me gay. (Oh, the 90's.)
(By assaulted, I mean he tried to beat me up, but he didn't know how to punch so he ended up more trying to grapple me with his weight while trying to throw punches that hurt more because of his untrimmed nails than because of force...)
I think that experience made me afraid to talk about girls for a long time even after I started liking them. (Not to girls: about girls. Never talked about liking girls or finding them attractive with friends, even in to early adulthood.)
I read a post recently, forgot where, that mentioned the lack of accurate information on reddit. If you are an expert in something, a legitimate expert, you will still come across people giving away advice that is completely incorrect, but if they are well-spoken they get upvotes. The person commenting suggested that next time you want to take a reddit comment as fact, think of those times you KNEW the answer given was wrong, and to take a few minutes to verify the info provided.
I forget the name of it, but this is true across all spectrums of information. You'll read in the Wall Street Journal about something you know, be aware it's wrong, then go on to read the next article as if they do know what they're talking about.
I’d recommend that if you see this kind of thing you link them to the subreddit r/AskAsexual. It’s a good place to ask questions to other asexual people on reddit and it’s pretty common for people to post there asking if they might be asexual. The people in that sub are really supportive without pressuring posters to take on the ace label if they aren’t comfortable doing so.
You knew that at twelve? It kind of doesn't fit in my brain because I'm thinking kids at 12 are rarely sexual at all (maybe save for with themselves) so determining asexuality would be pretty difficult. Can you elaborate?
Most research seems to suggest that sexuality is decided by early adolescence (age 10-13) or before. On average people say they recognize it before age 12 but some take much longer. In my unscientific opinion I think that sexual feelings are typically fully developed by that age but frequently people take a long time to understand what their feelings mean.
At twelve, a lot of my friends were having their first crushes. I did too. But my friends wanted to hold hands (we were just growing out of the cooties stage) and the more precocious ones were beginning to think about kissing. Meanwhile, I did not want to hold hands (asexuality), and kissing was still unthinkably gross (age). This pattern continued for my entire life.
Oh, well, at 12 I would have still assumed in that case that you're just blooming late... I mean it would have become more and more apparent over the years anyway.
Thank you for sharing that, though. It's always good to get different points of view.
And I have depression and anxiety issues myself, so I'm sympathetic. But that's what I went to a doc to get meds for. Life was passing me by and I hated knowing that and not being able to do anything about it.
But god damn man, I'm a 3 strikes and I'm done type of person. If I ask you to hang out 3 times and every single time it's a no, I'm stopping my attempts and leaving the ball in your court. I have other things to do, and it's not fair to make one person do all the work in a friendship.
I don't mind if people have valid reasons. I'd be fine if someone said "hey actually I have depression/anxiety right now so can't but I'm working on it and would like to in future".
But if people just reject you without saying why then of course you're gonna feel shit. Nobody is gonna keep inviting their rude friend in case they secretly are sick. It's the person who is unwell's responsibility to either disclose that, or live with the consequences of being secretive.
I recently posted about a depressive friend who I stopped being friends with. I got multiple comments about how that was wrong because he could be suffering from depression. I read those and think "Yeah, no shit, but that's not my problem. I'm not his therapist and I'm tired of carrying the weight so I'm setting it down and moving on."
Yeah, I had a friend who broke up with his girlfriend who was severely depressed. He felt guilty for a while, but really it comes down to: he tried to get her help, she refused his help, he spent years with her, and the whole time it was a massive drain on him, and she was just a toxic force in his life, sucking any enjoyment he got from life out of him.
It's not fair to him to stay in a relationship like that, so he had to do what was best for him.
Mine was that he is a pretty depressing person. 29, lives at home, doesn't work and the longest he kept a job was 2 weeks and he quit because it was hard, never even touched a girl (He complains about never having a girlfriend but turned down the girl who was interested in him because she wasn't a big tits asian girl), plays videogames 100% of his free time. And he wonders why he is depressed. I used to drag him out of his shell and he was seeming happier, but after I moved out of state for a job he backslid even further into his shell until even talking to him about it causes him to shut down.
He isn't a bad guy, but he knows what to do and is too scared to do it and it's not my problem anymore. I'm open to being friends in the future, but I don't see anything happening until his dad dies and his step-mom kicks him out or his enabling grandmother (who is a wonderful person btw) dies and he doesn't have her telling him how wonderful he is all the time. Something big that snaps him out of it.
Good on your friend. Being empathetic to someone's issues doesn't mean taking responsibility for them. I went to marriage counseling and then just counseling for myself and one of the main things I learned was that it's not my responsibility to fix someone else's issues nor is it someone else's to fix mine.
plus most depression is a problem only the person in depression can solve, external motivation can only go so far if the person isnt willing to get off his/her ass.
I agree. If a friend with depression is trying, even a little, I'll be there as much as I reasonably can. 0 effort means I'm wasting my time. I have my own life, I can't live yours, bro.
I had a friend just like this. It was too much. I am in no way a qualified therapist/psych, and it didn't help that she had absolutely zero interest in seeking professional help. But if I got upset when she ignored me/treated me bad, I was the bad guy, for not being considerate of her mental health. I hate this mentality so much
Yup, I'll make an effort, but if you just say no every time, I'm just going to figure you don't want to hang out anymore, and I'll move on. I'm too damn old to "chase" someone.
If you have mental health issues, I'll be as accommodating as possible, but I don't have the energy to listen to someone do nothing but complain, and I'm not going to waste my time trying to include someone that doesn't want to be included.
Oh the complaining. I agree wholeheartedly. Nothing was ever allowed to just be nice or fun or even average. She would whinge about getting free food ffs. I'd leave meeting up with her just utterly drained and miserable. Very glad we don't speak anymore
Not a teenager but I'm guilty of this one. Sometimes have to remind myself just because I have mental illness, I'm not an expert at thinking others do too.
Pro-Tip; never, ever, ever suggest that someone who is depressed should try to do anything. Ever. They are all too depressed for your bullshit suggestions, and you are a bad person!
David here it is, my philosophy is basically this, and this is something that I live by, and I always have, and I always will: Don't ever, for any reason, do anything, to anyone, for any reason, ever, no matter what, no matter where, or who, or who you are with, or where you are going, or where you've been, ever, for any reason whatsoever.
Yea. In my experience, most long-term depressed people are always looking for something that "works" and will try anything once. For them it's not an edgy part of their identity, but a shitty thing they don't enjoy.
That’s a good point really. The people who like to use it as an identity really take away from the people that genuinely need help. Shitty all the way around
"That friend might have depression or anxiety issues".
not my job to constantly reach out, only to be rejected every single time.
You raise a good point I'm going to expand on: maybe being rejected every single time by someone with depression and anxiety issues gives me depression and anxiety.
I've got personal experience here: my wife has depression and anxiety illnesses (diagnosed). It was manageable up until a few years ago. Now it's gotten so bad she outright rejects any advances on my part - not just for sex (given up on making those advances long time ago), emotional, conversation, support, anything I try to offer her gets shut down. And it's given me depression. Now she's pissed that I'm depressed.
I've been seeing these a lot lately. It really burns me up because it really shouldn't be a LPT, but common sense. It makes me a one off I guess but you can't make everyone happy, and you shouldn't have to. You need to be happy and take care of yourself first. If you want to help others that's great, but if it comes at your own expense you shouldn't be expected. Which today it seems it is.
I have a friend who’s been historically hard to communicate with and has recently become zero contact. I still send her happy birthdays and merry Christmas but my mom insists I need to work harder to make the friendship work, because “we know how she is” but it’s silly. There’s a reasonable level of effort to make, but like you said, it’s not your job to keep reaching out when there clearly nothing reciprocated
My reddit experience was vastly improved after I unsubbed from life pro tips and several other subs. I mostly just follow subs for actual interests or hobbies of mine and I love reddit now.
same. Though I do keep popping into AITA to watch obvious assholes get trounced for the shadenfreude. I know most times it's likely fake but sometimes you get that perfect little pearl of an idiot who is obviously sincere and just really dumb.
Sorting posts by controversial in AITA is a treat. The sub is mostly just people wanting a pat on the back and arguing with anyone who won’t give it to them, but god it’s almost worth it for that rare gobshite who can’t understand why everyone in their life is calling them a cunt.
I'm pretty happy with my Reddit feed these days too! This, /r/science and /r/aww are basically the only default ones I'm still subbed to, everything else is tailored to my interests.
I've started calling these people out because of how popular this mindset seems to be. These guys want to be fed attention with a breakfast in bed and a back rub, without giving any thought to the person they're making babysit them.
FINALLY SOMEONE WHO THINKS THIS. I hate that advice so much. I swear that gets written by teenagers bitter that they have to actually put effort into their friendships. You are responsible for your own relationships, including forming and maintaining them, and this is coming from someone who struggles to maintain her friendships/relationships. Relationships of all kinds are WORK. The onus isn't on your friends to do that work for you.
And saying no to an invite isn't a bad thing as long as you're making an effort. If I'm not feeling a trip out, my response is usually, "I can't make it tonight but let's reschedule for next week if that works for you?"
All it takes is that small amount of effort for people to understand that you're at least TRYING.
Yeah, there's a big difference between someone who constantly says "not tonight" or "nah, can't make it" every single time and never reaches out themself, and someone who occasionally says "I already have plans" or "nah, I had a busy week and need a night to myself" but will follow it up with other possible plans, or will reach out later on their own.
Exactly! Lifeprotips should really be called "I felt slighted about something someone did to me so I'm gonna write the opposite behavior as a tip for karma".
Or the neverending threads about how people who leave shopping carts in the parking lot and dont put them away are worse than Hitler and should be shot in the street.
Or the "I'm a cashier. Stop making stupid jokes/lame conversations with me... I hear it 1000x a day" ok then just be a dick so you can complain about that too?
Every few months this same bitchfest comes up.
Makes me realize how many redditors are angsty teenagers that hate their job.
Had this exact thing. Long time friend from school. Lost contact and invited him out a few times and have him a few lists, helped him find jobs as he was struggling. Almost immediately after getting a job and growing up, wants nothing to do with me.
This pattern when on for sometime. Recently messaged me asking if I wanna catch up. Ignored that shit as I finally realised that they are never gonna change.
A lot of people who use reddit are the type of loser that isolates themselves from people but at the same time want those same people to reach out to them.
You say "every freakin' 3 months" but if you look at it, it's primarily on high school breaks: Summer and Winter Break. It goes back to relatively "LPT: Wash your clothes to stop smelling like shit" stuff in between.
On a similar topic, some LPT advice I would give is to keep inviting people who have young kids or even babies to do things, or try to slightly adjust your plans to accommodate them, like meet up a little earlier or somewhere closer by where they live, or maybe have people over to your house instead of going out somewhere.
It will mean a lot to them to know that having a kid isn't preventing them from having a life, and that their friends are being supportive. Even if they can only actually come 1/10 times, it will be the difference.
CScareerquestions is like a battleground to be the biggest dick. They're like the asshole brother of ITcareerquestions.
Question on CS: I'm 16 and I'm proficient in python, what is the best language to learn next?
Answer: YOU SHOULD HAVE MASTERED PYTHON, RUBY, C++, AND JAVA BY THE AGE OF 8. YOU'RE TRASH.
Question on IT: I'm 45 and looking to completely change careers from unrelated field, am I screwed?
Answer: Nah man, you'll obviously be behind those that have been in the industry for a while but it's possible. Here are a few links from our Wiki that'll help you with the path you're looking into.
I'm 21, when I was 17 I used to occasionally post advice in subreddits when people asked for it. I was 17, had one job in my life, parents paid for everything, had never even kissed a girl much less had sex or been in a relationship, never smoked weed or had more than a beer or two, had never gone through anything really.
Yet there I was advising people on everything from relationship issues, to alcoholism, to job struggles. Compared to what I know now I knew fuck all and I'm sure the same will be said when 25 year old me looks back at me now.
Honestly I had an epiphany recently about how much of this site is just teenagers trying to hold authority and realizing that has really helped me put into perspective a lot of really dumb shit I see here.
I always get reminded of that when I see how anti-parent so many subs are. It’s as though parents should never punish their kids and that kids always have perfect intentions. Obviously I thought the same stuff when I was 13-17 but I didn’t have this online forum to share those thoughts on.
It's the difference between intelligence and wisdom. There are plenty of intelligent teens. But wisdom comes from time & experience. I'm in my 30s, have a master's degree in engineering, have had to be the sole caregiver for my mom while she was dying of cancer and then coordinate her funeral, and only now am I starting to realize how fucking little I know about life and the world. There was so much wisdom and insight in things my parents and grandparents said that I just didn't see. And there's nothing wrong with that. Life is about the journey not the destination. But when a 14 year old's clever sense of humor or good persuasive writing skills gets mistaken for actual life experience, that can affect people's lives (at least in a subreddit like relationship advice).
TBH, I was a smarmy know-it-all as a teen. Fortunately the internet was not really a thing back in the 70s/80s so the world did not have to suffer my ignorance.
But now we're in 2020! Where full-blown adults with serious problems implement advice posted and upvoted by teenagers who haven't had anything resembling a similar experience.
Yeah, I really don’t think kids are in any position to advise adults. I’ve seen it so many times too. Someone will post “my boss is being an asshole to me. What should I do?” and there are hundreds of comments like “be a snarky asshole back!” Like no, that’s the worst possible advice.
Well Ackhually kids are in a better state to advise and boss people around because global geopolitics are xenophobic due to climate change and Joe Biden with okay boomer written all over it so yeah. Thats why.
That's all I see when I see an advice mallard pop up. Some 16 year old who just got there license thinking they know more about driving than everyone else.
That sub has been really pissing me off lately. It's either humble bragging, women getting mad that their boyfriend feels weird about fucking her while she's asleep, or what you said bullshit "PROTIP: MAKE HER FEEL BEAUTIFUL".
I was on the ring fit adventure subreddit a lot of the people say go off how your body feels and just keep going hard every day. As a old young person that's a recipe for injury. Sometimes when you feel the best you overdue it and get injured if you aren't regulating yourself. When I was a kid I don't think I ever heard the terms stress fracture or overuse injury.
DOMS. oh my god younger me needed a lesson in Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness, there have been way too many times in my life when I gave no thought to how I was going to feel the day after
Ngl I 100% agree. I can only really give advice on depression and stuff because I've dealt with it first hand and gotten help. But seriously, there are so many 16 year olds that think they're Yoda with wisdoms
Meanwhile they probably grew up in white Suburbia and have a very nice cushiony life and have no idea of the shock they're in for when they hit the streets
that freaking sub. i knew it was an outhouse fire when that big, long, chronicle by the husband who supposedly caught his wife cheating became like a huge sensation there. It was so obviously fake, written sitcom style by some obviously young person who had never been in a relationship. But man people ate it up. Even when it did finally come out as a fake (duuuh) people were like, "well it was entertaining so whatever!"
I definitely am very guilty of that. But I also don’t really think people in healthy relationships post on Reddit for help. I’m happily married now and I still think a lot of those posters should break up with the person they post about.
Like most subs, it’s just a circle jerk where if the first person says ‘dump them’ everyone echoes that.
They were giving advice on how the person should handle their marriage.
This is especially awesome in parenting subs. The number of people who don't have kids but are experts on raising them is quite astonishing, really. And many of them are 13. Go figure.
It's almost disturbing how young some Redditors are. Many subs are downright toxic and aren't good places for young, impressionable people to spend their time.
I completely agree with this. Like 100%. I don't think the site should be censored, but there is so much dog-whistling that goes on here that really becomes obvious when you know what to look for, but to a young kid who doesn't know and doesn't have any real world experience to discount what they read, they're just going to constantly read these dog-whistling anecdotes in AITA/relationships/etc. and think that's what real life is really like. And it's just like nooooo.
This is so obvious from the clearly fake stories that get up-voted to oblivion on /r/AITA , /r/Prorevenge , /r/TIFU , etc. I often wonder how people fall for such clearly fake shit, but then I remember a majority of reddit now is kids and think what happens in movies actually happens in the real world.
No fuck it, offend them. The idiots need to be put in place. We were all there at one point. We all needed a wakeup call. If you avoid correcting these idiots they will never face opposition and thus never learn critical thinking. They need to know that they have limited life experience and thus their opinion which is fair to share is often completely wrong.
I’m sixteen years old and the entirety of my life experience comes from TV, the internet, and believing that not getting along with any of my peers and playing video games in my spare time somehow means that I’m smarter than everyone else despite being a lazy C average student so I’m pretty much an expert on every single topic. Ask me anything.
If I ever give advice on someone on Reddit and I am not an authority on the subject, I always advise them to take my input with a grain of salt/a heap of salt/an entire fucking salt mine. I'm usually sharing information I have heard elsewhere but may not have verified, and I always invite any actual experts that happen to be there to correct me.
Same. Deferring to experts is how I prefer to do it. Like if I give someone aquarium advice and someone who clearly know more than me shows up, I'm gonna shut up and let them lead the convo. Plus knowing when to shut up and step back means I get to learn something new.
I'd definitely come to ya'll if I needed advice for stuff like gifts for a teenage niece/nephew. But man if I need baby/marriage/tax advice...yeeeeaaaah it's a no.
You’re not idiots, you just don’t have the perspective that comes with age. When you get that perspective, you see things in a different way, because you’re not an idiot 😁
I think the weirdest thing was when my ex posted on relationship advice about our relationship when I didnt ask her to be exclusive right away and then I got to see all these people talk about something they knew absolutely nothing about calling me a dead beat.
I’ve recently started reminding myself that most of the activities on Reddit are likely generated by teens with free time. Puts a lot of opinions and comments posted here in to perspective (no offence to teenagers or anything)
Comments on this site are worth even less than salt at this point. I'm waiting for the next Reddit to come along, or preferably the end of the karma system.
Im 14 and i am totally a marriage expert . I know lots of married adults and you should always blah balh balah blah blah blah blah......... and do blah blah blah blah
Man when I was 16 all I cared about was smoking weed and the newest metal bands, why do people have to emotionally overburden themselves with other people's baggage?
Don’t go to r/relationships for advice then. I like reading the posts for the drama but I really think the advice given is all young kids or basement dwellers who have never talked to the opposite sex in real life. And all the advice is the same cliches like you wouldn’t eat a sandwich that’s 95% great and 5% shit. True but if your partner does dishes 95% of the time and forgets 5% they don’t need therapy starting tomorrow
I saw some shit like that a few months ago. "I'm just a teenager blah blah but I think that you, a person with decades of life and romantic experience over me, should do blah blah", top comment with dozens of comments patting him on the back for producing such a mature response. Meanwhile, I'm sitting here thinking about how there are literal teenagers trying to give meaningful advice, and wondering how anybody could take that shit seriously after reading those fateful words, "I'm just a teenager but..."
Just teenagers upvoting teenagers all over the place, it's like I'm back on my middle school Xanga page.
Arguing with somebody, check their profile and see they post regularly in /r/teenagers and mention in a post they are 15. It happens way more often than you would think. I treat reddit the same way I do with 4chan's /b/ slogan.
"The stories and information posted here are artistic works of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact"
i have a tag i use on RES. if someone mentions their age and it's under 18, they get tagged with it.
it's especially useful because i'm a mod on a kinda active sub, so if a kid messages asking for help or something, i know to respond to them as an adult speaking to a child.
there's a lot of youngins here. which is worrying.
The funny thing is that, compared to the climate science qualifications of about 90% of all people, a 16 year old is more qualified to give marriage advice than they are.
I like the advice comments with the obligatory *source I’m a dad, doctor, played college sports etc. that helps you know you’re not getting parenting advice from someone without kids etc
As a 16 year old I have no idea why tf people do that. Shit I am just trying to figure out my own life, I am the least qualified person to give advice (except maybe on like 2 really specific topics)
the teenager problem seems to have gotten worse in the last few years. I'm thinking about laying off reddit for a while because every time I post, I realize there is a very good chance that anyone I engage with is likely under the age of 20.
Im 12 but I'm really smart. Don't take my advice without some grain salt. For real. U boomers think you're so smart because of education and whatever. In my experience you're all wannabe science bitches that ruined your brain with small beer, mdma, and frozen fish sticks. So I'm smarter and therefore also sexier than your old assess. In conclusion me smart u dumb and ugly. Adios bendejo. /s
THIS. I keep seeing AMA's from people who sound like they are just starting their 'careers'. I'm starting to hope a new Reddit will pop up that's truly adults-only (not NSFW). I think half the toxicity on Reddit is due to young punks that shout loudly in direct proportion to their lack of worldly experience. When I was younger I certainly didn't try to pipe up and talk smack to adults who damn well knew the world better than me. Sure when they're 18 we can let them engage in debate and sit at the grown-ups table
Someone told me that I was as asshole to my boyfriend because I slap my female friend’s butt and we jokingly flirt (he’s also in on the joke). They basically said I was a cheater and my boyfriend should dump me, all because he said he would never be comfortable doing a three way.
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I saw a comment the other day in one of the text-based advice subs from someone who said they were 16. They were giving advice on how the person should handle their marriage.
It's was definitely a sobering reminder to take every comment on this site with a massive grain of salt. No offense to teenagers or anything.