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Are you a fool to ignore advice?
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Asder Miller
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Are you a fool to ignore advice?
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Elfy
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Re: Are you a fool to ignore advice?
Depends.
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Re: Are you a fool to ignore advice?
Some advice is plain stupid and should be ignored, and also some people would rather figure things out on their own even if it means making mistakes.
So... no. I don't think anyone's a fool for ignoring advice. Unless of course the advice would have saved their life and they ignored it and ended up dead... but in most cases, no.
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Re: Are you a fool to ignore advice?
I suggest that you eat shit.
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Re: Are you a fool to ignore advice?
I think that, in the end, you should learn to trust your own judgment.
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Re: Are you a fool to ignore advice?
Depending on the source of the advice, no it's not foolish to ignore it.
For example, I would not look to my financialy incompetant mother for advice on credit cards, loans, mortgages, or anything money related.
I also would not trust my father, who did not help to raise any of the four kids he created with parenting advice.
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Re: Are you a fool to ignore advice?
You're a fool to ignore any advice. You listen to it, and then decide whether or not to discard it.
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Re: Are you a fool to ignore advice?
Prince Rilian Wrote:I suggest that you eat shit.
lol i like this
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Re: Are you a fool to ignore advice?
*looks at night.artist* yes you are a fool if you ignore advice
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Re: Are you a fool to ignore advice?
AWOL Wrote:You're a fool to ignore any advice. You listen to it, and then decide whether or not to discard it.
This is what I was gonna say. Ignoring advice and disregarding advice are two different things.
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Re: Are you a fool to ignore advice?
That is definitely true for medical advice, and say what you want about doctors, but they went through a shitload of training to do their jobs. It would be extremely foolish to ignore their advice when it could save your life.
But in the end, especially for social situations, it's your judgement.
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Re: Are you a fool to ignore advice?
genuine anarchist Wrote:That is definitely true for medical advice, and say what you want about doctors, but they went through a shitload of training to do their jobs. It would be extremely foolish to ignore their advice when it could save your life.
But in the end, especially for social situations, it's your judgement.
Unless of course it's a heavily contested area, at which point you should ask multiple doctors about your specific circumstance. :troll:
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Re: Are you a fool to ignore advice?
I prefer explanations and gaining understanding to following snippets of advice.
I guess that's a result of being an INTJ, but also... how can you trust advice without knowing the rationale behind it?
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