• .Donuts@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I know this is the shit posting community, but I’m going to say it anyway: it’s about the balance between the two.

    Yes, everyone’s experience is unique and what works for one does not work for another.

    That being said, an outside perspective might help you figure things out better because they are more objective and less emotionally attached.

    Second, there are professionals and experts that can tell you a lot of things you didn’t know, and while not all have to be applicable, it’s important to weigh their perspective in.

    Its about balancing your own experiences with the insight and advice from others.

    If you’re just going to blindly refute anyone who’s trying to help you figure out your laces because you keep tripping over them, you’re not gonna be having a good time.

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      4 days ago

      If you’re just going to blindly refute anyone who’s trying to help you figure out your laces because you keep tripping over them, you’re not gonna be having a good time.

      No, no., You can’t just tell people that they are making stupid mistakes and shooting themselves in the foot constantly. The best thing is to console them and tell them that it isn’t their fault that they have no toes anymore.

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      If you’re just going to blindly refute anyone who’s trying to help you figure out your laces because you keep tripping over them, you’re not gonna be having a good time.

      You left an extremely important part out, if someone keeps forcing their advice as absolute, then it’s better to ignore them because they aren’t trying to help, they are trying to make themselves feel better.

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      4 days ago

      Smart people listen to advice. Not so smart people try to impose their advice on others.

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      But you do need to have some experience to [validly] tell them how to make one, as per the text in the post image.

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    4 days ago

    This is worryingly similar to how toddlers react when I try to teach them how to tie their shoes

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      I’m glad you never had to interact with people whose whole argument was “You can’t know anything about this.”

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        I had and you can’t know how it is to talk to such people. Don’t even pretend you do!

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    3 days ago

    At least don’t tie a granny knot. It makes you look like a child who just learned to tie their laces.

  • socsa@piefed.social
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    4 days ago

    Idk, I don’t need to be a white supremacist to tell white supremacists to become an hero