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There aren’t people who haven’t failed at doing something, but that’s actually a good thing, because now they know how to do it right. Even though it is human to make mistakes, you can significantly reduce them if you try not to repeat your own mistakes and also learn from others’.

This is how advice is born: people just want you to not do the same things that didn’t work out for them. And the best place to look for them is the internet. For example, in this Reddit thread the user prolific_ideas started. It was quite a success with 16k people joining it and almost 77k users liking it. The advice in the thread isn't related to one topic but instead are just the most random tips people got to find out the hard way.

So enjoy learning about life and share your own secrets so others can do the same. Also, don’t forget to upvote the answers that you find the most useful!

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Nearly 77k People Found This Thread Of Random Advice Useful And These Are 30 Of The Best Bits Don’t take criticism from people you’d never go to for advice.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't get it. Why would I not take criticism from anyone? I always find it helpful to get feedback from people around me, also from those I wouldn't directly ask for advice.

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Nearly 77k People Found This Thread Of Random Advice Useful And These Are 30 Of The Best Bits Being able to admit you were wrong or made a mistake is respectable

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is soooooo much easier to admit you made a mistake than spend your life trying to hide it from people.

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Nearly 77k People Found This Thread Of Random Advice Useful And These Are 30 Of The Best Bits If they will cheat with you, they will cheat on you. The same goes for gossip.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So so true.. I nearly had kids with my guy but something made me reticent. He cheated on me, got the mistress pregnant, married her, had 3 kids, then left her for the new mistress. Marry the mistress, create a new job opening.

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Nearly 77k People Found This Thread Of Random Advice Useful And These Are 30 Of The Best Bits Be comfortable being alone before you get in a relationship. It will keep you from staying in crap relationships just to “not be lonely”

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can relate, but couldn’t do it. Still can’t. But luckily I love my wife and love sharing my life with her. Also I hate myself alot less since we work on ourselves, our relationship and help eachother.

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Nearly 77k People Found This Thread Of Random Advice Useful And These Are 30 Of The Best Bits If it bothers you for more than 24 hours, speak up within 48

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Great advice. It makes you think before maybe saying something hurtful in the heat of the moment

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Nearly 77k People Found This Thread Of Random Advice Useful And These Are 30 Of The Best Bits "No" is a complete sentence.

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Nearly 77k People Found This Thread Of Random Advice Useful And These Are 30 Of The Best Bits Looking back at your past and cringing is good. That means you’ve grown since then.

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Nearly 77k People Found This Thread Of Random Advice Useful And These Are 30 Of The Best Bits If you want a raise, ask what you need to do to earn it. Accomplish those things and ask for the raise. If you get the raise, stay. If you don’t, begin looking for another job. Don’t play games with people who move your goal posts.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Did that. Worked well so far. First the told me there’s not much more I could do, also everything would take time. I got some offers in for new jobs, told boss. Getting a mini promotion and a raise with it and my work will be responsibilities.

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Nearly 77k People Found This Thread Of Random Advice Useful And These Are 30 Of The Best Bits You spend half your life walking and sleeping. Never buy cheap shoes or a s***ty mattress.

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Nearly 77k People Found This Thread Of Random Advice Useful And These Are 30 Of The Best Bits Watch old episodes of Bob Ross and Crocodile Hunter with your little kids. Get them started on the right path.

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Nearly 77k People Found This Thread Of Random Advice Useful And These Are 30 Of The Best Bits Always take the time to say I love you and remember tomorrow is never guaranteed.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Friendship is a gift we give to ourselves and each other...cherish it❣️

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Nearly 77k People Found This Thread Of Random Advice Useful And These Are 30 Of The Best Bits If you think your house is haunted and see s**t buy a carbon monoxide alarm might be a leak making you hallucinate.

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Nearly 77k People Found This Thread Of Random Advice Useful And These Are 30 Of The Best Bits Take care of your teeth

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Nearly 77k People Found This Thread Of Random Advice Useful And These Are 30 Of The Best Bits When you finish something complicated or pick up a concept from a skill you are learning. Take a moment to be proud of yourself. You don't have anything to prove to anyone. But it feels good to take a sec to enjoy the accomplishment.

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Nearly 77k People Found This Thread Of Random Advice Useful And These Are 30 Of The Best Bits Accept people for who they are, not what you want them to be. If they show that they’re trash people, accept it and cut them loose. They won’t change for you no matter how much you want them too. If they show that they’re genuine, they’re the ones you need to surround yourself with.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is true for every kind of human relationship, but especially romantic ones. No, he or she won't change into what you want them to be, and you can't make them.

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Nearly 77k People Found This Thread Of Random Advice Useful And These Are 30 Of The Best Bits Never get involved in a land war in Asia.

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Nearly 77k People Found This Thread Of Random Advice Useful And These Are 30 Of The Best Bits Put your keys in the same place every time you come home

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also remember to put your brain back into your head in the morning. It's not going to help you if you leave it under your pillow!

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Nearly 77k People Found This Thread Of Random Advice Useful And These Are 30 Of The Best Bits Always Thank people. Don’t just say thank you, mean it.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was never awful to retail workers, but the pandemic has made m genuinely grateful for the work they do, and I make much more of an effort to be nice. I can't tip most of them, but I can express genuine gratitude for their help and hard work.

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Nearly 77k People Found This Thread Of Random Advice Useful And These Are 30 Of The Best Bits Put compassion before anger, before jealously, before fear. You never know what other people are going through.

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Nearly 77k People Found This Thread Of Random Advice Useful And These Are 30 Of The Best Bits Read to your kids Every. Single. Day. From 1 day old until they graduate high school.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Children who are read to become readers themselves. I grew up in a family where there were bookcases all over the place, and the one on the second-floor landing had a big overstuffed chair right there. I never saw my parents reading because they both had full time jobs and five children to care for, but I can remember being snuggled in the crook of my grandfather’s arm as he read to me as a wee child.

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Nearly 77k People Found This Thread Of Random Advice Useful And These Are 30 Of The Best Bits Never invest more than you can afford to lose.

Not financial advice.

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Nearly 77k People Found This Thread Of Random Advice Useful And These Are 30 Of The Best Bits Buy a plunger before you need a plunger.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a separate plunger for the kitchen sink, because you can get plungers at the dollar store. Splurge on a 2nd plunger!

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Nearly 77k People Found This Thread Of Random Advice Useful And These Are 30 Of The Best Bits Don’t take advice from strangers on the internet

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This little guy looks pretty honest though. I'd maybe trust him. Yeah. I could trust that little fellow. Everybody else: no. This guy: defo

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Nearly 77k People Found This Thread Of Random Advice Useful And These Are 30 Of The Best Bits Don't live your life regretting the small mistakes you made yesterday. You're not defective, and even though your brain will tell you that you screwed up and because of that you're unworthy of people's time and attention, it's wrong. You are worthy.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This sounds so wonderful, but clearly this person didn’t grow up with someone who never handed out praise and made a full-time practice of criticizing everything you ever did wrong and then punishing you for it...standing in the corner for an hour was getting off light!

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Nearly 77k People Found This Thread Of Random Advice Useful And These Are 30 Of The Best Bits DONT STAY WITH SOMEONE BECAUSE YOU "JUST CANT EXPLAIN IT. " You'll end up depressed, isolated and feeling stuck.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

True. And at the end, alone, feeling like you lost a decade or more on being miserable in relationship with wrong person.

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Nearly 77k People Found This Thread Of Random Advice Useful And These Are 30 Of The Best Bits Most relationships can be maintained/improved by investing the time and having clear communication. If you can’t have difficult conversations with someone you love and trust, you won’t be successful. This is true for significant others, bosses, your kids, your family, everyone.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And the funny thing is the longer you are married the more you are "in sync" with the other person. Gawd in heaven I still love that man, even more than when we got married.

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Nearly 77k People Found This Thread Of Random Advice Useful And These Are 30 Of The Best Bits No one notices that zit or that one hair like you do. You look good homie.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And even if they do, no one really cares. And if they do, they’re not really friends.

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Nearly 77k People Found This Thread Of Random Advice Useful And These Are 30 Of The Best Bits Never make any important decisions when either hungry, horny, happy, sad, tired, or angry.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Drunk isn't listed sooooo I guess that's a green light, yeah?

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Nearly 77k People Found This Thread Of Random Advice Useful And These Are 30 Of The Best Bits This was a recent lesson learned. When getting a new apartment test both heat and AC. You don't think to check your heater when's it 105 outside on the day you tour the apartment. We never tested our heater. First freeze of the year and our heater is broken. Two weeks for a replacement. If anyone's apartment hunting that's my nugget of wisdom.

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If you're making pancakes from scratch, instead of adding in the egg to the batter as is, separate the yolk and the whites. Add the yolk to the batter, then whip and beat the egg whites till they're nice and foamy, then add them to the batter.

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