Giving Advice

I think advice should be given in the form: “Okay, you don’t seem to know what you’re doing. Try this: blahblahblah.” Not “Don’t be a chode. Don’t do this. Don’t do that. Don’t slouch. Don’t eat. Don’t breathe.”

Because there are so many things that work. Hell, going on movie dates work. People have been doing that for decades.

The key is to try.

Better advice is given in the form, “In the past, this worked for me in this situation: blahblahblah”. Instead of, “Be yourself. Be alpha. Be omega.”

Also, Martyr notes that it is helpful to “give reasons why they might not work” (other than “that is so chode”).