Proof You Shouldn’t Take Advice From Everyone in Lubbock

Everybody has at least one person in their life who gives terrible advice with total confidence and zero qualifications. You know the type. They say things like they are handing down ancient wisdom, when they are actually just setting you up for a questionable relationship, a terrible haircut, or a full-blown life mistake.

Truthfully, I dropped a friend a few months ago who couldn't stop giving me advice about my job and my love life. For the longest time, I would listen to her and do my best to internalize what she was saying until one day, it dawned on me that she hadn't been employed in nearly 10 years and hadn't had a successful relationship in even longer! Why would I listen to her!? I cut her off and haven't looked back.

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We asked RockShow listeners to share the worst advice they've ever been given with full confidence, and it looks like I'm not the only one who has trusted the wrong person in that department...

Bad Advice

Most of the bad advice was centered around dating. Several listeners said they had been encouraged to "go ahead and marry her," while others grew up hearing the classic lie: "If a boy is mean to you, it means he likes you." Another popular one? "Opposites attract." Sure, if constant arguments count as spicy romance...

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More Bad Advice

Then, there was life advice that aged like a glass of milk in the sun. A few people were told to "just study the night before the test," and others were encouraged to quit their jobs before they had another one lined up. It turns out that the phrase, "the universe will provide," is total BS.

Even MORE Bad Advice

To top it off, health and safety advice didn't do much better. Some people reported being told that sunscreen wasn't truly necessary, gas station sushi was a suitable meal, and cutting your own bangs would turn out "fine." One person even learned the hard way that gummies hit way harder than smoke...

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Possibly THE WORST Advice...

Some advice was just pure chaos, like doubling up on condoms for safety. It does NOT work that way.

Honestly, all of this feels VERY Lubbock to me. We come from a place full of people who will recommend a "shortcut" that adds 20 minutes to your drive. Makes sense.

The lesson? In Lubbock, advice may be free, but sometimes, you get what you paid for...

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