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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 79 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Why would you seek somebody’s advice if you’re not willing to take it? Sure, I get the idea of wanting to be validated, but you also have to accept being told what you’re doing is wrong.

[–] jedibob5@lemmy.world 124 points 2 years ago (3 children)

This reads as satire to me I think

[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 88 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

No, it's real. It's a greentext. It's real ಠ_ಠ

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yes, would you listen to this Jerkface? They speak the truth!

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

It's still real to me, dammit!

[–] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 5 points 2 years ago

I’m going to steal your hover car battery

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 57 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It is very obviously satire of the fat acceptance movement.

They just inverted the genders and kept the rest of the analogy and lingo as similar as possible.

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Does.... Does anon not believe there's such a thing as fat men?

[–] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Nobody says all men's bodies are beautiful, healthy, sexy, desirable, ect. Lol, they would immediately and rightfully be told to stfu.

[–] SquishyPandaDev@yiffit.net 9 points 2 years ago

Yes this is satire but unfortunately people like this do exist. As for the why, they are seeking validation

[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 34 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I've stopped giving my father advice on computers or electronics because he has never yet followed any of it.

He gets really upset that I won't spend time researching things to give him advice to ignore, so presumably he gets something out of it but I'm not sure what.

[–] pkmkdz@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

Theory: your father just wants to spend time with you, technology being common topic

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

time invested is his love language, time intentionally poorly invested must be love if its not annoying.

[–] RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well, it's just a fabricated story, so it doesn't need to make sense. The real author may be plus sized and the doctor's advice may be real, too, but I think there's a simpler explanation than excess amounts of steroids.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This story may be fabricated, but the idea of the story is very real.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

Why would you seek somebody’s advice if you’re not willing to take it?

People are dumb as hell. Between working retail and working first line IT support, I cannot tell you how many times I've had someone ask me a question and then immediately disregard the advice. I got to just expect idiocy when I was asked a technical question at work.

Thankfully I'm in a much better gig where people value my opinion.

Because listening to someone is submission

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The difference between advice and a command is u can choose to ignore advice.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can choose to ignore commands too. And just as with ignoring advice, there will be consequences, but you always have the choice.

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

The consequences of ignoring advice are at ones own hand tho.