Bullsh1t advice

forfuxsake

Every get any??

My dad told me on his deathbed to do what I love and the money will follow. So here I am, 28 years old, no job and no prospects because all I do all day is smoke spliffs and look at porn, some fúcking advice that turned out to be.:mad:

Napper Hawkins

I'm not sure he had porn and spliff all day in mind to be fair.

Tombi!

"You better do well in school since you'll never get a job".

"If you don't do well in the Juniour/Leaving cert you won't be going to college/getting a job".

spirit_77

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who
supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of
fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the
ugly parts and recycling it for more than
it’s worth. But trust me on the sunscreen…

christmas2012

Everyone says that but years after the leaving it wont matter what grades you got,all they care about is what work exp you have or what college you went to..

Where To

Work flat out until you are 30, then enjoy yourself after that.:rolleyes:














Hi, I'm 34 and I'm a workaholic.:(

SweetCaliber

forfuxsake wrote: »

Every get any??

My dad told me on his deathbed to do what I love and the money will follow. So here I am, 28 years old, no job and no prospects because all I do all day is smoke spliffs and look at porn, some fúcking advice that turned out to be.:mad:

It's not too late to turn your life around.

Also, I think he had more constructive ideas in mind when he said that.

Tombi!

christmas2012 wrote: »

Everyone says that but years after the leaving it wont matter what grades you got,all they care about is what work exp you have or what college you went to..

But you can't go to college or get a job (to get work xp) if you don't do well in school.

forfuxsake

christmas2012 wrote: »

Everyone says that but years after the leaving it wont matter what grades you got,all they care about is what work exp you have or what college you went to..

'So you went to Harvard, interesting and I see you did your undergraduate in Trinity and came out with a first. Oh just saw you didn't do great in your LC religion, Fúck away off waster'

El Guapo!

Get a trade. You can't go wrong with a trade. :rolleyes:

forfuxsake

lee3155 wrote: »

It's not too late to turn your life around.

Also, I think he had more constructive ideas in mind when he said that.

and do what? i don't love much else.

Except riding and my mickey is way too small to get paid for that:(

PhlegmyMoses

Brutal Deluxe wrote: »

"You better do well in school since you'll never get a job".

"If you don't do well in the Juniour/Leaving cert you won't be going to college/getting a job".

This isn't really bull**** advice. The vast majority of people who do well in life did well enough in school.

Rothko

"Be yourself"

Worst advice ever

Tombi!

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

This isn't really bull**** advice. The vast majority of people who do well in life did well enough in school.

It is because many people have failed their way out of school and still got good jobs, went to college, etc.

RB94

Plath will come up...

christmas2012

I dont know if being yourself is the worst advice ever,its the best advice when it comes to personal relationships,its better to be accepted for yourself because sooner or later,when the act wares out the real you will shine through in some way,and people might resent you for that..

mcmoustache

circa 2007: "Buy a house as soon as you can. The prices are only going up and if you don't get on the properly ladder now, you'll never be able to afford it.".


Ignoring that advice is possibly my single most sensible decision so far in life.

christmas2012

there were a lot of people in the 'celtic tiger' era who couldnt afford,now there are econommists flogging second houses they bought in the boom trying to hype up their prices by saying the house market is going to have an increase,ffs were still in a recession,were still going to have to pay back our debts for at least 20 years ffs..

whiskeyman

mcmoustache wrote: »

circa 2007: "Buy a house as soon as you can. The prices are only going up and if you don't get on the properly ladder now, you'll never be able to afford it.".


Ignoring that advice is possibly my single most sensible decision so far in life.

Same for me.
"rent is dead money".
Yeah right!
Thank feck I didnt get on the ladder.

bdoo

mcmoustache wrote: »

circa 2007: "Buy a house as soon as you can. The prices are only going up and if you don't get on the properly ladder now, you'll never be able to afford it.".


Ignoring that advice is possibly my single most sensible decision so far in life.

Bank not giving me a mortgage at the time was a blessing in disguise.

more terrible advice... borrow your deposit from the credit union

ChunkyLover54

if you can't build a robot, be a robot

Red Hand

"Don't put aything smaller than your elbow in your ear".

Now, that is the most pointless advice I was given as a child. It might have been relevant if I had extraordinarily long arms and huge elephant ears, but not when your a stumpy 6 year old with itchy ears.

leggo

"You need to get a degree to do what you want in life."*

And yet the amount of college kids I've seen come and go while I'm still standing, them scared off by a bit of hard work. Not rich, by any means, but still surviving and getting there, day-by-day.

Here's one you all, likely, heard:

"Renting is dead money."

The people who said that are a lot quieter these days.

* See also: "You need to take this opportunity because we never had it."

EDIT: So you did hear it, then, huh. One bit of wise advice I heard before was, "Read the thread before you post in it."

Kosseegan

Brutal Deluxe wrote: »

But you can't go to college or get a job (to get work xp) if you don't do well in school.

Rubbish. I know a barrister with a PhD who only got 5 passes in the LC.

Dr.Strange

"Pick on someone your own size"

Any time I try this I get a hiding, I think I'll stick with the small weaker types thanks.

Orim

"Fight fire with fire"

Fecking chip pan is wrecked.

1ZRed

Once I reached the top level of call of duty, a friend told me to go prestige!

I was up against the big boys from there on out.

****ed my life up right good! Worst advice ever...

fakearms123

"If you keep making that face then it will get stuck like that forever!"

Thank God I dodged that bullet! :rolleyes:

sbsquarepants

forfuxsake wrote: »

'So you went to Harvard, interesting and I see you did your undergraduate in Trinity and came out with a first. Oh just saw you didn't do great in your LC religion, Fúck away off waster'

Applying to be the pope I see. Pity you didn't get it, pope forfuksake the 1st has quite a nice ring to it:D

Kolido

I think it depends what career you want. Some college/uni courses require a good LC. Maybe there are some other ways of getting to these job posts or courses but in general a good LC is needed when taking the normal route.

christmas2012 wrote: »

Everyone says that but years after the leaving it wont matter what grades you got,all they care about is what work exp you have or what college you went to..

leggo wrote: »

"You need to get a degree to do what you want in life."*

And yet the amount of college kids I've seen come and go while I'm still standing, them scared off by a bit of hard work. Not rich, by any means, but still surviving and getting there, day-by-day.

Here's one you all, likely, heard:

"Renting is dead money."

The people who said that are a lot quieter these days.

* See also: "You need to take this opportunity because we never had it."

EDIT: So you did hear it, then, huh. One bit of wise advice I heard before was, "Read the thread before you post in it."

Funglegunk

"If you ever travel back in time, don't step on anything."

FatherLen

"you're most suited towards an engineering degree"


that one cost me two years.

B.A._Baracus

christmas2012 wrote: »

Everyone says that but years after the leaving it wont matter what grades you got,all they care about is what work exp you have or what college you went to..

Agree 100%. Leaving cert dont mean squat.

On the college side of things, I know one could argue that in order to get INTO college one must have a good leaving cert result. But, reality of the matter is that a person can apply as a mature student in most colleges at 21. Illregardless of LC results.

leggo wrote: »

"You need to get a degree to do what you want in life."*

And yet the amount of college kids I've seen come and go while I'm still standing, them scared off by a bit of hard work. Not rich, by any means, but still surviving and getting there, day-by-day.

I agree too.

Sure lets be honest about 'degrees'
It mainly comes down to the individual. One person may get a degree. Work in that field and rise the ranks his entire life and end up earning very good. Another person might never work in that field or fall out after a few years and do something else.

My point is whats a degree if it doesnt end up making you good money Sure its good to have. But don't mean much if it isnt making money for you.

leggo

I agree that degrees are valuable if you want to work in a career that requires one. Or if you just want a qualification or to upskill. But the Celtic Tiger brought on such a panic around higher education, as if children HAD to get a degree for the sake of it simply because the opportunity was available. And we've all learned that if we do something only because we see the opportunity available, it's generally a bad idea.

Pottler

"Get up early and work hard". I now spend my life getting up early and working hard, for lazy feckers who drive Mercs and don't lift a finger.

forfuxsake

don't tell anybody you're gay, just just the scientologists as they are demanding and get on with it.

CavanCrew

" Y.O.L.O "

F*ck......... off

Knex*

CavanCrew wrote: »

" Y.O.L.O "

F*ck......... off

As Jack Black said; Y.O.L.O is just Carpe Diem for stupid people.

Would of been something I'd have said before, as in "you only live one sure", but can't even say that anymore without being associated with Y.O.L.O knobheads.

Jester252

Built it and they will come.

Trust me.

Fentdog84

Let the ball do the work

Tombi!

Kosseegan wrote: »

Rubbish. I know a barrister with a PhD who only got 5 passes in the LC.

That was basically the joke.

Bobby42

Don't go outside with wet hair, you'll die of pneumonia. :rolleyes:

flutterflye

I used to have all these ornaments and teddies and just bits and pieces that were either mine as a child, or belonged to my mother.
My mother died when I was 12 you see so I just hoarded all this stuff.

I get bouts of depression, and on one of these occasions, I let my step mother convince me that it was not healthy to have all these bits and pieces - she said they drag me down, and I'd be freer if I got rid of them.
So that's what I did - got rid of all the little trinkets and letters from friends and notebooks from school etc...

I thought it would help my depression, but it made it worse.
Now 8 years on, I still regret throwing all that stuff away.
It's nice to have a few bits that connect you to your childhood or a deceased parent.

Sonics2k

Career Guidance: "Ah sure, go for IT. There will always be thousands of jobs going in IT"

Lying fúck.

whendovescry

been told numerous times to follow my dreams, but It is becoming tiring, so I'm just going to ask where they're going and hook up with them later*













*paraphrasing Mitch Hedberg :P

SilverScreen

"Say your prayers every day"

Turns out religion is a load of rubbish.

Pottler

Zero1986 wrote: »

"Say your prayers every day"

Turns out religion is a load of rubbish.

You've been reading the Daily Mail again, havn't you.

anhedonia

Sonics2k wrote: »

Career Guidance: "Ah sure, go for IT. There will always be thousands of jobs going in IT"

Lying fúck.

But there is loads of jobs going in IT.

Theres a massive shortage of developers right now in Ireland.

SilverScreen

Pottler wrote: »

You've been reading the Daily Mail again, havn't you.

anhedonia wrote: »

But there is loads of jobs going in IT.

Theres a massive shortage of developers right now in Ireland.

True, not enough students doing IT related courses in this country. I studied software engineering and got a job easily enough, but it's a pity it can't be like that for the other job sectors.

Cianos

"Always bet on black"

...you lied to me Wesley Snipes

kowloon

'There are plenty more fish in the sea'.

Fact of the matter is we have a serious problem with overfishing resulting in a drastic depletion of stock. You were wrong Mother!