Meta-MetaFiltered Wisdom #
This is fantastic. Colin Marshall (who does much good work) took a bunch of Ask Metafilter threads about advice for life and edited them down to the most interesting and surprising.
Rational arguments pretty much never persuade anyone of anything. Don’t waste your time arguing with True Believers. Don’t waste energy wishing someone else was acting differently. You can’t make anyone do anything. You can only choose your own actions.
Advice from others means absolutely nothing; fucking up is what teaches you something. Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t. Realize that most people older than you really don’t know any better. Figure out what your fears are and take steps to get over them.
(via TCWCYL)