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    Poor advice given by a friend's friend - what would you do?

    Posts: 765 Member
    edited November 2024 in Motivation and Support
    So browsing through your newsfeed, you see one your friends ask for advice from all and someone from their friend list is giving really poor advice based on diet mythology from over the years.

    What do you do? Jump in to correct, pass by with a sigh, something else?

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    • Posts: 15,317 Member
      oolou wrote: »
      So browsing through your newsfeed, you see one your friends ask for advice from all and someone from their friend list is giving really poor advice based on diet mythology from over the years.

      What do you do? Jump in to correct, pass by with a sigh, something else?

      PM them
    • Posts: 21,219 Member
      I give my 2 cents on that post. I remember that I once used to give horrible advice. Seeing others advice made me start looking at whether I was correct or not, which changed my mind about lots of things. You can't save everyone, but you can openly share your opinion. Who knows, maybe there's some misinformation that you share as well. I know I'm still learning years after my success. :)
    • Posts: 7,724 Member
      Presumably the friend wanted input from as many people on their friends list as possible, so I contribute mine
    • Posts: 738 Member
      Absolutely contribute, not in retaliation of their posts but just as you answering the question unconnected :-)
    • Posts: 24,208 Member
      edited January 2016
      To paraphrase "crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear their lamentations!"

      Or you can just explain why some advice is bad.
    • Posts: 107 Member
      oolou wrote: »
      So browsing through your newsfeed, you see one your friends ask for advice from all and someone from their friend list is giving really poor advice based on diet mythology from over the years.

      What do you do? Jump in to correct, pass by with a sigh, something else?

      Just insert a GIF. They'll get the idea.
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