“Just never ever ever do it”: 15 “truths” older folks say are actually “100% pure BS”

Sometimes, young people roll their eyes when they get unsolicited advice from older generations. However, Redditors argue that there’s a reason older people often have a chip on their shoulder about things that may seem like a good idea.

1. Service fees

“Paying service fees on top of the price, when the service is automated anyways.”—u/Brilliant-Motor7359

“Paying service fees at all, really. Fees, come to think of it. Surcharges, fees, additional costs, it’s all bulls**t meant to carve away a little more of your money AFTER you’ve settled on the price. In most places, even the tax is included on the sticker price of goods. In America, the final price is anyone’s guess.”—u/ph33randloathing

2. Buzzy supplements

“Supplements pushed by influencers.”—u/sandy_coyote

“Literally the only supplements supported by vast science are creatine, protein powder, and vitamin D. Everything else is either a scam or a shot in the dark.”—u/Parrotsandarmadillos

3. Sock trends

“My kids telling me ankle socks are for middle aged dorks. Yeah, I know. That’s why I keep buying them. I’m not following fashion trends in socks.”—u/-Words-Words-Words-

“Yeah, I dress for comfort. If kids don’t like my socks, I’m comfortable with that.”—u/littlelordgenius

4. Timeshares

“Timeshares. I’m assuming at this point it’s just old people who have them because they don’t seem to be as popular as they were when I was younger. But they are bulls**t.”—u/HorrorSmile3088

“John Oliver did a really good episode on timeshares. Basically, never ever do it. Run out of the room and don’t look back if you have to. Just never ever do it.”—u/GreatestGreekGuy

5. LinkedIn

“LinkedIn. It’s just a bunch of corporate sociopaths jerking each other off.”—u/Rocknrollsk

“If it wasn’t the standard method for recruiters to find me in my industry, I would absolutely have deleted my account there years ago.”—u/Sw429

6. Working too hard

“Work hard, dont take time off and your loyalty will be rewarded. 100000% bulls**t.”—u/Soda-Popinski-

“Take every break, lunch, and PTO you are entitled to. If a company can’t function/acts like it will go bankrupt because you took your break, they have bigger problems and are going down anyway.”—u/Different_Nature8269

“Company Loyalty. You stay loyal and put in 20+ years at a company, then have a bad month or two, and they can’t toss your happy ass out the front door fast enough.”—u/drunkenwildmage

7. White collar jobs

“Blue-collar jobs are bad. I loved my blue collar work, get in, work and leave it behind when I went home. Plus that union pay was sweet. If I ever return to the workplace it is blue for me.”—u/AnnabellaPies

“I work a creative office job but also to kinda help make ends meet I would occasionally work at pizza places part time.

There is absolutely something to be said about a job that you can leave work at work and the instant gratification of knowing you did a good job the minute it’s done.”—u/Mrchristopherrr

8. Influencers

“When I was a kid, the worst thing you could be was a ‘poser.’ Be it with fashion or music, etc, you just didn’t want to appear fake with it. It’s sad because the ‘posers’ won and that’s what all influencers are.”—u/Rawsforlife13579

“I’m pretty good friends with a couple of influencers and while they get to do some pretty dope s**t. They are pretty miserable privately.”—u/BlaktimusPrime

“Imagine having to live your life in such an artificial, curated way like that! No true spontaneity, no real way to take a break.. you’re trapped by your own livelihood, because your livelihood is your life.”—u/exit2urleft

9. Wedding drama

“Wedding drama. It doesn’t matter. A wedding should be about celebrating 2 people getting married and 2 families coming together. People have totally forgot the 2 families part and instead act like they get to be king and queen for a day. When you relax and don’t take it so seriously you have a better time.”—u/MsPooka

“Spouse and I got married alone. No family. No kids (they stayed with other parents). We didn’t want the drama of seating charts and organizing seats. It was just the two of use for an entire week. It was perfect.”—u/tLM-tRRS-atBHB

10. Digital media

“Companies phasing out physical media just to sell us stuff we don’t actually own that can be taken away/edited/censored. You can have my DVDs, bluerays, vinyl records, and CDs when you pry them from my cold dead fingers.”—u/temptedbyknowledge

“Without physical media they can gaslight people into believing the streaming version is the original when it’s not. A lot of streaming companies have been making changes to their videos that were not in the original version.”—u/Just_Another_Scott

11. Subscriptions

“The fact that we don’t own anything anymore- it’s all a subscription. Former homeowner- I’m stuck renting. We rent our music from Spotify monthly. We rent our tv from Netflix monthly. Microsoft won’t sell you Office anymore. Even my god damn printer requires a monthly subscription- and I haven’t even used it this year.”—u/jcw795

12. Generational divide

“Dividing people into generational tags and pretending there is a huge difference between the groups. There are more commonalities than differences, and those differences are usually temporary. It’s just a way to set people against each other and distract from economic differences.”—u/buffysbangs

“The best evidence for this is that everything being posted in this thread applies to every single age group.”—u/JesterMarcus

13. Love at first sight

“It’s lust at first sight. Love is when you dedicate and put effort into a person you’ve chosen to be your life partner. You’re likely compatible with tons of people, but you find one to invest energy into and vice versa.”—u/CronkinOn

“Infatuation at first sight is absolutely real. Love is a misnomer in this case and only comes later, if that.”—u/overnightyeti

“Love is a process, not a magical chemical. This is why a lot of relationship advice is crap. People should talk more with eachother rather than ask reddit.”—u/nokky1234

14. Two-week notices

“No one is going to give you two weeks notice before they fire/ lay you off.”—u/seekerscout

“I have given this advice to my kids, nieces, and nephews whenever they worry about not giving enough notice when leaving a job.”—u/glm409

15. …Reddit

“Most of Reddit. The headline posts are mostly bot driven and titles are misleading to provoke rage and disgust amd get clicks just like every other junk media. Be careful.”—u/llathosv2

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