Dumbest/craziest unasked for advice you've gotten

[azzy-m]

Some of y'all reminded me of something. My mom was telling my sister how fat she is and basically yelling at her about it and when my sister said "stop it, you're making me insecure." my mom's only response was "I'm not making you feel insecure I'm just saying." My blood still boils whenever I think about that, about the times my mom insulted my sister intentionally or not, and I can't do anything about it.

Comes with being an asian, sadly. Having parents that don't properly understand mental illness, body image, etc.

[Shanny8]

I got the same lines- "you draw real good, you should go work for Disney"

If they only knew how much I hated Disney stuff back then; still not a big Disney person now- I just watch Star Wars & the Marvel stuff...

And yeah, I got asked about making logos as well...nope.

[joannekwan]

One time in elementary school we had a substitute teacher and she gave us a small assignment with a question asking if we could change one thing about ourselves, what would it be?

I replied "nothing, I like who I am."

And then she came back with, "surely there's something you'd like to change about yourself" and I got docked that question.

I'm like "BISSSSHHHH"

[BobbyjoeX]

"abandon your comic and start over" i may have asked for advice and got this but that one boils my freaking blood so much, makes me want to tell those people to go eff themselves, if i could get more vulgar, i would

[ar-ninetysix]

And then she came back with, "Surely, there's something you'd like to change about yourself"

Didn't you know? You're supposed to have crippling insecurities and a strong desire to change yourself before you even become a teen. Self-love isn't real! It's just a theory!

Seriously though, why couldn't that be an applicable answer?¿? I know the question didn't have any bad intent behind it since it was aimed at kids but not accepting that would surely be problematic for some of them at least, like "I told my teacher that I liked myself, but she said that was wrong.."

[Kann]

I just remembered another one. While in high school, one day we had this weird meeting with a therapist. She talked with all of us in our classroom and when she got to me, she noticed I'm quiet. I'm just shy as heck and have a resting b*tch face, but she told me that I should stop looking at people like I'm better than them?????? She also gave me the classic "you should talk more". Like, IM TRYING?????? But thanks you solved my lifelong problems with shyness.

[spadesart]

a co worker decided to tell me "Your son has autism because you gave him bread. If you give him grain free diet, he'll be cured."

my mother buys into this crap. i deal with this kind of stuff 24/7. like its the only thing she talks about lmao.she thinks I had childhood epilepsy bc I ate pasta when I was little.

she keeps trying to convince me to read wheat belly and grain brain and force me on the wheat free diet.

[vothnthorvaldson]

I just remember that one 'advisor' in middle school who told me to leave general school immediately, as I would be losing my time in high school where the level would be way too high for me. I ended up with two master's degrees and a PhD.

In my first year of university, I heard even worse. I met a girl whose 'advisor' in middle school told her parents her best hope was a good marriage.
I really don't know what these people are for. Not giving good advice, for sure.

[LT1986]

I've been given a lot of bad unasked for advice in my life. I'm going to mention some advice that I believe can be proven to be dumb/crazy by my work.

Before I started drawing the pages of my web comic and was thinking about buying a Wacom tablet, I was told to not buy one because only people that go to school can make good art work with them. I've never forgotten the bad advice and use it as motivation to show publicly through my work that the advice is not good.

[ccrrally]

"Frame by frame animation is cheating" -my story development professor about our 2D animation final project. Kills me to this day, 3 years later.

[SleepingPoppy]

Seriously? He should be fired.

[ccrrally]

It took until this last semester to get her fired. 3 years too many if you ask me.

[DiegoPalacios]

Yeah, some people don`t understand that some have a quicker metabolism.

[DiegoPalacios]

does that teacher even understand how animation works????????

[rmdooley]

"Have sex with me. I could teach you some things."

Mmm....no.

[minerrale]

My mom, again... "you should get yourself some sandals, your feet are going to boil in these shoes!" While I was telling her that I have flat feet and need inside soles to correct my posture.
Again, she didn't believe me. Again, I had to show her.
I bought a cheap pair of sandals, and went to work (we worked at the same place for a short while). I looked at her without saying a thing. My shoulders weren't at the same height, neither were my hips, my head was to the side and my back made a sort of "S".
Was in pain all day, but for the look on her face: WORTH IT!
Stop trying to force people to do things, especially when it's medical! We know what we're doing for food's sake ><

[Freemints30]

coming from some one with flat feet as well. Yikes, that seem like way too much hell for something very few people would even bother noticing any way.

[OttoGruenwald]

I was told I should go bald. Thank god I didn't listen.

[IdiotWithPencil]

"Your son has autism because you gave him bread. If you give him grain free diet, he'll be cured."

0.o

My dad constantly tells me to stop eating bread or grain when I said I have some red dimples on both my arms (I think they're made from my shirts rubbing my arms) or when I say anything, damn that bread brain book

[minerrale]

It was the only way to make her understand, sadly... But hey it worked! I have so many stories like that with my mother