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If you had to give one piece of advice that is pretty much universally applicable, what would it be? (sh.itjust.works)

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I wouldn't dare defile Douglas Adam's memory by not mentioning that you should keep a towel with you at all times, but my second contender is a surprisingly short three-parter:

never lie.
never tell the whole truth.
never pass up a chance to use a real bathroom.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If someone says X, but does Y, this doesn't mean they are not right about X.

Other example, if someone is raising public awareness about littering in nature and is then caught throwing a plastic bottle into a forest, does that mean they are wrong?

Sure, it's shitty, but that doesn't make them wrong in saying that people shouldn't do it, even if they are not living up to their own words.