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What's the best wax-on-wax-off-style advice you've heard that you can attest as being helpful in certain situations? (lemm.ee)

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"Don't be a protagonist in someone else's story" You shouldn't make decisions for someone else, nor prevent the results for their actions. You can help, advice, but should not intervene without permission.

(Except if the someone in question is a kid, then you probably should intervine)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Don't be a side character is someone else's story either