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The fun thing about that is the dude gave you paradoxical advice. If you take theiradvice and don't trust unsolicited advice, then you are trusting unsolicited advice. If you don't take their advice then you are following their advice by not trusting unsolicited advice.
Right? It's why it blew my goddamn mind. I wonder if someone dropped that bomb on him the same way a long time ago and now I'm supposed to pay it forward
I think you should pay it backwards instead ;P
That is the rare actually good advice i think, because no matter what route you go, it is proven logically good.