• dohpaz42@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    I would tell them. Because I’d want someone to tell me before I do something extremely stupid that is also extremely expensive.

    Now if they decide not to listen, then I’ll grab the popcorn. At least then my conscience would be clear.

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      3 hours ago

      I have learned in my life that the more I just tell people the answer the fewer opportunities they have for learning. Much of my knowledge comes from personal exploration and knowing when I need to ask for help and I’ve decided that I need to allow others to do that, too, and if I don’t I’m just taking that from them.

      In this case they’d probably get a “you sure about that?” and that’d be the end of it. They’re only going to hurt themselves, it’s not like they’ll get anywhere far, so this is a great chance for some learning.

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        2 hours ago

        I get that. And for the most part, I’m right there with you. But I also believe that there are some things that don’t need to be learned the hard way. And personally, I’m kinda sick of learning everything the hard way. Sometimes people just need a bone.

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      2 hours ago

      If you tell them they’re only going to do something equally or more stupid in the future. If you don’t they will learn their lesson, albeit the hard way.

      I may not be a great candidate for parenthood…