If giving advices is an art, then I am definitely that science student who writes a five page answer for a two marks question. Lots of words but very little sense.
Growing up, I had tons of people to advise me on things
ranging from career choices to the choice of pickle one should ideally have.
And now that I have grown up [citation required], I take immense pleasure and
feel thoroughly responsible in guiding the young ones. In short, its my turn to
bullshit now!
I've always seen 'ad' standing for advertisement in advice.
Self advertisement to be more precise. "I never got married because I never found the right guy. Right guys are nearly extinct. I'm happy I made that decision. Tum bhi shaadi mat hi karo. Yes, I'm that stupid."
People always want others to do things the way they did
because their way is the only right way. Also making sure not to mention the
consequences, advising is like Facebook, you upload nothing but the best part.
Imagine a cropped DP of a pretty girl and then think of the bigger i.e. cropped
part of the picture.
An illustration:
Uncle: When I was in 12th standard, I'd study Chemistry
every day. Remembering organic reactions isn't easy. So should you.
Kid: But I'm a commerce student.
Uncle: I don't see a reason why you still shouldn't study
Chemistry, son.
Not just uncles, one has always come across that college
senior who keeps advising his juniors about the nitty gritty's of the 'college to corporate culture'. I have too. And I always wondered if all that bullshit
is because he wants to feel important. Or just wanting to be listened to.
Whether he actually used those skills to procure a job. Whether he's thinking
'LOL, fuck you too.'
For some strange reasons, every second aunty you meet has
her own unique solution to skin/hair problems. I don't think there's a single
thing in our kitchens left which isn't a part of an armchair grandma/aunty's
'nuskha'.
Another illustration:
Aunty: Why don't you use my remedies? Apply honey and banana puree. Bilkul mere
jaise baal ho jaayenge
Girl: That's exactly my point.
Taking advises isn't s much of art as giving it is. As
Robert Downey Jr puts it, 'Listen to everyone and then do the fuck you want
to'.
