What’s the best advice your father has ever given you?

He said "Son, when you grow up, will you be the savior of the broken, the beaten and the damned?"

I never got to meet mine.

Never trust in politicians.

White people will never accept you/see you as one of them.

When I was a kid I thought he was chatting pure shit based purely on his own experiences of racism. Most of my best mates at school were white, racism was a thing that old people had to deal with, the next generation was going to be better, got reggae and ska in the charts, we even have TV shows like Desmond's and The Real McCoy showcasing increased diversity on TV!

Fast forward 30 years and nah, he was 100% right.

When carrying something: "Two hands!"

Get your car serviced twice a year. I do a full service and a light six month one and my cars have lasted a damn long time as I got things fixed before they broke.

Comb your hair you idiot you look Greek

I'll never forget what my father said to me before he kicked the bucket.

He said Son, how far do you think I can kick this bucket.

Nothing. All guardian males in my life were either absent or selfish to care. The sperm donor left me with my alcoholic mother with no contact or finianical support. Second male "children are to be seen, not heard". The third laughed when I had to scrape up pennies for gas money for work and school, while he was stocked up on smokes and beer for the week.

None of the honor of being called father.

Never gave me any. I'm sure it'd be terrible.

"DON'T MOVE YOUR FUNDS!!" He said this as the market was crashing in 2008. He was correct...kept my 401(k) in the same allotment, and it all worked out.

Robin Friday said:

I'll never forget what my father said to me before he kicked the bucket.

He said Son, how far do you think I can kick this bucket.

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Hahaha...that's good.

I really don't like how my Dad is barely in my life. The very few times we spoke... it was like he knew exactly what kinda guy I was. Just a shame he doesn't care.

Be a leader, not a follower.

I could have used that good advice more growing up, but I've been thinking about it a lot lately with 2 young kids of my own.

I never really received any advice from him that I can remember, he was mostly out of my life before he died.

Don't run with anything sharp in your hands.

I know most kids are told that. But this actually worked because he fell with a knitting needle in his hand when he was younger. That eye is not a pretty sight.

There are three things that [inapproriate term for an uneducated man] can't do: close the door, turn off the lights, and close the faucet.

All governments are shit.

My father:

Me: ...

rubber up

No one will ever love you and you will die alone and no one will come to your funeral.

It's a mixed message.

Just being an example as a good person. He didn't need to tell me anything to be my model.

He raised me as a Sega Soldier in the Great Console Wars.

"You're an idiot now, were an idiot yesterday, and you'll be an idiot tomorrow"

Zvonimir Boban said:

White people will never accept you/see you as one of them.

When I was a kid I thought he was chatting pure shit based purely on his own experiences of racism. Most of my best mates at school were white, racism was a thing that old people had to deal with, the next generation was going to be better, got reggae and ska in the charts, we even have TV shows like Desmond's and The Real McCoy showcasing increased diversity on TV!

Fast forward 30 years and nah, he was 100% right.

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Spot on. I relate to this a lot, and have been reflecting upon it recently. It's sad, miss the innocent days of being a kid :/

"You blow your nose like a girl"

And also "don't cut corners and look for the easy way out"

Not really advice, but he gave me a student credit card at 18 because he trusted me to be good with money. He advised to only use it for groceries and gas. I'm glad he did so because it made my credit really stable early on.

Zvonimir Boban said:

White people will never accept you/see you as one of them.

When I was a kid I thought he was chatting pure shit based purely on his own experiences of racism. Most of my best mates at school were white, racism was a thing that old people had to deal with, the next generation was going to be better, got reggae and ska in the charts, we even have TV shows like Desmond's and The Real McCoy showcasing increased diversity on TV!

Fast forward 30 years and nah, he was 100% right.

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I can't tell you what your experiences are or how to feel about them, but I don't believe this is true. Racism exists, clearly. But all of my friend groups are very diverse and love and accept each other dearly.

"meets expectations" isn't good enough

How to change to hdmi 1.

"Be a leader not a follower." Basic ass advice but it was impossible not to get pumped up by the way he said it with such conviction

Same advice his dad gave him

"Keep your pecker in your pants and no one gets knocked up"

Once my father explained me how to correctly stab someone, out of nowhere.

Never have use that advice.

"Always tell a woman she's beautiful...especially if she isn't." It sounds bad but it's more about letting everyone you're close to know they are valued.

"Don't abandon your kid and leave their mother to raise them single-handedly"

Well he didn't so much say it as I inferred it based on his actions and consequences.

Cry early, because I'll keep hitting until I see tears.

Never finish inside.

"Don't get married."

Not because that's such great advice, necessarily (although YMMV). But I can't really think of much advice he gave me that was actually helpful. (In fact, much of it was outright harmful.)

Never got any.

Diunx said:

Never finish inside.

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Terrible advice. Just get snipped.

srsly? said:

"Don't get married."

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Fantastic advice.

Measure twice, cut once. That, and "Go sit down."

My dad wasn't the type to give advice, that sounds like some made for TV dad stuff. He just taught me by example. He was super into sports and I was a artsy/music kind of person but he never gave me shit for it, he didn't even try to change me. He encouraged me to like what I like actually.

I also got some of his sense of humor. I left my oldest once with him (He used to work as a mechanic at a a gas drilling company).

Me: How is my son doing?
Dad: Huh, Hell I don't know, I don't see him.

Nothing is insurmountable, no matter how dire a situation may feel.

Don't open a pizza shop.

Don't take life too seriously

"man up, no one respects someone crying and complaining"
"Never drop the car wash sponge on the driveway"
"You won't know until you try"
"Money will not just show up at your door you have to work for it"
"Don't touch my computer"
"Make sure the washer is aligned before screwing in so you don't ruin the thread"
"I don't care if your ex slept with the president you never call a woman that ever again"
"Don't try to please everyone like me, people will take advantage"


I mean....my dad taught me everything but video games. I would be lost with out him.

"never volunteer for anything" although as a former soldier and cop he didnt always follow his own advice and neither have I as a teacher but as a general message, delivered cynically, I pass it on.

Didn't get any advice from him

When I was a boy, my daddy sat me on his knee, and he told me, he told me many things. And he said, "Son, there's a lot of things in this world that you're gonna have no use for. And when you get blue, and you've lost all your dreams, there's nothin' like a campfire and a can o' beans."