What's more boring than CT-ing rat femurs?

[techie222]

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Reading aaaaalllll the questions from people asking for advice on making decisions.

What is up with that?

Is it because they want to follow someone else's advice, that way if things are less-than-ideal down the road, the author of the question can blame the person who provided him/her with the advice instead of his/her self? Almost like a type of insurance?

Is it because the author is unsure? Afraid that any decision he/she may make on her own carries too much risk with it, so he/she tries to gauge that level of risk by asking for feedback?

What happened to taking chances? To trusting our intuition, our instincts, our beliefs? If you were to ask someone if they needed someone else's opinion on what to wear, would he/she say yes as readily as she would to the question of whether or not he/she needs someone's else opinion about medical school applications? What about what to eat or what movie to see?

Too often, it seems like the authors of these advice-seeking-questions do not have an opinion to begin with. What happens then? We lose our identity. We lose what makes us, us. If you are somebody else, then who are you? The phrase "stop and smell the roses" would apply perfectly here if it only read "stop and smell yourself and hope that you are not wearing cologne."

 

[236116]

I love the scent of meta in the afternoon.

 

[135892]

Maybe they just want another, perhaps different, perspective?

 

[binko]

Usually when I post advice-seeking questions, I just want to see how others interpret the situation. Also the process of explaining the situation to strangers often helps solidify my own decision... kind of like when you look in the fridge and you don't know if you want tofu salad or the leftover lo mein, so you ask your roommate which you should have, and they say "Idunno, have the tofu I guess" and at that moment, it becomes clear to you that you wanted the lo mein all along.

 

[dw2158]

I love the scent of meta in the afternoon.

👍

Usually when I post advice-seeking questions, I just want to see how others interpret the situation. Also the process of explaining the situation to strangers often helps solidify my own decision... kind of like when you look in the fridge and you don't know if you want tofu salad or the leftover lo mein, so you ask your roommate which you should have, and they say "Idunno, have the tofu I guess" and at that moment, it becomes clear to you that you wanted the lo mein all along.

story of my life. (only i would ALWAYS want the tofu.)

 

[bodonid]

Usually when I post advice-seeking questions, I just want to see how others interpret the situation. Also the process of explaining the situation to strangers often helps solidify my own decision... kind of like when you look in the fridge and you don't know if you want tofu salad or the leftover lo mein, so you ask your roommate which you should have, and they say "Idunno, have the tofu I guess" and at that moment, it becomes clear to you that you wanted the lo mein all along.

now I don't have to write my own response. yours is better than mine was going to be. i don't care much for tofu.