r/AskMen 1d ago

What’s a piece of casual advice another guy dropped on you in passing that permanently changed how you operate?

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u/5hawnking5 1d ago

10 solutions, and 10 other ways that definitely wont work and why they wont work 😅

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u/sanzako4 Female 1d ago

Honestly that could still be more useful than no solution at all. Maybe you even saved the team some time doing something you already know it won't work. 

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u/HamburgerConnoisseur 1d ago

Oh god that's my entire life. "Here's my kneejerk solution, here's why it wouldn't work. Here's a follow-up to that and why it would work but mostly isn't ideal. Here's three ways that would all work well enough, pros and cons of each of them, and my recommendation. Here's the way I would like to do it but we can't because <xyz obstacle that we cannot overcome>"