Member Since: 12/8/2009
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Bad advice you've got from the internet
Have you ever had a problem, google'd it, and taken the advice, only for it to be horribly wrong? Whether you burned yourself, think you have an illness and searched your symptoms, or have a spot you need to get rid of asap, have you used what you read online only to find out it didn't work, or made your situation/problem worse?
I took some crappy advice recently as I had a science project that was in for class a few days ago, I hadn't finished so planned on staying up the night to complete it. I hate drinking coffee, so naturally I used google to find some ideas when it came to staying awake. One site claimed Bananas kept you wide eyed, so I ate three or four; two hours later, half way through my project, I fall asleep at my desk - turns out the site was dead wrong, and Banana's don't keep you awake, in fact they do the opposite and put you to sleep - granted I was also really tired, but the Banana's seemed to zoink me out quicker than I normally would.
I've also lost count of the amount of times I've google'd a symptom I had when I was ill, only to find websites saying I had a nasty disease or was going to die.
Don't limit to just problems like this though, I'm sure a few people have searched for advice when it came to boyfriends, girlfriends, husbands, wives, annoying friends, etc, only for it to be ****.
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