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DISCLAIMER: The Fine Art of Not Taking Advice (Especially Mine)

 

The Fine Art of Not Taking Advice (Especially Mine)

If you’ve ever stumbled onto a blog in search of wisdom, you may have noticed a pattern: people handing out life-changing secrets like they’re free mints at a diner. Not here. Nope. What you’ll get here is more like the fortune inside a cookie that was written by someone running late for lunch.

Take, for example, financial advice. Other blogs will tell you to diversify your portfolio. Me? I’ll tell you not to keep all your eggs in one basket…unless the basket is really big, made of titanium, and guarded by three very angry geese. Same idea, but clearly less actionable.

Or medical advice. Some blogs will explain the benefits of leafy greens. I’ll remind you that pizza is technically a salad if you squint at the toppings. Don’t quote me on that at your next doctor’s visit, though.

And relationship advice? The best I’ve got is: don’t text your ex at 2 a.m., unless you’re a historian, in which case… maybe you’re just fact-checking.

The point is: life is complicated. Blogs should be fun. And if you ever find yourself taking this blog seriously, please re-read the disclaimer below twice, then call someone who actually knows what they’re talking about.

🚨 Mega Disclaimer 🚨

This blog is not financial, medical, legal, psychological, marital, parental, chemical, scientific, nutritional, investment, career, plumbing, rocket science, relationship, spiritual, tax, veterinary, weather, fortune-telling, DIY surgery, cooking, mechanical engineering, time travel, fashion consulting, intergalactic diplomacy, or common-sense advice.

It is for entertainment, amusement, distraction, procrastination, and maybe mild confusion. Any similarities to people living, dead, fictional,  historical, or not yet born are purely coincidental, accidental, incidental, nonsensical, and probably inevitable when enough words are thrown at a page. If you feel otherwise, please lie down in a quiet room until the feeling passes.  

Proceed accordingly.


Everything you read on this blog is not financial advice. It is also not:

  • medical advice

  • legal advice

  • physical fitness advice

  • psychological counseling

  • marital guidance

  • parental guidance

  • chemical formulas

  • scientific peer-reviewed anything

  • nutritional guidance (unless you count “eat snacks responsibly”)

  • investment strategy

  • career coaching

  • plumbing instructions

  • rocket science

  • relationship therapy

  • spiritual enlightenment

  • tax preparation

  • veterinary medicine (yes, even for your iguana)

  • weather forecasting

  • fortune telling

  • DIY surgery (please don’t)

  • cooking directions (unless you like “burnt”)

  • mechanical engineering

  • time travel manuals

  • fashion consulting (unless you consider “wear pants” consulting)

  • intergalactic diplomacy

  • common sense

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