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		sskates on Jan 21, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why the Fuck? If someone claims that "you should always do X" and then proceeds to do Y, isn't the fact that they did Y evidence that "always do X" isn't a good rule?

jamesbritt on Jan 21, 2013 | [–]

No. It suggests it's easier to give advice than to follow it.

neumann_alfred on Jan 21, 2013 | [–]

Only if "because I do it" is their one and only argument for "always do X". Which it rarely, if ever, is.

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