15 Dumb 'Life Pro Tips' That Aren't Very Helpful

There are a lot of people out there who like to offer advice online. Sometimes it's helpful advice, but perhaps more often, people will give you deliberately malicious advice. For instance, if you post on Reddit asking for help fixing your broken electrical outlet, a helpful commenter with a "wholesome" award will recommend you stick a fork into the socket and wiggle it around until the electricity starts working again. Hopefully, you don't do this, because there's a good chance you'd die, and the Redditor would feel no remorse.

Today, we're calling out some of the bad advice we've seen online. It ranges from deliberately evil to just plain stupid, and while some are more obvious attempts at making a joke, others are very suspiciously specific or even surreal. Here are a few funny times people gave advice online that you probably shouldn't try for yourself, even if you could, because they'd only create more problems, and none of us have room or that in our lives.