Apathetic college grads, beware: You can do a lot worse than “Follow your bliss.”

Perhaps as a rebuttal to the past month full of commencement speeches, valedictorians’ manifestos on optimism, and well-intentioned greeting cards telling cap and gown-clad youths that they can “be anything,” redditor orange_lazarus1 invited the Ask Reddit community to answer this simple question—just in time for graduation season:

“What’s the worst advice you have ever received?”

In response, over 2,000 comments poured in, like so many mortarboards plummeting back towards the Earth in a beautiful display foreshadowing the inevitable deaths of their wearers’ dreams.

While some embittered users reflected on the truths they wished they knew before incurring student loans (hint: Don’t tell someone not to go to law school two days after they graduated), others looked back on a lifetime of misguided counsel that they received on, well, pretty much everything.

Whether offering tips on dating, dealing with bullies, or recovering from injuries, sometimes a friend or family member’s two cents just ain’t worth a dime.

Below are just a few of the best-worst tips on what not to do as you go on. And remember. All the times you. Had. Together…

On Relationships

On Depression

On Bullies

On Auto Repair

Poor Choice of Words?

To read all of redditors’ responses to orange_lazarus1 call for bad advice, check out the original discussion on Ask Reddit. Just remember that every click happens for a reason…