Worst internet advice you followed

[HanSenSE]

As stories about the Internet, bad advice and pu**y go, this thread is a letdown.

I was going to ask if finding a now-ex via online dating counted, but think QYFW covered it.

 

[justgladtobehere]

The internet has been damn good to me regarding solving some of life's mysteries.

The Super Swaddle was a gift from god.



Our little Houdini was getting out of every god damn swaddle when we got home from the hospital and would wake himself up countless time each night. It was heck and we were desperate. I would have paid $1,000 for this information and it was free. He still got out on occasion, but largely slept through the night from then on.

The internet is the forking best.

Being a baby must suck. Being wrapped up like a sausage and having five layers of clothes on me are the worst things I can imagine.

 

[Vombatus]

Being a baby must suck. Being wrapped up like a sausage and having five layers of clothes on me are the worst things I can imagine.

I agree. If I'm not cold, I probably wanted to be naked.

I don't have kids, but friends who have sons have told me that changing their diapers can be heck because the little devils have a tendency to open up their firehose and aim for the ceiling. Or you. And then often they'd spout off immediately after getting a new diaper, thus requiring diaper round #2.

 

[MisterCreosote]

I don't have kids, but friends who have sons have told me that changing their diapers can be heck because the little devils have a tendency to open up their firehose and aim for the ceiling. Or you. And then often they'd spout off immediately after getting a new diaper, thus requiring diaper round #2.

Rookie mistake.

 

[YankeeFan]

The internet has been damn good to me regarding solving some of life's mysteries.

The Super Swaddle was a gift from god.



Our little Houdini was getting out of every god damn swaddle when we got home from the hospital and would wake himself up countless time each night. It was heck and we were desperate. I would have paid $1,000 for this information and it was free. He still got out on occasion, but largely slept through the night from then on.

The internet is the forking best.

We watched "The Happiest Baby on the Block" and it was a life saver.

Follow the Five S's, and you'll be able to soothe a crying infant.

 

[Webster]

As someone who is not handy and lived in an apartment until I was 37, You Tube has been a lifesaver in terms of how tos for basic household fixes.

 

[Spartan Squad]

YouTube has been great at giving advice for simple car fixes. If you need lights replaced in your car, I'm your guy ... unless your car uses some BS proprietary headlamps that "can only be replaced by the dealer."

 

[Pilot]

As a bit of background for the query, my wife and I have two cats who are as thick headed as cats come. We left on vacation for a week at the end of June. In the week-plus since we've returned, one of our two cats has taken up a cat box strike. We had hoped he'd get over it after a few days of returning to a normal routine of his cat box being cleaned and us being home. Instead, the strike continues. Each morning (and often after lunch) one of us must clean up a steaming pile of crap before we can have a steaming cup of coffee.

My wife decided to look online for advice and came across a thing that said cats hate aluminum foil. It claimed if you place it down in the area where they are having accidents, it will compel them to move on, preferably back to their cat box. So she put foil down last night. Not only does my cat not hate foil, he left us a giant deuce on the foil for our trouble.

So that got me wondering, who else has followed seemingly good internet advice only to have it not work at all or go horribly wrong?

Have you considered shirtting on your cat to show it who's boss? That's what I'd do. #BadInternetAdvice

 

[Pilot]

Most of the dumb things I've done and Googled before doing I've done against the advice of whatever threads I found. ... For instance, taking apart and opening a hard drive because you can probably fix it, right?

Don't take apart and open up a hard drive. You can't fix it.

 

[spikechiquet]

I took the advice of a sports blog that said sportswriters should go to games wearing the team jersey and also bench about the refs effing up the game.