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"word of advice for young people"

  • You can use Krazy Glue in lieu of surgical stitches. For when you’re, you know, too poor to go to the emergency room. Or trying to avoid explaining things to the police.
  • The Renaissance Faire may not be the source of all your problems, but it sure as shit isn’t helping any.
  • You’re probably doing something that bugs the next guy twice as much. Clam up and get on with your life.
  • Powdered cocoa won’t put out the fire.
Badnewshughes offers sound advice, apparently based on his own difficult experiences, all of which seem hilarious in vicarious retrospect. (via boingboing)
footnote 1: I'm willing to bet that Starchy could have used this list a little sooner in life.
footnote 2: Yes, I only link to blogs that use the same template that I do.

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