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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali
True, but there are also times where it's far better to avoid pitfalls rather than experience them. The point is, it's more likely you'll be able to make better decisions by at least considering advice and taking those things into account. You can still get to where you're going without having to hit every pot-hole on the way. Learning and experience is a good thing when you make good decisions that lead to good outcomes, or, at the very least, outcomes that you don't end up having to live with and regret for the rest of your life. The kind of respect I'm talking about is being mature enough to take things under advisement instead of automatically assuming that your own perception of things is the best method for you... especially considering the fact that people change DRASTICALLY in the way they think throughout their lives. I think it's better to put more weight on an opinion that knows this, rather than one that is completely ignorant of it, as is true in a lot of cases.
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I agree with you completely especially the part I bolded. I respect their wisdom and take their advice into consideration when venturing into something that I have no experience in but I also like to screw up for myself and hit those same pot holes. Maybe I'm just a different kind of person than you are but I don't mind hitting every single pot hole a long the way if it means that I can learn from those experiences on a 1-1 basis. I want first hand experience...not to just completely avoid something based off of some third hand experience/tales. I want to enjoy life and live it just like they were able to.
I just don't like how they feel because they have this wisdom that the younger generation owes them some sort of automatic self righteous type of respect. It's completely egotistical in my opinion.