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13 hilariously awful life tips found in magazines

Good advice! Not.

TOP TIP: DON’T follow these tips.

1. Ladies, gently stab your man with a fork.

He’ll love it.

2. “The sugary texture of your tongue will add an interesting new dimension.”

3. Burn him with piping hot candle wax!

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4. Don’t have a hair tie? Use a thong.

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*shakes head*

5. They “look cool”, do they?

6. Flirt with your man by accusing his Dad of coming on to you.

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7. “Elegant” might be stretching it.

8. Very cool look.

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Such chic, such fashion.

9. Well, if he says it.

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*stuffs €3 Penneys necklace in toilet roll, forgets about it immediately*

10. Nope.

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11. Just some normal dinner chat.

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Couldn’t be construed as mildly threatening/aggressive at all.

12. Here lads, don’t be donating to those pesky charities.

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Just keep the collection bag for yourself and you’ll come out of the situation looking real good. 

13. Finally, we don’t even know what to say about this.

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We’ll take your word for it, Davina.

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    Dec 3rd 2019, 4:51 PM

    The fact that they say “by default” means that there is probably a legal loophole that says they can.

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    Dec 3rd 2019, 4:59 PM

    @Peter Cavey: yes. By asking users permission first.

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    Dec 3rd 2019, 5:03 PM

    Call a friend & mention something like a piece of jewellery or clothing , then go on fb & an add will pop up for that product!

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    Dec 3rd 2019, 5:08 PM

    @Colette Kearns: yeah. That happened to me. Tested the theory by opening Facebook and talking about skiing, something I have never done before. Then with an hour, skiing gear for sale ads.

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    Dec 3rd 2019, 5:12 PM

    @Peter Cavey: it’s great isn’t it. So convenient !

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    Dec 3rd 2019, 5:20 PM

    @Peter Cavey: You agree to this in the T&C’s of Facebook which most people have never read.

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    Dec 3rd 2019, 7:07 PM

    @Colette Kearns: Not quite !! if you use Facebook platforms -such as messanger or whatsApp then they can do that – but if you just a call your friend on your mobile and have a conversation Facebook have no way of targeting you as you infer in your comment.

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    Dec 3rd 2019, 7:24 PM

    Wouldn’t trust any of them as far as I could throw them. Think I read recently that Data has now become more valuable than any other commodity …. scary the amount of wealth these big techs are sitting on! Still google assistant is a very very impressive piece of technology

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    Dec 3rd 2019, 5:39 PM

    They don’t, they just pass it onto the NSA as they get it?

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    Dec 3rd 2019, 6:20 PM

    “Automatically” is the key word here.

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    Dec 3rd 2019, 6:23 PM

    When Trump talks about new sheets on the phone he sees nappy ads on FB Biggly

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