What Outdated Advice is Complete BULLCR#P Today?

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🗓️ 18 August 2025

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0:00.0	What cliche, outdated advice is complete bull crap these days.
0:05.7	Only use the internet after six because it's free then.
0:09.1	I got this advice in the mid-2000s and with the phone company would only use the internet after 6pm.
0:14.2	So it's bizarre to think that that was ever a thing.
0:17.4	You should learn how to use the card catalogue at your local library.
0:21.6	If you'd like to make a call, please hang up and try again.
0:24.6	If you need help, dial your operator.
0:27.6	My grandma told me that to find where a restaurant was, you looked up their phone number in the yellow pages,
0:32.6	called them and asked for directions.
0:34.6	As someone who worked at a restaurant hostess before, the amount of people
0:38.5	that actually asked for directions was honestly astonishing. There were also a lot of people that
0:42.7	asked for the address. My grandma was advised to drink Guinness when pregnant because it was iron
0:48.3	rich and she was a little anemic. She got the same way in her last year of life and took great
0:53.2	pleasure in reminding us all that she needed her
0:55.6	medicinal Guinness. When you get near the end of pregnancy, the baby will move less because they run out of
1:02.0	room. That is some outdated and dangerous advice. Any change in normal movements or reduction in
1:07.3	movements should be checked out ASAP by a midwife or doctor.
1:14.0	When on vacation, it's unsafe to carry cash.
1:15.8	Use Traveler's Checks instead.
1:19.3	American Express Travelers Checks. Don't leave home without them.
1:23.4	I remember getting Travelers Checks on the first big trip I took without my family,
1:26.8	only to then find out that practically nowhere took Travelers checks, and then when they did, you got your change back as cash anyway.
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