How to give advice. By Vibreo

1. Don't.
2. If you must give advice, try not to.
3. If you fail at that and then really really have to give advice, try to give very general advice. For example if a guy tells you his girlfriend is pregnant and he doesn't know what to do then tell him "Do unto your neighbor as you would have them do to you" which is pretty vauge, or quote Family Guy or The Simpsons. If you manage to make them laugh then just shrug off having to give them advice.
4. If all of the above fail then give advice, advice should be short, clear and true. It should be derived from your own experience (if you don't have any and your friend is still asking then he's an idiot) and should be what you consider true, that way if your wrong then you can at least say "Well that was the best I could do at the time" then quote Family Guy or The Simpsons.

The most important thing is this if ever you find yourself in a situation where your advice has a direct effect on your friend, take my advice and never ......