That is my experience as well. I grew up learning many clichés, proverbs and tips, but most of them didn't really mean anything to me until I experienced them first-hand.

I suppose tips like these are like uninitialized pointers - they aren't really useful until you have experiences to attach them to, but after that they are a handy way to access those experiences quickly.

I find it funnier than sad. But, I agree with you completely.

I enjoyed the article but that is a good, if unintentional, criticism of the article.