[cylon13]

It’s never bad advice to consider something.

[klyrs]

To the contrary, consideration takes time, and rules of thumb are valuable to mitigate overthinking.

[rstuart4133]

"Consider using threads" is only safe advice if the person doing the considering knows how to dealt with the (usually unwanted) non-determinism threads introduce.

Only a small fraction do, but threads look so simple on the surface the rest don't realise they are walking into a mine field.

[a1369209993]

No, it's frequently bad advice to consider something. See eg https://www.xkcd.com/1445/.