one-sided forbidding
Where you're bossily told not to do something, but your autocratical orderer doesn't have any other ideas of what you should do instead.
I personally don't allow anyone to direct any one-sided forbidding in my direction... if someone imperiously demands that I not perform a certain action which I feel is harmless and/or necessary, I calmly ask said dictatorial blow-hard what I should do instead, and if he says, "Well, I have no idea, but don't do THAT!", I disgustedly wave him off and reply, "Well, until you do come with an alternative action to suggest to me, I am gonna continue with my method whether you like it or not --- you can't just go around telling people not to do stuff unless you know of some other reasonable course of action to suggest to him instead!"
one-sided forbidding by QuacksO February 13, 2020
