However, I think maybe a lot of people are misinterpreting what some of the suggestions in the article actually mean. Really, that’s the fault of the author for not being clear in meaning.

For example, the one about not staying with friends ISN’T saying you can’t stay with friends – though it’s easy to interpret it that way. It’s saying that just because you’ve booked a flight to Melbourne, don’t automatically assume your friends will be cool to let you crash. As it says in the article: ‘Mentioning that you plan a visit to another city may lead to an invitation to stay with a friend or family member, which you may of course accept; assuming that “it’s cool if you crash” is not.’
And the same goes for the one about friends helping you move and so on.

She doesn’t say “use a hankie” but is suggesting that although having a roll of toilet paper on the coffee table to handle the current flu season might be acceptable to you, if you’re having people over, the least you can do is put it away and provide apologies for a lack of tissues later. No one wants to see a roll of toilet paper outside a bathroom unless the reason is entirely obvious.

What the article is really saying is that by the time you’re 25, you should understand that the world doesn’t revolve around you. People have their own shit to deal with and, sometimes, it means they can’t incorporate your needs, too. If they can’t let you crash with them or can’t help you move, it doesn’t make them bad friends / scumbags. In the same way, you should be able to consider how your decisions affect others when you make them.

I’m not actually disagreeing with any of your arguments. I AM apologising for the author’s ability to create a degree of misunderstanding that they did not intend (which can be seen in her responses to similar rants in the article’s comments section).