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This is a reference to Jordan Peterson I believe

It's not non-advice, it's just indirect, lateral thinking. Also it's pithy and actionable, the best kind of advice.

Often we look for relieve symptoms instead of solving the underlying problem.

It's not highly scored either.

It is solidly actionable advice. Cleaning your room does several things:

- Removes visual noise from your field of view

- Reinforces the notion that you have control over some things within your environment.

- Reinforces the notion that you have a right to take care of your own sphere of life and it is worthwhile to do so.

- Gets you up and moving, which can reduce anxiety.

So to answer your question: it gets posted because the people posting and the people upvoting believe that it is advice. This probably is a frustrating answer. If you could provide more detail about why you think it is non-advice, we might be able to give a better answer.