Playing as Black: What to do Against King Pawn Opening Advance

This opening drives me nuts as black. It seems to be the opening with a lot of tricks for white. Usually, I just copy the very first move, moving my king pawn forward 2 squares.

I'm curious about another potential move and perhaps a slight continuation.

Possibilities:

Starting Out: Open Games
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626232452/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen134.pdf
Starting Out: Ruy Lopez
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627024240/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen53.pdf

First Steps: 1 e4 e5

https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7790.pdf
The Petroff: Move by Move
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7530.pdf
Starting Out: The Sicilian
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627122350/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen123.pdf
First Steps: The French
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7611.pdf
Opening Repertoire: ...c6.
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7673.pdf
The Pirc: Move by Move
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7604.pdf
First Steps: The Modern
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7700.pdf
The Scandinavian: Move by Move
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626232217/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen171.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7270.pdf
My First Chess Opening Repertoire for Black
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9050.pdf
The Alekhine Defence: Move by Move
https://www.everymanchess.com/downloadable/download/sample/sample_id/69/

"... For beginning players, [Discovering Chess Openings] will offer an opportunity to start out on the right foot and really get a feel for what is happening on the board. ..." - FM Carsten Hansen (2006)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf

A low theory and solid choice is 1...d5. It's called the center-counter or scandinavian defense.

A high theory choice, that none-the-less allows you to survive the opening almost without fail is the pirc. It involves the moves d6 g6 Nf6 Bg7 0-0 but can lead to complex middlegames.

1...e5 is what I recommend.

OP says he doesn't like it thought so  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

I guess he thinks it has a lot of tricks for white (and that's probably true)

It's usually a crutch opening for noobs.

I should know, I played it for many years.

But it's not as bad as you make it sound. Here's Carlsen winning with it in the Olympiad vs Caruana.

Sure it's a 2nd tier opening (no top GM will use it as a main weapon) but it's good enough to play now and then even at that level, so there's nothing fundamentally wrong with like the Latvian gambit or something.