I asked a question on a forum about why a command wasn’t working. They said I didn’t have an interpreter installed on my computer and were making fun of me. I showed them that I had one installed and that wasn’t the problem, but they continued to talk sarcastically to me without explaining anything. Only one of them suggested the cause of the problem, and he was right, so I thanked him. Then another guy said that if I couldn’t figure it out myself, I should do something else and that he was tired of people like me. After that, I deleted my question, and now I’m not sure. And I don’t think I want to ask for help ever again
It’s weird, IRL and in some online venues, it seems like people are usually friendly and ready to helps newbies learn.
But then plenty of other online spaces seem to just invite elitism and negativity. The culture of ‘rtm’, ‘lmgtfy’ and ‘marked as duplicate’ doesn’t encourage people to respect others.
Ugh, lmgtfy was the absolute worst.
Sending a link to that site was the answer to tell me you’re an asshole without telling me you’re an asshole.