Especially in my early days venturing into Python (with which I am still only casually acquainted), I’d google a problem and end up on an SO question outlining my exact problem, only see “closed as duplicate” or a bunch of snarky comments about how the questioner didn’t RTFM or whatever.
Why do they hate people asking questions on this site specifically about asking questions? Part of being a noob is not just about not knowing the bare facts of a thing, but not knowing where to look for answers or even what to ask.
While I’m on this soapbox, I hate it when people say “just google it.” because most of the time I see that phrase it’s because that forum post is the first google result.
Yeah. If you’re gonna be all high and mighty at least prove you’ve read it by citing chapter and verse to help the noob.
What perplexes me about the rtfm and google it answers is why would someone waste their time to type it out?
They must think there’s something in it for them. I guess they place some value in being seen as a twat. Granted at work I work hard to cultivate that image for productivity reasons. But why do I care about random internet strangers on a pseudo anonymous webshite?