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.


While this reply might have happened in earnest at some point, it has since gained copypasta meme status. The fact that you found it on new reddit would make such satirical usage most likely.
Sure you’re not thinking of this classic?
https://www.reddit.com/r/github/comments/1at9br4/i_am_new_to_github_and_i_have_lots_to_say
That’s copypasta. This one’s 2 years older:
https://github.com/twitter/the-algorithm/issues/1999
Might or might not be patient zero.