On Wed, 02 May 2012 22:44:21 +0300, Ralf Mardorf
<ralf.mardorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 2012-05-02 at 15:28 -0400, Taylor Hedberg wrote:
Jeremiah Dodds, Wed 2012-05-02 @ 15:18:03-0400:
> A poking, or an RTFM, sure. All I'm saying is that what you posted
> doesn't help the noob. RTFM helps the noob. Pointing out that this
> place has nothing to do with Mint, even mockingly (even at Drepper
> levels of intensity), helps the noob.
>
> "Making a joke" that is only a joke to people who know enough not to
> do the thing the noob did does not help the noob.
>
> It's not your responsibility to help, it's also not your
> responsibility to hinder. We were all dumb noobs once, and I for one
> don't feel good if I plant misinformation in someones head,
> intentionally or not.
+1
Not replying at all is preferable to replying sarcastically in a manner
that might be misconstrued (however naively) as serious advice.
+1
+1
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