OTOH, wanting to do y for other reasons, finding an xy SO post on Google, and not being able to get the answer because it went off topic about rather or not y i

OTOH, wanting to do y for other reasons, finding an xy SO post on Google, and not being able to get the answer because it went off topic about rather or not y is the solution to X is frustrating. Bonus points, ask y again because the other question answered z only and get it closed as a dupe of the other question.