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The majority of times people have said “why don’t you just...” to me the answer is that if they understood what $thing was trying to do they wouldn’t have asked
by LeonB 7y ago
The majority of times people have said “why don’t you just...” to me the answer is that if they understood what $thing was trying to do they wouldn’t have asked the question. They’re not being “assholes” they’re just headed toward it from a wrong assumption (they’re assumption is that they understand what $thing does, but they don’t.) so my advice to anyone suggesting just do $x is that they need to try to understand what they don’t understand about $thing, don’t even worry about $x.
- esotericn 7y agoSure, so the answer is 'because I'm doing $thing and $x doesn't work'. They're literally asking _why_. If you take it as a statement i.e. 'just use $x' then that's a completely different matter.
- LeonB 7y agoIt would've been easier to explain $thing without having to stop and consider $x. Effort was expended for no gain.