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> After being burnt by a person who never wanted to do anything in a conventional, well-supported way* and kept making that explicit request, I have given up vo
by AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago
> After being burnt by a person who never wanted to do anything in a conventional, well-supported way* and kept making that explicit request, I have given up volunteering my time to appease them.
That's fine and completely fair. Just don't provide unasked for answers as an alternative.
- fiddlerwoaroof 6y agoI’ve found (on both sides of the conversation) it’s really effective to find a third party that consistently asks what X is: when I’m on the “answering” side of this problem, I’ve generally found that saying something like “Y is impossible” or “Y can be done this way but that’s usually a bad idea, why do you ask?” Goes a long way to being effective at answering the question.