People snarkily say LMGTF or RTFM to an otherwise reasonable question. It’s been established in research that humans use different terminology to refer to thin

People snarkily say LMGTF or RTFM to an otherwise reasonable question. It’s been established in research that humans use different terminology to refer to things. This is known as the “vocabulary problem”[1]. Beginners in particular don’t use search like experts. They need help knowing what to Google. Documentation is written by experts, and writing towards beginners is a different and more challenging skill. Finally there’s way more beginners than experts. Often it’s the experts that need a dose of humility learning how hard it actually is to teach someone. Don’t be a jerk, offer to help, learn to improve your teaching abilities to new people. 1 - https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/32206.32212 https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/32206.32212