This post resonates with me as someone who tried to get into Unix as a very young person. The culture at the time felt like people really wanted you to figure i

This post resonates with me as someone who tried to get into Unix as a very young person. The culture at the time felt like people really wanted you to figure it out by yourself. "Read the man pages, they have the answers." If someone thought that's all I needed, I could expect no further guidance as if I didn't deserve to be a user. That was very discouraging when I was twelve. I don't think this article would have existed without that terrible culture. Man pages are still here. I still use them. But, who in their right mind these days would suggest to a brand new user, RTFM or GTFO and leave it at that.