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You should do your own research before disrupting others. It's basic politeness.
by mgaunard 3y ago
You should do your own research before disrupting others. It's basic politeness.
- jagged-chisel 3y agoOh, I’m not going out of the way to find someone to interrupt. But we’re already having a meeting or discussion and by the way, do you have any quick tidbits on this thing? Especially if the thing was a new topic in the meeting. I’m happy to research and guess. But if it’s convenient (for everyone) I’ll pipe up asking for whatever morsels you have that will save time.
- aeonik 3y agoResearch takes too long if you have access to sources directly. Documentation is rigid, and assumes the reader has some level of familiarity and state. Growing up on the Internet has led, for me, to have a very eclectic and fragmented knowledge base. Speaking with someone affords me to skip all the BS and more precisely target the information I'm after, it also gives the other person the opportunity to spot and fix XY problems, or to refer me to somewhere that will be more fruitful. Also, I don't know where the threshold for "polite" is. I can research something for a decade, and people will still be frustrated with me.