The part of the whole phenonmnon that most puzzles me is how much trouble people sometimes have with “you can always not respond”. “He's wasting my time!” No,

The part of the whole phenonmnon that most puzzles me is how much trouble people sometimes have with “you can always not respond”. “He's wasting my time!” No, you're _choosing_ to waste your time; make better choices. “But I can't help myself!” That's your problen, it's not the other guy's fault. I've even seen people say literally that they were being forced to answer newbie questions. (Edit: for example, see the comment in this thread that characterizes question-asking as “harassment”. Annoying, perhaps. Harassment? Spare me.)