Er, I drop in on #emacs regularly, and people there are generally very nice, nothing like you describe. Maybe you tried at the wrong moment and happened to get

Er, I drop in on #emacs regularly, and people there are generally very nice, nothing like you describe. Maybe you tried at the wrong moment and happened to get the attention of the rare jerk or two, or maybe you were doing something that managed to annoy people (you sometimes see people asking questions in very overbearing and demanding manner ... "Give me the answer now!!" etc). Indeed, I'd say #emacs is actually a lot better than typical tech channels / mailing lists etc, and the stereotypical techy "attitude" is largely absent there. If anything the biggest problem with it is not attitude, it's that 95% of the discussion on #emacs is not about Emacs (it's kinda ... laid back), and your question might get lost in the noise...