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A question to the people HELPING THEM!

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-31 11:08

The correct title of this thread is ``A question to the people HELPING THEM!''. The omission of BBCode is because of technical restrictions.

Let's say you come upon a cretin asking for help. The language is VB, Java, PHP, or basic C. He's too much of a dolt to use the [code] tags. His code is offensively bad and his question is easily answered by a quick google search. Add some imageboard vocabulary and lack of any punctuation whatsoever for good measure.

Why do you help people like these?

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-31 11:12

>>1
To make people like you grind your teeth.

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-31 11:13

>>2
You're shitting in your own world.

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-31 11:22

>>3
What I don't understand is how people can be such a dog in the manger.  If you have skill in something, but don't want to help someone else with that skillset, then that's your call; it takes a really bitter person to begrudge other people for doing something nice where you shunned doing anything.

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-31 11:26

>>4
See >>1
his question is easily answered by a quick google search

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-31 11:31

Google this "Why do you help people like these?"

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-31 11:34

>>5
Irrelevant.  Wouldn't you also be helping him by telling him to "just Google it?"

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-31 11:35

>>7
I'd be teaching him to help himself. Fish, etc.

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-31 11:38

>>8
Void if he comes back and asks you about something else.

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-31 11:43

>>9
Hopefully he doesn't come back. Even the most obtuse moron should see a pattern after his first three questions are replied with "google it" (and, surprisingly for him, the solution turns out to be really easy to find!).

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-31 11:45

>>9
It depends upon how easily searchable the answer is. Queries that are more interesting than that will get better respect from me.

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-31 12:06

>>11
That is understandable.
But that brings me back to >>4: if you require some amount of respect to consider helping a person, then that is your call and I probably could not argue you away from that position.

Still, there is something wrong about replying "just Google it," at least in our profession, in my opinion.  I don't want to create a "look-up table" programmer; I'd rather create a "what is my program doing [here]" analytical programmer.

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-31 12:08

>>4
There are hundreds of sites to get programming help at where people like you hang out. Go there and feel good about yourself. I don't need to tutor newbs to enjoy my knowledge of ani haxing.

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-31 12:17

I don't need to tutor newbs to enjoy my knowledge of ani haxing
Since you don't help them anyway, you have no reason to care if someone else does.

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-31 12:23

>>13
I think you should just leave.

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-31 12:23

>>2,4,6-7,11-12
Get out greennames.

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-31 12:26

>>16
¿¿¿???

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-31 12:27

>>17
They are using exploits to make their names appear green and their posts move the thread to the top.

I have reported this issue to Mr "Vac" Bob.

Name: Greenname 2010-07-31 13:10

>>16
NO!

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-31 13:44

You know, there has been a lot more sageing here recently than there used to be. I blame the influx of 2ch users.

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-31 13:57

>>20
there has been a lot more sageing here recently
You sayin' that's a bad thing?

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-31 14:13

>>20
s/blame/support/;

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-31 15:45

>>21
I'm just sayin' it's interesting how someone seems intent on pretending that /prog/ used to have a golden era of sage before summer when an inpour users from the image boards lead to a sharp decline in post quality, when none of that is true.

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-31 16:49

>>23
I do believe you impute intentions which aren't there.

Personally I fully support the default-sage mindset, and it's not because I believe there was once some golden era of sage. What do I care what happened then? - I want it to happen now.

Even if I did believe in such a time it doesn't mean I'd support its continued application out of sheer orthodoxy, and I don't really imagine any /prog/lodyte thinking that way either.

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-31 17:05

>>24
impute
*imply

BACK TO THE IMAGE BOARDS FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-31 18:18

>>25
Impute does not mean imply. If I'd meant imply, I'd have said imply. Now piss off.

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-31 18:33

>>26
Now piss off.
*gb2/b/

NO U!!

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-31 21:58

>>23,24
Please optimize your use of spoiler tags.

>>25,27
Please stop posting.

Name: >>24 2010-07-31 22:48

>>28
Please optimize your use of spoiler tags.
Mine were optimized out.

Name: Anonymous 2010-08-01 4:44

>>29
You don't optimize essential features out!

Name: Anonymous 2010-08-01 5:34

>>28
Please stop posting.
* gb2/v/

GO BACK TO B WITH YOUR GB2 SHIT FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

Name: Anonymous 2010-08-07 3:17

>>31
Please fuck off.

Name: Anonymous 2010-08-07 5:35

>>32
NO UUUUUUU!!!!!!!!! U- U- !!

Name: Anonymous 2011-03-08 18:55

TO ANGER YOU ANON-SEMPAI!

Name: Anonymous 2011-03-08 21:13

>>1

Do you realize it's the same person asking the question and answering it just to piss you off?

Name: Anonymous 2011-03-08 21:58

>>36
He probably does.

Name: Anonymous 2011-03-08 22:01

The correct title of this thread is ``A question to the people HELPING THEM!''. The omission of BBCode is because of technical restrictions
This is the first time I've laughed at a MediaWiki reference on /prog/.

Name: Anonymous 2011-03-08 22:18

If i help them or not depends on how much they entertain me.

Name: Anonymous 2011-03-08 22:37

>>1
I help them because I fucking hate you.
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