Jeremiah Dodds, Wed 2012-05-02 @ 15:18:03-0400: > A poking, or an RTFM, sure. All I'm saying is that what you posted > doesn't help the noob. RTFM helps the noob. Pointing out that this > place has nothing to do with Mint, even mockingly (even at Drepper > levels of intensity), helps the noob. > > "Making a joke" that is only a joke to people who know enough not to > do the thing the noob did does not help the noob. > > It's not your responsibility to help, it's also not your > responsibility to hinder. We were all dumb noobs once, and I for one > don't feel good if I plant misinformation in someones head, > intentionally or not.
+1 Not replying at all is preferable to replying sarcastically in a manner that might be misconstrued (however naively) as serious advice.
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