2 May
2012
2 May
'12
7:28 p.m.
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.