[arch-general] wget

[Taylor Hedberg]

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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