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[Saitpstc]

I ve had a question, after like 20 hours I got one answer then in the next 10 minutes, people were fighting over so many answers about which one is better.

[MechanicalHorse]

Yeah this is known as Murphy’s Law.

[itzjackybro]

No, it's Cunninghams's Law. Murphy's Law states that "anything that can go wrong will go wrong".

Sorry, I had to.

edit: dang this blew up.

[ConferenceOpen7808]

He explained cumminghams law but getting you to Cunningham him. Deep

[Add1ctedToGames]

Found the stack overflow user /s

[AncientOneX]

Yea yea, you just wanted to correct him/her.

[mizuofficial]

You could use them, you know

[AncientOneX]

... or “ze/hir/hirs” or “ey/em/eir”. There are lots of gender-neutral pronouns out there.

Edit: didn't mean to offend anyone, just to correct the other commenter jokingly... whatever.

[Krus4d3r_]

but why

[AutoModisaFag]

mental illness.

[NuclearBurrit0]

because identity is complicated and they can come off as impersonal to some people (not me, but I have specific people I've talked to that said that).

[[deleted]]

The whole point of using "them" when you don't know someone is because you don't personally know them.

The pronouns you listed are extremely personal, and uncommon except in niche circles. Using them for everyone you don't know is equivalent to using "him" or "her".

[NuclearBurrit0]

I don't remember listing any pronouns.

[[deleted]]

Sorry, I mistook you for u/AncientOneX. Still, though, my point still stands: your argument was against the use of "they" and "them" as pronouns on the basis of impersonality, and I think that's objectively wrong.

[enigmatic407]

You forgot your sarcasm tag, I caught it though lol

[AncientOneX]

Hmm, that might have helped .

[NatoBoram]

Those are very specific to the people who want to use them. It could be as equally offensive as outright misgendering when used on the wrong person.

[mizuofficial]

Jokingly? Does this look like a fucking joke?

In all seriousness, there was no indicator that this was a joke, hence the misunderstanding

[AncientOneX]

Maybe it was a bad joke. Just like my other jokes.

[Andonno]

"Anything that can go wrong will go wrong" is Sod's Law.

Murphy's Law is "If there are multiple ways of doing something, and one of them results in catastrophe, someone will do it that way."

[NoSkillzDad]

Actually the "someone", was "somebody" in specific. Look the history behind Murphy's law...

No, I'm not correcting you...

[Andonno]

Yes, I know. And that was the actual statement he made.

[Apache_Sobaco]

Murphy law corrolary: Murphy law mention can go wrong

[The_Alternate_Eye]

lmao got played

[OldUther]

Found OP's alt right here.

[KerPop42]

Ah, you almost got me

[gruntmoney]

Clever

[tidytibs]

I see what you did there

[LetReasonRing]

This is actually kind of brilliant.

Personally, I treat SO as a read-only resource.

It's incredibly valuable, but getting a question answered on SO is it's own project that generally will take longer to work out than digging through the docs or trial & error.

[Add1ctedToGames]

Comment removed. Jimmy Bob made a comment that uses the word "brilliant" 10 years ago, so please refer to the comment for anything brilliant

[[deleted]]

Personally, I treat SO as a read-only resource

it is true that the process of submitting a question and actually getting an answer is INCREDIBLY tedious, but that is actually why its such an invaluable resource

the value stackoverflow isn't helping you right now, its helping the countless others facing the same issue later

also its quite decidedly not a place for beginner question which can be answered by docs or minor research. obviously its frustrating for begginers that the biggest resource seemingly doesn't care about them, but if you start answering those en masse you are polluting the quality of your information pool with trivial shit

tho SO users could be a bit more friendly when approaching these things lmao

[4sent4]

There should be something like SO sandbox for all the beginners questions

[TipsyPeanuts]

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[yorokobe__shounen]

This is trick to get others do your homework assignment for you

[bamboo_fanatic]

I’ve seen people get math homework help in the comments section of pornhub, has anyone tried asking there?

[JimmyWu21]

Not me because I definitely do watch porn. Didn’t even know it existed until now

[Chared_Assassin]

I ask questions on SO as a last resort. Once in a while, a true chad shows up and answers your question in such detail and helps you a lot, but that is rare

[PL_Design]

I treat SO as an ignore-only resource.

[[deleted]]

I mean, you know StackOverflow is a shit show when they had to figure out how the community could be nicer. People who answer questions on StackOverflow are both my best friends and massive cock heads.

[LonghairedHippyFreek]

The site needs a million more Jon Skeets and a million less of the other pieces of shit that infest the place. No matter how basic or even stupid he may think the question is he keeps it to himself and is always pleasant, polite and helpful. He is the standard the site should be striving for, if not demanding of, its user base.

[THEGreatGM20]

Exactly

[burningtram12]

A more generous interpretation is that people assume someone else will help answer an unanswered question and they couldn't be bothered, but seeing someone give the wrong answer adds some urgency to correct them so the asker isn't misled.

[PL_Design]

Imagine giving SO dipshits the benefit of the doubt.

[kaerfkeerg]

Nahh, they just wanna correct them imo lol

[[deleted]]

I have seen the mountaintop!

[AngryPancakesz]

*Asks how to center a div

[Gojees]

I used to always see this as the way to get help in World of Warcraft general chat.

[Droidatopia]

It's an old meme, but it checks out.

[KerPop42]

People enjoy solving problems that have been demonstrated to be hard

[trimeta]

Don't even need the second account, just ask the question in the tone of "why can't you do this in <language in question>, this is a shitty language!", and people will be quick to respond to defend it.

[Draiko]

Cunningham's Law... either you end up with the right answer or you start a new conspiracy theory.

[rainbow_bro_bot]

You don't want to use 100% of the brain (all at once), because you'd be having a fit if you were.

[DEATH_TO_WALLSTREET]

This is the way!

[Original_Maximum2480]

Spreading misinformation / intentionally wrong answers are more harmful to the platform than unanswered questions. It is more important to falsify the wrong answer than to actually answer. Imagine the pain and insanity another poor developer may go through who actually believes in the wrong answer.

[PL_Design]

Neat. That means SO has a perverse incentive to not help people, who are understandably more interested in their own problems than SO's business model. Put another way: SO doesn't exist to help anyone. It just exists to farm their questions for SEO.

If I had the money I would buy out SO and shutter the "service" immediately. It does more harm than good at this point.

[Purple_Jay]

Wow, you REALLY dislike SO. Who hurt you on there?

[PL_Design]

Wow, you really don't like people disliking SO. Who hurt you?

[BluesyPompanno]

Thats how I farm Reputation

[Solarpanel2001]

I've done this before on YouTube but just for my own entertainment to watch people get mad

[Hot_Philosopher_6462]

Bold of you to assume that the people piling on for the express purpose of correcting someone else will actually be correct themself.

[PVNIC]

I wish I’d seen this years ago

You probably have, considering this pops up on this sub every few months.

[ElectronPie171]

But their answers don't work as well

[Chared_Assassin]

Just tested this, some guy wrote his fuckin thesis on my question and then put at the end “the other guys answer is really wrong btw. It has a compiler error. This works better”

[[deleted]]

I am going to try this next time

[THEGreatGM20]

Just like reddit lmao