Boom! The jackals were on him in an instant, tearing away at any and all weak spots. It was pretty funny.

So, yeah, I've been guilty of this myself, but lately I've been trying to pay more attention to what people are saying and why. The Dreamweaver dude had plausible reason for his preference. But every time he mentioned something he liked about it, two or three people jumped in to explain how he could do that with TextMate or Vim or whatever.

While I think people were mostly trying to be helpful, a good part of this had to be the opportunity to show off specialized knowledge of this or that tool.

It's why trolling is one of the best ways to get help.

Don't ever ask how to do something; assert that something can't be done.

You'll get a flood of people wanting to show off and prove you wrong.

(Someone one has written about this behavior, and has an Internet law or rule named after him regarding this, but I can't recall who. I'm counting on everyone here to jump in and show off their knowledge by providing the name. :) )

Oh, and I assert that the quote can't be found.

It's not a named law, but this quote pops up on reddit from time to time.