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Re:Why isn't the internet more fun and weird? by mayniac on Thursday January 31, 2019 @05:24AM (#19043778)
>The answers are ridiculing the OP for asking a totally reasonable question.

Isn't this fairly common for stackoverflow nowadays?

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Re:Why isn't the internet more fun and weird? by linker3000 on Thursday January 31, 2019 @05:53AM (#19043888)
Hell yeah:

I was ridiculed for posting a query about a C++ concept I was trying to learn from one of the authoritative books on the subject - I just couldn't 'get' the syntax being explained.

I persevered and then someone chimed in that, hey, there was a typo in the book's example!

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