>The parent comment is already trying to do what they want, but encountering a challenge.
>Telling someone to do what they are already doing and ignoring the question comes off as inattentive and/or dismissive.
That makes sense. Thank you. That said, it was pretty clear in my mind that I meant they should use their own best judgement as that's likely the best way to get what you want.
Perhaps what I should have said was:
Unfortunately, I don't have a good answer for you about
that, but if you find that jarred garlic tastes weird/bad,
then I imagine you'd prefer just to use the fresh stuff.
That said, I don't know if it's jarred garlic in general or
just the stuff you purchased, but the jarred stuff
*definitely* tastes different than fresh garlic.
I appreciate your time and effort in explaining this to me.
I can't change the past, but I can try to do better in the future. I hope to do so.
> "Just restart your computer"
I'm reminded of one of the Jargon File's "AI Koans":
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A novice was trying to fix a broken Lisp machine by turning the power off and on.
Knight, seeing what the student was doing, spoke sternly: “You cannot fix a machine by just power-cycling it with no understanding of what is going wrong.”
Knight turned the machine off and on.
The machine worked.
I think the confusion stems from a response that seems to be a non-sequitur/ orthogonal to the parent statement. Because of this, readers struggle to fill in the intent, charitable or not.
>>I want to use it, because it seems like such a convenience, but every time I buy a jar it tastes...weird/bad.
>I suggest that you do whatever you want/prefer.
The parent comment is already trying to do what they want, but encountering a challenge.
Telling someone to do what they are already doing and ignoring the challenge/question comes off as inattentive and/or dismissive.
for example:
"Every time I restart my computer, I get a blue screen error code. do you have advice? "
"Just restart your computer"
It is hard to read a logical but charitable intent. The most charitable I can get is not understanding the question, or an error in the response.
Hope this helps