It’s exceedingly common for a question about one narrow thing to be an indicator of desire for knowledge about a broader topic
It’s MUCH more common for a question about one thing to be an indicator of desire for knowledge of just one thing.
There was basically no reason to believe this wasn’t the case here
Except for Occam’s Razor and, you know, how language works.
the incredibly rude response from both of you to a user being helpful is really not a good look.
You’re the one being incredibly rude by insisting that an illogical assumption was the only possible interpretation of a straightforward question and that pointing that out is somehow bad.
If I asked you if it’s raining, would you link me to a deep dive about evaporation and atmospheric pressure? Do you think that would be helpful?
You’re the one being incredibly rude by insisting that an illogical assumption was the only possible interpretation
No, I’m pushing back against how rude the two of you are being.
If you had just stayed silent because you weren’t even involved in this, and if the other user had given a polite “thanks, but I’m already aware of this and just wanted an answer to that one question”, things might have been different.
But that’s not what happened. You came in guns blazing, and so did they. Ironic, considering further down the thread they also made it very clear that they don’t already know the full context here.
It’s MUCH more common for a question about one thing to be an indicator of desire for knowledge of just one thing.
Except for Occam’s Razor and, you know, how language works.
You’re the one being incredibly rude by insisting that an illogical assumption was the only possible interpretation of a straightforward question and that pointing that out is somehow bad.
If I asked you if it’s raining, would you link me to a deep dive about evaporation and atmospheric pressure? Do you think that would be helpful?
No, I’m pushing back against how rude the two of you are being.
If you had just stayed silent because you weren’t even involved in this, and if the other user had given a polite “thanks, but I’m already aware of this and just wanted an answer to that one question”, things might have been different.
But that’s not what happened. You came in guns blazing, and so did they. Ironic, considering further down the thread they also made it very clear that they don’t already know the full context here.
I made one flippant but accurate comment for laughs.
You’re the one who made a huge deal about it by holding your incorrect assumptions to be undeniable Truth.
Just give the windmills you’re tilting at a fucking rest already.