Toxic linux communities moment: - eviltoast
  • SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    It’s one of the things that I like the most about lemmy over reddit. The reddit linux community was toxic, insular and gatekeepy, even as a moderately experienced linux user I had difficulty getting help.

    “Learn how to Google noob!”

    Fuck sakes, I just spent several hours deep diving forums and Web search results looking for an answer to my question, and the only thing I could find that was exactly my problem was concluded by OP editing their post to say “Ah, never mind, figured it out.” And not including the solution…

    • Liz@midwest.social
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      5 months ago

      It should be legal to hunt that person down and clamp a lobster to their nipples.

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        5 months ago

        Oh there’s a special place in hell, where Satan from the movie Little Nicky is, waiting for these people…with lobsters and a pineapple.