BKSir -> RE: Can I get that on a silver platter for you? (8/15/2009 12:04:17 PM)
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I can see both sides of this. We were all new at something once and asked questions that we should have been able to answer by ourselves with a little looking around and/or common sense. Be it at a new job or this or whatever. But it's the constant ones that can be a bit... trying? And there are some questions that seem noobish if worded or read slightly wrong. For example, some people asking about, as someone brought up, knot tying. Yes, there are a gajillion places to learn how to tie a knot. I know how to tie knots. That's easy enough. But let's look at an example question. "I'm looking into trying out shibari techniques, any advice please?" Read one way and it could easily seem like someone is asking "Will you please go out and research this for me and provide me a ton of links so I don't have to go to the effort of doing it myself?" Yes, very annoying. Read another way it could sound like "I find this to be interesting and would like to try it out, but, all of the books out there are just one persons point of view. I'd like other opinions on things such as what kind of rope is best to use, how tight do poeple think is too tight, and do you know of any reuptable places to purchase this rope that most people seem to prefer? Also, I already know how to tie a hundred different knots, but, which ones work best for this in your opinions, as a knot that's great for tying a boat in the harbor might not be the best for tying someones wrists?" It's a lot in how the query is perceived I think. Then there are those that, yes, just sad and pathetic. The ones that, no matter how you read it, they come off as sounding like "I'm a 39 year old that has never had a date, HELP!?" Sorry, there's nothing we can do to assist you in this. You have some other, major issues that you need to work on if you're unable to figure out how to socialize with a person after 39 years of life. >.<
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