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    And somehow every single time the problem was so easy to solve, but apparently crying about it is the better solution.

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    [–] [email protected] 30 points 6 days ago (1 children)

    As always the best way to get a response on the internet is not to ask a question.

    The best way is to post a wrong answer.

    [–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (3 children)
    [–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

    You are WRONG! That is Cunningham's Law!

    (Hook, line, and sinker)

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

    Good ol' Murphy. The Hammurabi of the internet.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

    This is right and every body agrees.

    [–] [email protected] 21 points 6 days ago

    Debianees will only answer your inquiry, however, if it is worded in a proper polite way. Here is a proper, polite way to ask for tech support.

    OMG! DEBIAN IS SO PATHETIC! IT CAN'T ________, BUT WINDOWS CAN _____ JUST BY CLICKING _______!

    Rushing to defend their precious Linux, they will give the most descriptive, polite, useful information possible. If you use "normal" manners though, you will most likely get flamed, insulted, and receive at least 10 viruses by email. All of which will be written in "1337", for no appearent reason. Your IP will be traced, and eventually your Linux OS will be hijacked and destroyed. In some cases your CPU might melt from having to handle so much hacking by insecure "Debianees".

    https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Debian

    [–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

    Step (5): realise the lion's share of people have no clue how anything works, and throwing a tantrum is their only (successful) technique to any technical problem.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

    When I worked as a system administrator, I discovered that most people would skip curiosity and go straight for anger and abuse. You collapsed a row in excel again and don't remember how to undo it? Time to call helpdesk and yell at them how stupid they are for breaking your computer again.

    [–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

    In the late 1990s/early 2000s, there was some satire article about how to get most effective Linux support. Just write an angry news/blog article about how Linux sucks because it doesn't (insert the thing you're having problems with here). You bet someone will immediately respond how you're an idiot and you should (insert detailed explanation of how to fix the thing here).

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

    LXDE sucks ass because no one has ever figured out how to mod a search bar into the start menu.

    please for the love of fuck can someone please mod a search bar into LXDE.

    [–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago

    I've switched to Linux because at this point it's easier to deal with problems on Linux than using Windows and getting it to usable state.

    And if something doesn't run on Linux... I use something else, easy as that.

    [–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago

    Nvmd, I fixed the issue

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)
    [–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

    The skip button, it's right there, waiting to be clicked!

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

    That's me but I can't make memes

    [–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

    Is it really clown behavior or is it a 200 iq move?

    EDIT: Because he gets the answer to his problem

    [–] [email protected] 129 points 1 week ago (5 children)

    This is just a variant of the "Ask question, use an alt acc to answer it incorrectly" method of getting help.

    Harness the OCD of the internet (https://xkcd.com/386/)

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

    Linus Sebastian . Is this you?

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

    Actually, the best way is to post a question to Reddit.

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