That guy in the Discord told me to just read the docs and I snapped

I was stuck on a Python loop for 2 hours and this user named DataWizard42 just kept telling me to read the docs. I finally asked him 'what part exactly' and he said 'the whole thing, it's all there.' Has anyone else dealt with that kind of unhelpful gatekeeping?

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leep891mo ago

DataWizard42 sounds like a total pain. I've been there too, spent an hour on a regex issue only to get "check the manual" back. It's frustrating when someone acts like you're stupid for asking a real question.

carr.brian1mo ago

Wait, am I the only one who actually used to be that guy? I used to think telling people to read the docs was the most helpful thing ever. But @leep89 is right, I had a moment a few months back where I was totally stuck on a Docker compose issue and someone just said "it's in the docs" and I wanted to throw my laptop. Realizing how that feels really changed my mind. Now I try to at least point to the exact section or example that helped me, even if it takes an extra minute.