I have a question, can anyone help?
You left out an important detail. Please provide it.
Oh sorry, here is half of what you asked for.
Yes, but that’s still not all of the important details I asked for.
Oh sorry. Here’s the rest, but with a serious misunderstanding.
Let me clarify. I need this exactly.
Oh OK. Here you go.
Hi I just discovered the thread and instead of being helpful I’m going to explain to you why you would never want to do what you’re asking.
Hi I just discovered this thread and would like to point out how you could Google this yourself but I also will not actually provide any help.
I just jumped in to call you a n00b and make an ironic joke.
Hi I’m the original responder and I have a solution you can try.
I tried your solution but it didn’t work.
Can you explain more why it didn’t work?
Well let me give you half an explanation leaving out several important details.
I guess I’ll need to ask for the rest of the details then.
Oh sorry, here are the rest of the details including a very important detail that I left out of the original problem that you could never have guessed.
Well I will have to take a slightly exasperated tone and say that you should have told me that in the beginning. So now let me propose a different solution.
I want to jump back in and point out that I can’t see any earthly reason why you’d want to do what you’re asking, but at the same time provide no real useful help to the thread.
I just want to make another ironic joke.
I the original poster must now ask a question that was actually answered in the latest proposed solution.
I will politely refrain from pointing out that if you read my last post more carefully you would see I answered that, but instead just repeat that part verbatim without further commentary.
Oh, got it, I will try that. I will then not respond for several weeks.
Hey, it worked. Thanks for all the help everyone!
December 26th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
So true
December 26th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
That is unbelievably accurate. It’s like I was there.
December 26th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
very random Christmas day post, but totally true
December 26th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
how right you are tom. as tech support here its hard to deal with that bit left out and that bit that should have been put it at the begining
December 26th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
You left out ‘I haven’t read the thread, but have the exact same problem. Any fix yet?’.
And its cousin ‘I haven’t read the thread, but think I have the exact same problem, even though it’s entirely different. Any fix yet?’.
December 26th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
OK. That about sums it up. Nothing more to say. I guess we can shut down the internets now.
How much is used tubing going for on e-Bay… I mean craigslist… oh wait… we’d have to go back to the want advertiser?
…..nevermind. :*
December 26th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Also:
Hey loser! Check the older forums before you create a new thread about an old problem. There is also no way I’ll link to it either.
December 26th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
I think there’s a flaw in your last step, Mr. Merrit. Most of the time, when it works, people don’t bother to report back with their success and thank anyone. Then, a few months later, someone with the original problem finds the thread and asks if the solution worked, and they are ignored.
December 27th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
There’s some nice additions here. I may have to do a revised edition and add some of these.
December 28th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
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