This happens once a week: me: <learns a thing by doing it> me, on twitter: "I'm doing XYZ" rando: words that boil down to "oh, you just wasted $200 and are going to have to deal with a mess because you're dumb and did the wrong thing" why do people do this?
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4/ What sort of response do people expect? "Oh, thanks, that's a good point. I guess I'll just throw away my new barrels and chainsaw, and plow under my pumpking patch, and tear down the new fencing I put up" ?
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5/ I think it is possible to give advice well. (a) probably wait until asked (b) but in any case, say "X worked for me; I had Y problem; maybe your Z is different". 'b' conveys information without being judgmental / absolutist / status conflict.https://twitter.com/CameronWood65/status/1033043710680989697 …
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6/ e.g. Q: "
@morlockp I just bought an Echo chainsaw; is this good?" A: Never had one, so can't say. Had a friend who had one who thought it was underpowered, but this was 1998. Different model now? I have a big Dolmar for cutting logs but your needs may be different.Show this thread -
7/ Amusingly, my anti-autistic behaviors are 100% synthetic, hand-crafted to emulate good human behavior, by a Spock-like brain to which none of this comes naturally. Wife and I call this "my human emulation mode". https://twitter.com/Mongol_Lawyer/status/1033046036548399105 …
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