I'm supposing that the reason there are an abundance of noob questions is likely due to the name of the forum/board itself. In academia "101" is generally accepted as being for beginners. I can see how a noob might be easily confounded as to why there are so many smart alecs/snark sharks on a "noob/101" board.
Just say'n.
Dan
You hit on something here, that has always been my beef about this very topic.
Although most of us are serious sign people and want to be shoulder to shoulder in rank with fellow sign people.... we never know what's on the other end of that cyber keyboard. While it says s101 and that sounds like a beginners gates to freedom of the trade....... in my understanding..... it still is for professionals, students and anyone wanting to get into the business. Anyone trying their best to get better, achieve a goal or just wanna pass around trade topics. What it's not for is those people who come in here pretending to be in the trade, when in fact they are just trying to by-pass their local sign shop by buying a cheap cutter and coming here asking stoopid questions which are so evident, it ain't funny. When it becomes quite obvious within just a few posts or requests, the majority of people will pounce on them.
Why is it, none of these wannabees try their hand at being an electrician, a dentist, school teacher, or buy a restaurant franchise or a Dairy Queen ?? Cause it takes too much time, costs too much and they want a cheap fix. If you're dumb enough to hand over the family jewels just because everyone deserves a fair and decent start..... I got a bridge you might wanna buy, too.
Look, it doesn't take anyone too long to recognize a wolf in sheep's clothing, does it ?? Unless you're another sheep and it's dark outside. Most people will jump the gun while others may set a pace for this kind of trend/witch hunt. I don't like liars. That's in any form, whether it be words, deeds or just personality. Back-pedaling and stoopid answers are the biggest give-away to someone who has seen this for years on end. Ya never heard of it until the internet. Even when computers first came on board, they were still tools and used well by sign shops for a decade. However, with modern technology, the lamest person can now generate signs of all kinds and not know a single thing about the trade..... or care about codes, safety or other important aspects of the trade.
It's quite simple. I wanna help those who want to help themselves... and grow into respectible sign people. A$$wipes, hobbyists and wannabees are 99.9% worthless and don't deserve a break. Maybe, just maybe one here or there could change their stripes, but that is truly a rarity.
Is this behavior good.... bad ?? I dunno, but at least I have a method and stick to it.
I've seen so many good answers and replies to newbie questions and even lurkers/trolls questions/threads and they still b!tch. That's because, unless the answers are given by their standards, they don't even know a good one when it's staring them straight in the face. Do you understand how much that happens, not just here at s101, but out on the street... in life... in general. People are all looking for that quick-cheap fix for everything and when they don't get it..... they cry and complain about how cruel the world or government or whatever they can blame is to them.
Okay, I'm done for a while. Wait til after 6 and I'll really tell ya what I think.............
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