Especially in my early days venturing into Python (with which I am still only casually acquainted), I’d google a problem and end up on an SO question outlining my exact problem, only see “closed as duplicate” or a bunch of snarky comments about how the questioner didn’t RTFM or whatever.
Why do they hate people asking questions on this site specifically about asking questions? Part of being a noob is not just about not knowing the bare facts of a thing, but not knowing where to look for answers or even what to ask.
While I’m on this soapbox, I hate it when people say “just google it.” because most of the time I see that phrase it’s because that forum post is the first google result.
Anyone who unironically says just google it, and doesn’t google it themselves and provides a link to a concise answer should be shot on sight.
Same for the RTFM crowd. So many manuals are filled with so much fluff that just gets in the way of actually being useful.
Yeah. If you’re gonna be all high and mighty at least prove you’ve read it by citing chapter and verse to help the noob.
And sometimes it’s impossible to google something if you don’t know the correct keywords to find what you are looking for.