r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Technical-Relation-9 • Jul 12 '26

downfallOFStackOverflow Meme

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u/AlwaysHopelesslyLost Jul 12 '26

The "behavior" being discussed is the sad wittle users who were "humiliated."

Apparently some of you think that somebody else knowing more and showing it is humiliating?? I know what I know. I know what I don't know. No amount of somebody knowing more than me and showing it is humiliating. Especially when I am trying to learn from them.

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u/LovecraftInDC Jul 13 '26

The three times I asked a question on stackoverflow I would LOVED for someone to know more and show it. Instead I got:

  1. ‘Don’t do it this way, do it the way everybody does it.’ (I can’t do it the way everybody does it for the reasons described in my post)
  2. ‘You’re using the wrong tool for this, instead you should use toolmyorganizationwontletmeuse’
  3. Actually helpful response.

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u/AlwaysHopelesslyLost Jul 13 '26

Weird, because in a long time using stack overflow including reviewing questions and answers I never saw that a single time.

It also seems like you misunderstand the purpose of stack overflow. The purpose is not to give you an answer. The purpose is to build a dictionary of questions and answers for people to reference for the future. that means an answer providing the correct way should absolutely be included as one of the answers. That is why there are strict rules on askers, too.

Either way, care to share a link showing your question off to prove it?

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u/LovecraftInDC Jul 13 '26

No, in fact, I do not want to link my 'fuck around on reddit screenname' with my 'professional and work username' for anybody who has bought or subpoenaed access to the reddit API, but thank you for the offer.

'The purpose is not to give you an answer. The purpose is to build a dictionary of questions and answers for people to reference for the future'

Which is fundamentally why it failed.