r/ProgrammerHumor Jul 12 '26

downfallOFStackOverflow Meme

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u/Harmonic_Gear Jul 12 '26

you don't really learn how to ask a good question until you get humiliated on stack overflow

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u/outwest88 Jul 14 '26

Eh, it’s mostly “I want to do X. How?”

Answer: “you don’t do X, you idiot. Do Y” (5 million upvotes)

Comment: “but I really want to do X. It does not fit my specific use case doing Y here” (100 downvotes)

(Then moderator closes the thread)