Hello people. I haven't posted here for a fair ol' while, partially because of a somewhat turbulent relationship with the various internet companies, that and the last time I really posted I ended up in a massive argument with most of the Escapist population... Anyhoo, I'm back to talk about a particular group of people. I don't have a problem with Geeky types as a whole (I'm not a racist, but, etc), but I fucking hate people who think that just because they can use a computer, it somehow makes them better than everyone else. Whenever I have some kind of technical problem, I Google it and check out the forum posts, and I see so much elitism it makes me wanna puke (or reach through the screen and slap the offender into a fine paste, though unfortunately, that ain't an option).
Example-
- Dude with problem: "I'm having trouble with (some mind-bending technical bollocks), can anyone help?"
- Smart-Arse Fuck Nugget: "Just (ridiculously complex theoretical solution). Duh, everyone knows that."
- Dude with problem: "I did exactly what you said, and it didn't help."
_ Smart-Arse Fuck Nugget: "Well fag, you obviously did it wrong. Get a better PC you fucking n00b."
I'm sure everybody's seen it at some point or other, and I know for a fact there's a lot of them exist right here, though maybe a bit less abusive as to not piss off the Mods. There's a lot of obvious reasons as to why these people exist, but I won't mention any at the moment for fear of the aforementioned Mods.
Your thoughts? Why can't they accept that there's a slight possibility they don't know everything? And why is everyone with a different opinion either a fag or a n00b?
Example-
- Dude with problem: "I'm having trouble with (some mind-bending technical bollocks), can anyone help?"
- Smart-Arse Fuck Nugget: "Just (ridiculously complex theoretical solution). Duh, everyone knows that."
- Dude with problem: "I did exactly what you said, and it didn't help."
_ Smart-Arse Fuck Nugget: "Well fag, you obviously did it wrong. Get a better PC you fucking n00b."
I'm sure everybody's seen it at some point or other, and I know for a fact there's a lot of them exist right here, though maybe a bit less abusive as to not piss off the Mods. There's a lot of obvious reasons as to why these people exist, but I won't mention any at the moment for fear of the aforementioned Mods.
Your thoughts? Why can't they accept that there's a slight possibility they don't know everything? And why is everyone with a different opinion either a fag or a n00b?