At least 50% of the time on SO, the best answer is 3rd or worse, and I'm always thinking, "Why is this not the top answer?"
replyBecause the person who asked the question has accepted the first answer that looked decent enough and moved on.
replyUsually the most superficial, not that it's always a bad thing.
Oh, also on SO there's this kind of exchange:
Q: "I want to do X because of this and that - or because I simply fucking want to".
A: You should never do X, do Y or Z instead.
The "that's a XY problem" guys always seem to think they're the smartest in the room.
replyimo this was the single worst problem with SO, people always searching for the XY problem in every question instead of taking it at face value
replyI might even find an upside in that if it wasn't for the fact that this stolen crowd sourced knowledge will be used to make some billionaires even richer.
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