I'm among those who are really pissed off when I see honest questions being answered with 'RTFM' or 'STFW'. I am relatively new to PHP, but by no means am I new to programming: like everyone else here, I already know how to RTFM and STFW. But sometimes I like to get an opinion from a real person: correct me if I'm wrong; is that not the purpose of a list??
The purpose of this list is to help those who are willing to help themselves. Rarely on this list will you see a RTFM reply to a well thought out question to a problem that isn't so well (if at all) documented. Asking for opinion's is fine too, and I don't think you'll find many on this list who will 'RTFM' someone asking for an opinion as long as the opinion hasn't been asked a gazillion times before ("What's the best editor to use for PHP?").
If you're going to answer with an insulting 'RTFM' or 'STFW' then don't even post. Your noise is not helpful. Go find a list where everyone already knows everything so you can masturbate all you want.
You're talking to people who have been on this list, helping people for years now (and I'm not speaking of myself), and your suggestion to them is to go elsewhere? What I find less helpful is a holier-than-thou soapbox speach.
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