don't ask what communities I was surfing today, you don't want to know

[gnutmeg]

Dear anyone new to any fandom,

    If you have a question about something, please look it up on Google before you ask. I mean, seriously? All asking does is make you look kind of dumb... and that's not a good idea. Everyone knows that first impressions are extremely important in this world. A lot of people won't give you a second chance if you start out badly. Sure as Hell employers won't when you go for interviews. I don't care how young you are, if you're smart enough to type up a post in LiveJournal, you're smart enough to find Google and type your same question into the keyword box.

    Hell, you're even more likely to get a better and more thorough answer through Google. You might even learn more than you'd originally asked for and be able to show off when you go join that community. Don't you think people would love to see a newbie who could come in and say "so I read on [site] that X is not only ____ but also ___, isn't that fascinating?" instead of "is X ____?"

    It may sound incredible to you, but intellegence will never go out of style! Plus you'll be less likely to regret your actions later on, when you become older and wiser.

Sincerely,
    nutmeg


P.S. Typing to be understood is also a good thing. People can't help you if they don't know what you're saying.

Comments

[314159.livejournal.com]

xD I just grin and bear it 8D Some people are just lazy/clueless and expect to be fed things by people who do the work 8D And there's really nothing we can do about those people o_o except perhaps visualize a dream world that would be free of them 8D *sigh* :D

People can't help you if they don't know what you're saying.

Tell me about it e___e *faints*

[lirimaer.livejournal.com]

Yes. People expect to be fed things by me. And have done so for well over a year. Sometimes I give them things, sometimes I do not. Depends how grumpy I am. Usually I just ignore them in the comm then go bitch in my own LJ - like today!

Yeah... I'm practically fluent in L337 and netspeak (it was a joke with my sister and I... we once wrote out Macbeth in L337) but still don't understand what some of these people say. It's bad.