Yeah the muscle man from the meme wouldn’t assume where the beanpole lives.
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NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
Can I just say that is awful advice. There’s an easy way to save it:
“Tell me where you are and I’ll give you a few good options to start with”
When the poster is clearly a hopeless beginner this kind of response is useless and overwhelming in information that they have no chance of understanding.
MadBob@feddit.nl 8 months ago
Windex007@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It’s amazing that you want to enter this space, and I’d love to help you achieve your goals with every resource I have.
As you learn and grow, I hope you’ll eventually consider augmenting your goal to include native species, which will bring the added benefit of maximally helping the ecosystems in which you are a part.
GBU_28@lemm.ee 8 months ago
A touch sanctimonious but legit reply overall
Rodeo@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
No, it’s great advice, and if they can’t figure out to google “native flowers in my region” after that then they really are hopeless.
Why is the onus always 100% on the people trying to help, while the newbie gets a free pass on not putting in effort? Frankly if the newbie put some effort in they probably wouldn’t have even needed to make the post in the first place.
Of all the hobbies and random niche things I’ve taught myself on the Internet over the course of 15 years, I’ve only ever had post questions twice. Whatever question one is asking has already been asked and answered. Very, VERY rarely is someone looking for information so niche that it doesn’t yet exist on the Internet.
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
Have you ever tried to google a specific question like this about a topic you’ve never dipped your toes in? It’s impossible to start.
frezik@midwest.social 8 months ago
Meno’s Paradox for modern times.
Rodeo@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Yes, many times. You’re wrong, it’s perfectly possible, and I know because I’ve done it myself.
Maoo@hexbear.net 8 months ago
Wrong. The first step in gardening advice is to call someone a kkkracker
BigHaas@hexbear.net 8 months ago
Help! I can’t get my morning glory to bloom?