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The XY problem is asking about your attempted solution rather than your actual problem. This leads to enormous amounts of wasted time and energy, both on the part of people asking for help, and on the part of those providing help.

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otp@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Providing clarification is important…but to me, it seems prudent to just ask what one actually wants to know in the first place.

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- Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Honestly XY is hard to put into practice.
  
  It wants the Asker to elevate themselves to the level of thinking as the Answerer and have the forethought to ask “the right question”.
  
  But it lacks the perspective of what it means to be new at something. When you’re new, you have no context of what the hell anything is. So you throw spaghetti at the wall and ask is this how you make pasta.
  
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  - otp@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I think in this case, the OP should’ve just chosen one question and put it in the title, then left the post text blank.
    
    If the question they wanted to know didn’t get answered, they could’ve had conversations with the commenters where they gave more detail about why they asked the question.
    
    A post consisting of two different questions in two different places (and nothing else) just seems counterintuitive to me.
    
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    Daft_ish@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Who dude, just answer the question. If answering or asking doesn’t appeal to you just move on.
    
    I thoroughly enjoy all the answers I’ve received and the discussion around it. Sorry I don’t live up to your “no stupid questions” question standard.
    
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