what makes me laugh are the people on this forum with the knowledge to help beginners, instead would rather make and comment on such an asinine thread as this,then actually lend a helping hand, along with a kind word to people wanting to learn. its obviously much more fun to stick out your finger and say " nanny nanny boo I know more than you!!" as if you were born with this knowledge. if no one ever helped you or gave a single word of advice carry on. but remember you were once a "noob" as well.
why would these actions make you laugh ?
not sure the intent of this thread was so sinister, although there certainly are some mean spirited folk on this forum
and there are some imbecilic noobs too, who could perhaps do with some lessons in politeness ?
sometimes its rewarding to help noobs , sometimes noobs will blame you for their own errors
when they do this i do not get offended i just will no longer assist them
i do not believe spoon feeding is the best policy either, noobs can sometimes act in a very ungrateful manor
they expect to have their hand-held, when they do not get the answers they wish to hear they act in a mean-spirited way
of course i think these types of noobs are in the minority, most of them are reasonably polite and willing to help themselves
just a few bad noobs spoils it for the rest of them. could be one of the reasons we get threads like this one
peace