I try linux probably 2 times per year, every year, and at least hop between 5+ distros. Every time I run into issues, I ask the community, and I am completely shit on.

"Go back to microsoft you dumb fuck". Like ok. Didn't realize a distro completely nuking itself by me clicking update in the software manager was a me problem, but sure.

Every time you comment something like this, nice people come in and tell you how the Linux community is so accepting, followed by 30 comments telling you to kill yourself lmao.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your problem is you didn't run some arbitrary command first that's only explained on a random blog not indexed by Google. Or you used the wrong distro and should have used X which has two other secret commands no one will tell you about, but once you spend 6 months learning the Linux kernel it all makes sense.

[–] Polar@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

But if you copy/paste random commands from the internet and it breaks your distro you're stupid.

But I'm not gonna tell you how to do it via GUI. So here, copy this terminal command.

[–] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I think tech support is inherently bad for the soul.

I volunteered some time answering a few questions on a few Linux forums and chat rooms, at least the ones I could answer, and over time I would get more and more annoyed at the people who wouldn't help me help them: unable to actually describe their problem or the steps they've already tried, and sometimes becoming aggressive towards me when my first suggestion was something they either already tried.

But obviously it's wrong to take it out on Bob just because you were previously annoyed with Alice in an earlier interaction. Still, over time, it starts to leak into your interactions with new people who don't deserve it, and the repetitive iterations start to foster a particular toxic attitude that requires you to walk away. At this point my contributions are shielded away from actual people, where I fix things in wikis or documentation, rather than actually helping people troubleshoot real live issues.