"Talk to any FOSS acolyte about something and the conversation will often go like this:
You: I'm having a problem with [proprietary software], I'm really frustrated.
Them: scoffs I don't have that problem because I use a custom rom dinglebop shitfuck linux distro that allows me to [technical jargon that you don't know or care about]
You: uhm, okay. Could you give me a recommendation that'll allow me to replicate my workflow in [proprietary program] ?
Them: Uhm yeah (sends you a program that is incredibly hard to set up and cannot replicate your workflow at all)
You: I don't really understand how this works?
Them: okay well post in the discord
You: posts in discord Uhm people were just really rude to me and told me to just read the forums.... I watched some tutorials but they're all like 2 hours long and this is a lot of information."
The author doesn't come off well at all here, and that's while they're talking to a strawman. They sound like an entitled child.
You: I'm having a problem with [proprietary software], I'm really frustrated.
Them: scoffs I don't have that problem because I use a custom rom dinglebop shitfuck linux distro that allows me to [technical jargon that you don't know or care about]
You: uhm, okay. Could you give me a recommendation that'll allow me to replicate my workflow in [proprietary program] ?
Them: Uhm yeah (sends you a program that is incredibly hard to set up and cannot replicate your workflow at all)
You: I don't really understand how this works? Them: okay well post in the discord
You: posts in discord Uhm people were just really rude to me and told me to just read the forums.... I watched some tutorials but they're all like 2 hours long and this is a lot of information."
The author doesn't come off well at all here, and that's while they're talking to a strawman. They sound like an entitled child.