The way I see it, there's two kinds of people that come through here - The ones that are here to legitimately hang out, learn, and such. We fall into that category. I've read the "common questions" thread backwards and forwards.
Then there's the one hitter quitters - they come in all huffy and puffy, don't really care how things work here, they just want their question answered NOOOWWW!!!! And how dare you clowns try and get me to look somewhere that the answer already exists!! They end up storming off all huffy and puffy just like they came in because they didn't conform to our little community standards, and got laughed out. Those are the folks this thread was aimed at.
I'm guilty of it too with other forums on other topics. Go in for an answer and leave without a goodbye.
We all are,....I go to the other places for the same reasons as most new guys do here, but I do try to look first before I leap. The internet is slathered w/ quick answers, and sometimes trying to search through the 50 bajillion threads that come w/ each long termed forum (like this one) takes longer than most have patience for. While I'm typically not the one to offer a first reply to a painfully dumb question, It doesn't help to let the new guy stand outside for days before anybody answers.
I started here asking questions about 4 banger stuff. When nobody answered after 2 days,..I got all p issy back then too.