Laziness or Lack of Common Sense?
 

Maybe it is just my age showing...

Do people realize that there questions can be answered faster by taking the time of either reading the manual or by searching the Internet than posting "NEED HELP FAST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111111111111!!!!" type of questions?

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Yea, but its usually noobs or somone in a panic! anyway I try to help them if I can.
Ive used the search many times with no luck so I cant fault them there,
A google search works usually works better for me.

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Common sense. To be good at being lazy you have to be clever, which clearly these people are NOT.

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Need Help Fast!!! Guys, how do I setup the ESC that coma with my Tamiya kit?? Why does it have a red plug on that ESC?

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Did you make sure the Flux Capacitor was charged? 1.21 Gigawatts!!!!

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Did you let out the magic smoke?

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send the Tamiya kit and ESC to me.. i'll sort it.... :D

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You can take most of these questions and just paste them on google and find the answer in a second or two....Sad.

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THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MODEL AIRCRAFTS!!!!!1111111111

but seriously,,,,, WHAT'S THE BEST AND FASTEST RC FOR ME? I NEED TO KNOW IN 4 HOURS SO I CAN SPEND MY MONEY ACCORDING TO THE ADVICE OF A STRANGER ON THE INTERWEBZZZZ

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Come on guys, any answer to my question? I want to finish the setup and start bashing it... Please help!!!!

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HA, Aren't we a bunch of jerks..lol

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ThunderbirdJunkie can't figure out why his tires won't stay on his brushless truck. Isn't there some sort of bonding agent that can help keep the tires on the rim?

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You need brushes on the truck because that is how the tires get held on.

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duct tape

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Duct tape, Good for everything except duct work...lol

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I honestly believe that many people, especially younger people, have a mistaken belief in their own uniquiness and an overinflated sense of self importance.

If a problem happens to them and they have no experience then it MUST be something new and unique so searching won't be of any use. And it is happening to THEM so it must be fixed right NOW

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Exactly right, you gotta use foil tape on duct work. You could use foil tape on tires as well if you want a chrome rim look...

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Wait until they hit the real world and reality sets in :D

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Isnt the REAL WORLD just a tv show ?

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ah i get it, people with superior knowledge with nothing else to do but bash the lesser knowledgable. it going to be a long winter.

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I highly doubt the ability to use an Internet search engine is considered "superior knowledge".

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Isn't the best search engine at the front of the owners manual?

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I think that depends on the communication skill of the author and the translators ability.
I have seen manuals that are pretty incomprehensible from a poor translation

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Any manual could be read properly...

The amount of time it takes to do so is subjective though [X(]

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But cg is never located in the manual

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...facepalm-1.jpg

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I think I am going to start a thread soon whining about the solipsism of the more "experienced" members on these threads compared to the lack of knowledge and forethought showed in the average noob.....


Sure, to hell with the HELPMENOWWWWWWW crowd but there is a reason these message boards are here, and its not for you to ***** about noobs or show off how much you think you know. Of course, farbeit for me to assume the internet would be capable of producing an adult that acts like one......

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HELP MY RUSTLER VXL WONT STOPP WEELING WHEN I PULL THET TRIIGGER IT IS RUNNING 3S HEPL PLZ ALSO HOW DO I CHANG THE TIRS THE ONES ON THE TRUCK R BALD ALSO WHY DOES IT KEEP BRAKING WEN I HIT A WALL AT TOP SPED


if you can read that, you either are 12 or you read a LOT of posts by 12 year olds.

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Both :)

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Apparently you haven't seen the questions being asked. Yes, it's going to be a long winter, but only because the groundhog saw his shadow in advance.

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Hey guys,
All kidding aside. Have you ever stopped to think what the National Average for reading comprehension is in the US? About the 9th grade level or less! Then there is the matter of common sense! That in its self is another whole ball of wax. Just because many can read the words in a manual they have no clue, or do not understand what they have read! The mental aptitude of understanding varies from person to person, some are mechanicaly inclined, others are a whiz at math. At work I had a mechanic ask me a question on installing a part and torque values. I gave him the manual and turned it to the pages he needed and told him here is the information, you can follow the instructions and learn for yourself if you get into a tight spot let me know. However about 10 minutes later he came over to me with the book and stated very quitely, "I know you are trying to help but I cannot read." This was from a 24yr old. No one in the shop knew! Now how stupid do you think I felt. To make a long story short do not ASSUME some can comprehend what is written on your level. Some can, some cannot, so I would hold the smart replies and egotistic remarks until you KNOWFORA FACT just who you are responding to!
Nuf said!

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I guess my question would be why it so offends some people that questions are asked that most of us learned the answer to the first week we entered the hobby. If you think there is a thread that offends you or is below your level, ignore it. I personally have asked questions here that I thought I knew the answer to simply because I wanted to start a dialog and get everyone else's perspective. What is wrong with that? And finding a definitive answer in the search forum is a crap shoot at best.

For example, I am attempting to cover an old bipe with Koverall. I have the Koverall on the plane. Do I shrink it before or after applying a couple coats of Nitrate? Now, I could probably do a search on "Koverall" or "applying Koverall" and get several hundred threads to read through, most of which will have absolutely nothing to do with the question I am pondering. But there might be three or four people here with direct answers to the question. They give me the answer, I go do my thing, and anyone who is put off by the question in any way can simply ignore it. No problem.

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Here's the deal. Car forums are much different than the airplane forums. In the car forums you can see the same question every other thread some days. in fact if you searched for broken rustler, I bet you would find 3,456 threads on the same issue.

I don't notice any of this in the airplane forums.

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Hey we don't get paid to help people out all day, That gives us the right to have a laugh now and then...

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Sorry, but if you are on an INTERNET FORUM where people WRITE WORDS and you cannot read, there is a pretty good chance you aren't going to figure out what's being said anyway.

If you did not learn to read, that is not our problem. No matter what, any solution posted here will be in these heiroglyphic-esque things called "words"; if you can't decipher these symbols and assemble them into a coherent thought, there is a problem in one of two places:

1: The writer of the response is incapable of making a comprehendable thought
2: The reader of the response is incapable of interpreting a comprehendable thought

More often than not, the problem lies in #1. And it's not because of lack of education; it's because the person in question does not have enough respect for the reader to assemble his thoughts coherently. And if they are incapable of interpreting a properly laid out thought made from written words, that is not our problem.

The sad thing is, there are people for whom English is a second, or even third, language that apologize for their poor English. And then you have people whose only language is English, and they can't use it in a manner that can be deciphered by the reader. Guess which one typically writes better?

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This thread isn't about who is superior than the next, it is about the lack of trying and expecting someone else to do all the work for them. This is not just limited to RC vehicles either...

There is a difference between not understanding and not willing to even try at all.

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You hit the nail on the head Chuck.

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Sorry? See YOU did not comprehend my whole post. It was an example explaining that not everyone comprehends something like others but we take for granted that they can. And if someone does not know how to read is not YOUR problem? What if everyone said exactly what you did? Would anyone know how to read?Would you know or be where you are today? I doubt it! My point was that yes reading comprehension and KNOWINGlittle about something is a perfect reason to ask questions. However on all the RCU Forums people respond exactly like you. It's not my problem! Or why are you so stupid?
Yes I agree there are those who would rather let someone do all the work for them. Then there are those who are very intelligent and do things that others cannot JUST for the sake of making the world a better place and expanding knowledge. But just browsing thru the forums you can see that is not the case.
There is nothing better than showing, instructing, or giving someone knowledge and thensee what they are capable of. If they go forward and learnfrom what you havegiven them it is a satisfying feeling. If not, well then if you did your best and they did nothing with whatyou gave them THEN you can say at least you tried!
Thank you for letting me say my peace. We can say we agree to disagree! That's what makes the world go round.
Outta here, Happy New Years!

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TBJ, you are not helping.. how about answer my question.. and I didn't understand what you wrote below...