I would like to conduct a survey....

[Lost User]

What was the most annoying non answer you have received as a reply to your technical post ? Example ...I am trying to download Linux and having this issue... "answer" ...I do not know anything about Linux, my XYX operating system works great...

[PIEBALDconsult]

These pretzels are making me thirsty.

[jmaida]

lol

"A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger

[FreedMalloc]

I would have to say that is probably one of the most heinous responses possible. Even seeing it in response to questions I didn't ask raises my hackles.

[Richard Deeming]

Not to me personally, but there was a particularly annoying reply[^] to one of Dave's answers the other day. A perfectly sensible answer, to which the OP replied with angry vitriol and a suggestion to "not give up the day job". That sort of response to someone who's trying to help is not a good way to encourage more people to help.

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"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

[Lost User]

No answers but this reply: Re: Remove white space - empty lines - in editor - C / C++ / MFC Discussion Boards[^].

[CHill60]

I agree it would be heinous ... if only it were true. I think the OP is trying to have a little moan about the quality of the answers they have received to their not particularly clear questions here. TBH as soon as I notice any QA posts from this member I just keep on scrolling past - this is my free time after all and I'm not going to waste it getting insulted. Their reference to Linux is probably because they frequently forget to tag their questions properly or mention which OS they are using in their questions. They also frequently omit detail of code or of the error and tend to get tetchy when given perfectly viable advice e.g. ...back to the bluez ( library )[^] as well as the examples in other comments below.

[11917640 Member]

I do not know anything about annoying non answers, my Windows operating system works great.

[Dan Neely]

IF this, and Richard Deeming's example (above) are representative of what OP normally posts; they're a poster child for why SO has the entire heavy downvoting, closing, and questionban the user sequence.                                                                                             X| X| X| X| X|                         X| X| X| X| X| X|                             X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X|               X| X|                             X| X|                X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X|           X|                                                X|      X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X|      X|                                                     X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X|      X|               X|      X|

[Lost User]

He admitted that he has already been banned from one site.

[jeron1]

Many times it's best to not respond to perceived slights, and move on, or out.

"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle

[obermd]

Have you read the responses from Microsoft in their user forum? Those definitely win this contest.

[Lost User]

It's a valid response to using the wrong tool for the wrong job. The "question" is often not the right one in the first place.

"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I

[Nelek]

Mmmm.... not sure why is happening... It worked in my computer

M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

[charlieg]

are you talking to Microsoft?

Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.

[Lost User]

In POTS (plain old telephone service ) industry we often said ...the trouble is leaving here fine... And there is the extreme and not funny caller to 911 operator ...help, I am having a hart attack... 911 operator ... I am just fine here...

[Paul Sanders the other one]

Lol, mine too, actually

Paul Sanders. If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter - Blaise Pascal. Some of my best work is in the undo buffer.

[Gary Wheeler]

Any reply on StackOverflow or a Microsoft 'support' forum

Software Zen: delete this;

[Jim Beasley 2022]

Nelek wrote:

Mmmm.... not sure why is happening... It worked in my computer

I give this answer all the time...It's a running joke in my office.

[johnjohnsch]

You're holding it wrong.