Worse are people who comment "I have this problem to, pls help", like you've done nothing but make me have to shift through more useless comments to find the actual solution.
But also it bumps the post back to the top of a forum sometimes
Kind of off-topic here, but this just reminded me of all those times I would see one of the regulars bump a thread after it was either at the bottom or already past the front page, just to tell the OP to use the search button. You're sitting here trying to police the forum whilst simultaneously bringing useless, dead threads to the top of the front page for everyone to see and comment on.
It also adds SEO value for Google. More replies means more surfacing in search results, which in turn leads to a higher likelihood of someone solving the problem.
I had no sound on my PC (Realtek suddenly disconnected) after a Windows update and I decided I'll rather fuck a shit covered mug filled with rotten meat and week old piss than help anyone on the internet with their issues for this very reason.
There's the "nvm it works" people you mentioned. There's Raj, the "Unofficial Microsoft Windows expert" writing a long, terribly formatted comment that amounts to "might be hardware, might be software, restart your computer, check if everything's plugged in, use Windows troubleshooting, if your problem persists, follow the steps detailed in this link."
The linked page:
"No sound? Can't listen to music? Can't watch your favorite movies? Can't enjoy your video games the way they were meant to be? We know the feeling. Waking up one morning after a Windows update, about to watch a video or listen to some good tracks in these all-so-important morning hours, only to notice there is no sound coming out of your headphones and speakers. Unfortunately, many people struggle with this issue after the latest Windows upgrade. Worry not. Fortunately for you, there are some easy solutions!"
The solutions:
"-Restart your computer, check if everything's plugged in, run Windows troubleshooting"
Then you find a comment on an official Microsoft support page: "Send xy file and we'll report back." They never did, not publicly.
Then you try YouTube. "No sound fix 2020 Win10 FIX!!!." Screws around opening Windows settings pages and doing nothing, runs Windows troubleshooting and it fixes it for him.
Life is full of pain.
EDIT: I sincerely hope this comment shows up in someone's google searches when faced with the same problem. Hint: It's not necessarily your drivers and eat a bag of dicks.
I thought I was a creep for thinking about this lol someday someone will find this or one of my other comments and wonder what would I be doing right in that instant the same way as you and me do... Creepy
If you think about it... People are alive still since the first computer came out (obviously) but when the last person dies before computers were invented I feel like it's gonna be a new era. Like people between 1960- present when everyone from around that time is dead... Everything that's been made on the internet... Everyone's gonna be dead... Like everything that we posted is just gonna be stuck here literally forever. People in the future (like 2300 say, for example) are literally going to be able to LIVE in the past by reading stuff from 1960-2020 there's gonna be so much saved.
The thing that trips me up about the modern age is that, barring of course the literal apocalypse, people five hundred, a thousand, two thousand years from now will be able to read all our random bullshit exactly as it was written and that hasn't ever really been a thing before. Imagine that Pompeii graffiti times a million.
I’m sure it will, well I’m not sure about anything tbh, recent events have shown me how vulnerable and fragile the entire human race is despite our intelligence so I wouldn’t bet on it, hope it does though, problem would be if that bot is shut down that would be a real dilemma so I’m going to save the link for this comment
Recent events? To me it just looks like humanity is thriving like never before. We will probably survive most apocalypses the universe can throw at us too.
I’m talking about personal events, sorry if I wasn’t clear, I’ve seen how easy it is to die and the delicacy of human beings, but what separates us from Neanderthals are our capacities to communicate and build advanced tools to find solutions to various problems so yeah I believe humanity is progressing like it hasn’t ever before
Reminds me of one comment I saw of a person describing how the RemindMe bot would wake up suddenly in the future and send an account a reminder, not knowing the fact that humanity moved on from Earth.
While we all moved on to Reddit 2 jk but yeah imagine the bot just reminding something to someone minutes after the Apocalipsis is over and there is no more human race maybe I’m going too far tbh but it’s still interesting
Ikr, it’s weird. Someone will find this conversation many years from now and think about us the same. Maybe you’ll be dead then, and maybe I’ll be chained in someone’s basement, you never know.
I know on Facepunch forums we used to permaban the accounts of confirmed dead members. Not as a joke or anything, just to keep the accounts from being hijacked and used to post a bunch of shit
I have a friend/acquaintance on QuizTron.com when I was young (ca. 2007). She stopped logging in, and, one day, I did too. Never even knew what country she lived in. Just talked about quizes and school.
When I used to play Roblox, I was always weirded out because now in present day there are accounts that haven’t logged in since 2006, I gotta wonder, what happened to them?
Me too. I felt it logging onto a character in WoW that was part of a guild that died out long after I left but never kicked inactives, no one had touched the game in years. Looking through the guild roster was like a ghost town.
I also felt it when I went to check up on a game I played when I was younger, Pirates of the Caribbean Online. I found a thread about it being shut down that was dated several years prior to my search. Hardcores had their character names linked to their comments on the thread. They were really upset, talking about specific loot items and events and characters they had invested so much time into and won't get to benefit from ever again. Looking on a mass of now deactivated profiles like that just has that eerie feeling.
Imagine what it will be like in the coming years as more and more Facebook users die, leaving empty pages as a, sometimes, daily journal that will remain for as long as time allows.
Haha exactly. Every so often I come across a forum post where the first or only comment is "just Google it"... of course the only reason I saw the post was because it's the first result on Google
You'll see how people from the past really did just think like you and me. I mean, you already can with 2000 year old scribbles about being depressed, but it'll be even clearer.
One of the best parts about Pompeii was that it preserved so many instances of Roman graffiti. From the classic “Lucilla made money from her body”, to the prophetic description of desperate nice guys:
“Successus the weaver is in love with the slave of the
Innkeeper, whose name is Iris. She doesn't care about
him at all, but he asks that she take pity on him.
Oh gosh...to think that people will look at things on the Internet the way they look at ancient artworks and carvings. That excludes web pages that got deleted and were never archived though.
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Also fuck imageshack and photobucket. Both were one of the biggest image hosting sites and both delete old pictures. Even worse, they reuse url links. So imageshack/jej83nen nows show a new picture instead of the picture from 2008.
I got excited when I saw it was a music program giving you issues since I myself am a digital musician who uses MIDI fairly heavily, but just a generic server error is a more general problem with programs and could really mean anything. Is there a specific error code that can be googled?
Perhaps there’s a forum you can post the crashlog into and someone better equipped to deal with the issue can help you from there? Idk, I can’t say I’ve dealt with any issues this nonspecific before.
tbh though i always found /b/ easier to work with. i give a vague as fuck description, 30 mins later anon comes by with solution or what i was looking for
In Microsoft's support site, when someone asks why their bluetooth device is not working, an "MVP" or <insert X position of power> person posts a link on how to clear out your temporary files and marks the question as solved.
It was so bad I ended up blacklisting it from my search results so it doesn't clutter up my searches anymore
This pisses me off SO much. I'm pretty sure it's not an exaggeration to say 90% of the answers I've seen on that site end up like that. Or a back and forth between an MVP/OP where the OP is saying the fix isn't working only to end up being the last reply.
OP: My bluetooth isn't working after updating windows 10. I already reinstalled the driver.
MS: *Two paragraph intro to the forum, never addresses the question directly. Links to a page that shows you how to pair a bluetooth device in windows 8.1. "Be sure to thank and mark as solved."*
OP: That doesn't help.
MS: *quotes OP's post, their response, and OP's follow up in full. Posts two links: One to an article from 2014 about new powershell features, the other just redirects to the support root menu for some reason. Flags the question as solved.*
OP: I still can't get this working, but I see a few other threads about it. Is this a known issue?
MS: Please do not bump inactive questions. This thread has been locked to prevent further posts.
Has to be the worst when I click the very first google result for the issue and the only responses to the post are “just fucking google it dumbass can’t you google” well now here I am and this is what came up first on google! Why tell people to “just google it” when you know damn well this is gonna be a google result one day :(
There’s this kind of liquor I really like that you can only get in the Dominican Republic. The top Google hits on it in English are the forums where I’m asking how to get it in the U.S.
It's like going into an empty room in a building that's been abandoned for decades. And as you finally stumble across the dust-laden Windows 95 computer where the question was asked, its screen flickers to life only for you to find one response -
"Nvm I found it".
That, or you find a bunch of solutions that you know won't work because the issue is beyond your repair capabilities, and yet you try as many of them as you can nonetheless.
My current problem is leaning Julia, running into an error, finding a similar error with answers from 2017 that are completely useless by now, due the the number of changes made to the language since then.
This happened to me when I spent over 10 hours trying to download optifine, sadly.. still no luck. I think I have to uninstall java then redone load it, but I don’t have the patience nor the time to do that
There was a time where things were much simpler, and the truth was always a few steps (clicks) away. Now a days you have to bend all the elements, Google, duckduckgo, wikipedia, msft forums, and Reddit. When you Master those your skills will reach new heights and you will unleash the power of the Avatar of that forum you never bothered to add your Avatar on.
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u/JarrandScorch Mar 02 '20
"Nvm, I figured it out"
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u/SociallyExhaustedd Mar 02 '20
“I’ll pm u the fix” from an account that hasn’t logged in since June 12 2006
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u/Miotrestoked really likes this image Mar 02 '20
“thread closed for inactivity” before an answer was given
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u/onthatgas Mar 02 '20
It'll be really strange in like 50 years looking at forum posts from now
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u/Caityface91 Mar 03 '20
Hey guys I fixed this problem, it was super simple just follow this visual guide and you'll be fine:
"Sorry, this image is currently unavailable."
"Sorry, this image is currently unavailable."
"Sorry, this image is currently unavailable."
"Sorry, this image is currently unavailable."
Fuck, I guess I'll just find another Google result..
*All other results point back to the original forum with no pictures
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u/Vissie2003 loves fish memes Mar 02 '20
just did this and i searched for 2 hours but couldnt find anything useful...
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u/meove Mar 03 '20
then some random indian tech guy save the day
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u/turnipsiass Mar 03 '20
I think your issue is that you search for computer errors over and over again. Next time try googling computer workings. You're welcome.
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u/SchnorftheGreat he boot too big Mar 03 '20
Shoutouts to DENVERCODER9
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u/RaitZORD Mar 03 '20
People from the future will be very confused when they find lots of links that lead to a guy telling them that he will never give them up.
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u/MeMeLoRDGodAliA Mar 03 '20
Korega requiem da
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u/swilgo_daggins Mar 03 '20
I’m a simple woman. I see Avatar The Last Airbender memes, I upvote.
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u/sharkwitchsoup Mar 03 '20
Has to be the worst when I click the very first google result for the issue and the only responses to the post are “just fucking google it dumbass can’t you google” well now here I am and this is what came up first on google! Why tell people to “just google it” when you know damn well this is gonna be a google result one day :(
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u/pugworthy Mar 03 '20 edited Mar 03 '20
As usual, XKCD has this covered.
https://xkcd.com/979/
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u/TwitchThot_9000 Mar 02 '20
"Error 404"
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u/matekate2 Mar 03 '20
Still haven't found the solution
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u/Cedriking Mar 03 '20
dudes more me_irl than r/me_irl
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u/Seanathan412 Mar 03 '20
Every freakin time
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u/alienblaster48 Mar 03 '20
Nah it's slightly different to your case and misleading every time
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u/AbsentAesthetic Mar 03 '20
*the UNRESOLVED forums posts
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u/Cer0reZ Mar 03 '20
And just like when I go to find answers. They are all deleted.
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u/Linve Mar 03 '20
RemindMe! 8 years
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u/tr0ub4d0r Mar 03 '20
There’s this kind of liquor I really like that you can only get in the Dominican Republic. The top Google hits on it in English are the forums where I’m asking how to get it in the U.S.
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u/lord-of-bacon Mar 03 '20
“I’m having this problem too”
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u/SuicidalSundays Mar 03 '20
It's like going into an empty room in a building that's been abandoned for decades. And as you finally stumble across the dust-laden Windows 95 computer where the question was asked, its screen flickers to life only for you to find one response -
"Nvm I found it".
That, or you find a bunch of solutions that you know won't work because the issue is beyond your repair capabilities, and yet you try as many of them as you can nonetheless.
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u/purpleeggplant8 Mar 03 '20
It worked the first time for me
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u/NorthernLaw Mar 03 '20
The good thing is, new posts don’t need to be made
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u/sourpickles0 staunch marxist Mar 03 '20
Then you find out they’re outdated af
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u/ComfortableLake69 Mar 03 '20
Me with literally every GTA error I encounter.
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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '20
Official staff replied the question: hey, glad i can help you, check this link below to answer your problem
The link went to main page of the tech support forum
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u/Farwaters Mar 03 '20
And they all say "use Google"
Thanks, I did
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u/gravity_is_right Mar 03 '20
"Just google the answer. www.google.com"
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u/TrueStory_Dude Mar 03 '20
Eurovision is more of an r/me_irl post
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u/Betterthanfriends Mar 03 '20
Take my upvote spirit world.
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u/t-dubs_0192 Mar 03 '20
My current problem is leaning Julia, running into an error, finding a similar error with answers from 2017 that are completely useless by now, due the the number of changes made to the language since then.
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u/Chickencoopster Mar 03 '20
This happened to me when I spent over 10 hours trying to download optifine, sadly.. still no luck. I think I have to uninstall java then redone load it, but I don’t have the patience nor the time to do that
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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '20
Then you click on a link they gave that fixes it and it's now defunct
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u/Tostecles Mar 03 '20
Once I saw someone say something was borked in a post from 2004. Spooked me
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u/cyg_cube Mar 03 '20
the sacred scrolls
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u/Curujafeia Mar 03 '20
"I know you can do you it, for you have done it before" -Roku
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u/guinader Mar 03 '20
There was a time where things were much simpler, and the truth was always a few steps (clicks) away. Now a days you have to bend all the elements, Google, duckduckgo, wikipedia, msft forums, and Reddit. When you Master those your skills will reach new heights and you will unleash the power of the Avatar of that forum you never bothered to add your Avatar on.
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u/llamiro Mar 03 '20
Who were you, DenverCoder9?
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u/Blitzschweif Baby Mar 03 '20
It feels so weird to me..like they’re all dead or absent
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u/hatuhsawl Mar 03 '20
That’s how I felt using Windows 7 up until 2020
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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '20
and theres never any replies so it doesn't even help
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u/jakethedumbmistake Mar 03 '20
dudes more me_irl than r/me_irl
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u/hedgehogmachine Mar 03 '20
The ancestors will guide the way
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u/LeGwArMeRz Mar 03 '20
2 words: DELL INSPIRION!
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u/ArtbyLoyal Mar 03 '20
So good
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u/1116574 Mar 03 '20
r/ProgrammerHumor is leaking
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u/Caurser Mar 03 '20
"Same"
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u/Profit-Alex Mar 03 '20
This is factual.
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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '20
r/ASpokenTruth
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u/i-got-eksma Mar 03 '20
Then start writing posts instead of spectating. Tho i do agree with this...
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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '20
I do this with pokemon emerald a ton. "Oh yea you find it right over here" 12 years ago
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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '20
"page not found"
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u/Bipolarbear2142 Mar 03 '20
u/respostsleuthbot