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May 10, 2016 at 1:43 comment added jimscafe It is hard to consider asking questions when you might be referred to as a 'prick'. My recent question was downvoted within minutes of being asked and despite attempts to reason with the person doing the downvoting, I still don't think he got the point, I just pulled the question. Too many high priests now. (Still a wonderful site for getting answers though)
May 15, 2014 at 6:41 comment added msw You said "charge for the service". When the price of admission was "do your homework on your question first" that seemed ample payment for services rendered. Put another way, "please don't make me waste my time when you aren't willing to meet me as far as your skills allow". Yes, a sense of unearned entitlement seems to be increasing, but comparing it to social welfare is straining the analogy on both sides.
May 14, 2014 at 17:37 comment added likejudo @mcalex that was a funny comment
May 14, 2014 at 4:11 comment added mcalex "... and I eat steak almost every day" Sure. Either she's talking about cat, or she's an anti-welfare stooge.
May 13, 2014 at 23:01 comment added mrjoltcola and then SO becomes EE... quite ironic.
May 12, 2014 at 21:07 comment added Mike Perrenoud @halfer, I never said it was what should be done, I simply stated the solution to this dead horse. Sometimes people have to learn to take the good with the bad.
May 12, 2014 at 21:05 comment added halfer ... and then the traffic levels drop, and Stack Exchange might have to rethink their revenue model, and the law of unintended consequences kicks in, and - this is a risky proposal.
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May 12, 2014 at 18:43 history answered Mike Perrenoud CC BY-SA 3.0