The boat ramp winner...

[Josh]

What I see as a real issue in our society, is that stupid questions do exist but so what? I’m not afraid to look stupid. Hell I am very stupid about many things. I’m not smart I know that much. The anxiety from not knowing something or not being able to do something well is so much worse than just working through it. People are behaving badly and acting a fool because of their own anxieties. People can’t even ask for help at a boat launch…

I agree with this wholeheartedly.

It's one of the main reasons we work hard on this site to not let grumpy folks crap on newbie questions. The old site got a bit of a reputation as being unwelcoming to new people. We don't want that here. If someone is brave enough to say "I don't know how to do this", we should try to help them learn. And at the very least be able to politely reply (or just ignore if one can't be polite).

 

[albula]

I cannot help but recognize the derision and odium exhibited here for the current condition of affairs in my former home state of Florida. I feel it is incumbent upon me to address these hasty assessments and assure you that your rush to judgement is by and large entirely too generous and eleemosynary.

 

[krusty]

I cannot help but recognize the derision and odium exhibited here for the current condition of affairs in my former home state of Florida. I feel it is incumbent upon me to address these hasty assessments and assure you that your rush to judgement is by and large entirely too generous and eleemosynary.

Yeah...what you said.

 

[SurfnFish]

after a costly f-up by someone who just needed to ask the right question, the VP who was going to catch the full brunt of said f-up stated during what was a very grim post incident meeting, as true a words as I've ever heard..

"there's nothing dumber than someone who doesn't know what he doesn't know"

 

[Kado]

after a costly f-up by someone who just needed to ask the right question, the VP who was going to catch the full brunt of said f-up stated during what was a very grim post incident meeting, as true a words as I've ever heard..

"there's nothing dumber than someone who doesn't know what he doesn't know"

That might be called simply ignorance, which can be forgivable. The person that knows they don't know, but goes ahead trying to fool others....that's the person I fear.