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[–] [email protected] 200 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I love that he didn't even give a hint. The other person might have gone about teir day being happy to have helped.

[–] [email protected] 81 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah that's a nice reaction, the other dude wasn't being a jerk so no need to make him feel bad about it.

[–] [email protected] 94 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

"Hey, here's a useful thing that I recommend to people: "

It's basically a compliment

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

That's not always good. Maybe they just did not read the handle and assumed someone random asked, but didn't know they wanted this library. That's probably a good assumption, too.