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Using a different tool is not abandoning the problem.
"Hey, so my car is making a weird noise" "Just go out and get a different car then"
No, not at all. More like, if your car is broken you could also ride a bike, or walk, or take a bus or a cab or a train or an airplane. Sometimes it’s helpful to have solutions presented that you didn’t even think of. Like how you assumed that the only way to deal with a broken car is to fix it or buy a new one. That’s not true at all, and I’m here to help you explore all the ways to solve your problem, not just the ones at the top of your mind at the moment.
Yeah but I wanted my car fixed. Sure I'm riding my bike while it's broken, but I want to fix my car.
"Hey so my free car that was built and maintained entirely by volunteers who received no financial compensation and was provided to me no strings attached is making a weird noise and I don't want to learn how to fix it myself nor am I willing to wait for someone else to fix it, nor am I willing to even tell the car-builders it has a problem."
In this context suggesting they complainer pay for a car doesn't sound so crazy?
No you have it backwards. More like
"hey, this car I bought for a couple grand is being fucky"
"nah man fuck buying a car. Leave that one in the ditch out back, and start driving this one my buddies made and have been fixing for years. Yeah it breaks a lot but hey it's free. Oh you wanna keep using your old car, you just need an oil change? Bitch, what did I say? Use mine."
Oh yeah btw, that new car, gas and brake are reversed. Nonono it's ok just get used to it or you're a dumbass