GIVE a Man a Fish vs TEACH a Man to Fish...

[TakeTheActive]

Do you:

1. ROBOTICALLY answer the same old questions 'over-and-over-and-over' (increasing your TOTAL POST COUNT ).
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2. Point the user to a LINK where the question was previously answered. :grouphug: :twothumbs

*PLEASE*, if you VOTE, *ALSO* post your reasons why. :thinking:

Thanks!

P.S. Yeah, I realize POINTING a Newbie to an existing LINK and RE-ANSWERING the question both result in a 'Post Count Increment'. But WHICH do *YOU* choose, and WHY?

 

[Th232]

See this link for my answer.

Ok, now I'm done being a smartass, it really depends. Sometimes a post has already explained it much better than I ever could, so I just link to that post.

If, however, it's a variant of a question that needs application-specific information, I might explain it myself (if I can).

 

[MarNav1]

Not cut in stone, depends on my mood mostly and if I have anything to add.

 

[LuxLuthor]

If someone is starving, I would give him a fish. Once he is nourished, I would teach him how to fish. That's always the problem with polls. In this case you need a 3rd choice.

 

[Sgt. LED]

Toss a fish down and run. :thinking:


Option 2 sems a bit cold to me. I like to answer the questions asked when I can. I like to think of CPF as a community of resource and not an encyclopedia to reference.

But that's just me.

 

[Crenshaw]

both....
I have tried logging into other forums, like edc forums bladeforums. Trying to navigate those sites are hard for me as a CPFer, and it takes time to get used to

if Its a newbie, i understand that it can be daunting to try and navigate a whole forum...so ill give an answer, and point out related threads.

Crenshaw

 

[Monocrom]

If he can't catch a fish, chances are he won't know how to properly cook it.

I'd suggest he get a Mail-order Bride. Preferrably from a country with strong traditional values. At least that way his clothes will be clean, his home will be clean, and his belly will be full.

Plus, he won't feel like a loser going to the club and getting rejected by women who reflexively say "No."

 

[lctorana]

Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day.

Teach a man to fish, and he'll sit by the riverbank drinking beer all day.

 

[Linger]

"Give a man a fire, he'll be warm for the night.
Light a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life"

 

[TorchBoy]

+1 for LuxLuthor and Monocrom. And lctorana, you didn't mention the silly hat.

 

[daimleramg]

I thought once you taught him how to fish he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day?

 

[Squidboy]

Give a fish


due to, if we teach everyone to fish there will be none left

 

[DM51]

I thought once you taught him how to fish he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day?

Depends - did you also teach him how to fix the leak in the boat?

 

[Billy Ram]

Give a man a fish and he'll be looking for you the next time he gets hungry.
Teach a man to fish and he'll be heading to the water the next time he gets hungry.
Billy

 

[Crenshaw]

Give a man a fish, and He'll sue you if he's vegetarian

Crenshaw

 

[Monocrom]

Give a man a fish, and He'll sue you if he's vegetarian

Crenshaw

Give a man a fish, and he'll sue you if he bites into a bone.

 

[Greta]

Ignore the man and he'll go away... and you'll have more fish for yourself... :nana:

 

[Flashlight Aficionado]

Guy - I'm hungry.

Me- I got a fish.

Guy - I'll take it.

Me - So, what do you have to trade for it, that I will accept as the same value as the fish or better?

 

[Sgt. LED]

How about paypal?

 

[daimleramg]

How about paypal?

Plus P+P+I?