Why can't people read the goddamn sidebar before asking questions here?

DeepC1980 · 2019-09-21T06:35:00+00:00

If I have a question I always start with a Google search of site:reddit.com/r/asktrp/ followed by question and almost always find the answer. There's years of amazing advice for just about anything that's already been answered.

Pork_Sword3 · 2019-09-21T06:05:51+00:00

It’s not your problem, man. That’s why a lot of repeated questions here that are already answered on the sidebar either go unanswered or are answered by people who don’t have any kind of firm grasp on TRP. Just scroll past them and not give a shit, use your time to benefit yourself than worry about the quality of posts on either sub and wasting time to rant over them. We were lucky enough to be here during the golden days of TRP. Now a lot of it is recycled field reports or guys that struggle to disgust the pill. Other guys that don’t have the time to read the sidebar and try and shortcut to get an answer aren’t going to get very far. It’s on them to read the sidebar, not us.

lukeramones · 2019-09-21T09:03:48+00:00

You sir should read the sidebar yourself. If on reddit you can't apply the IDGAF attitude it says a lot what you are like in real life. And I did not know people should be gatekeeping TRP? I rather read questions from people who might really just want to verify what they read from the sidebar, find verification of their understanding than to read rants of gatekeepers like you

Elprez91 · 2019-09-21T06:15:41+00:00

Is the side bar on the app

deathhandmachiavelli · 2019-09-21T13:41:34+00:00

Just relax about the sidebar.

Why get so mad about this?

I like it when people ask questions and like to discuss things.

The REAL answer to your question? The sidebar is helpful and provides information, but a post and a discussion has more life and is much more interesting.

R178 · 2019-09-21T11:06:34+00:00

A rant about other people ranting. Lol

PM_ME_CASH · 2019-09-21T08:26:53+00:00

Didn't read don't care stay mad.

MattyAnon · 2019-09-21T19:13:40+00:00

Why can't people read the goddamn sidebar before asking questions here?

Because they hear "TRP get you lade" and have the attention span of a gnat

WIA20XX · 2019-09-21T09:40:35+00:00

On the Reddit mobile app, you gotta hunt it down. On desktop, it is much easier to notice.

But dudes like to be spoonfed like babies.

RedSkeller · 2019-09-21T11:27:35+00:00

I suggest you do what I did and take a break. Don't feel obligated to help the noobs who can't even walk to the water and drink. I'll reply to a good post but I'm done trying to cover these lazy fucks.

oldguy_1981 · 2019-09-21T16:04:39+00:00

The problem with the sub is (most of) the more active users will be new(ish). Once somebody internalizes the tools, there isn’t much discussion left to be had.

I’d rather the newbies ask the questions to still have an active sub; sometimes the responses are overly hostile (ie “read the sidebar faggot”).

SoloQueueXL · 2019-09-21T12:54:47+00:00

Dumb mother fucker the red pill sub still exists. If your dumb ass is posting here clearly you aren’t a 2 year lurker

BombasticBobby · 2019-09-21T13:30:08+00:00

I wonder what questions you would have posted two years ago?

MurkyArtichoke · 2019-09-21T16:03:25+00:00

I agree to some extent, but what would the purpose of this sub be if not for asking questions like that? If everything could be answered in the sidebar we would only need the main sub. I do however think people should read more and then ask questions to further elaborate that. Way too many over-the-top silly questions with little context.

thebadguy89 · 2019-09-21T16:14:08+00:00

I totally see your point but to be fair...

There's a ton of TRP material. Noobs come here and get overwhelmed. You can't understand everything in 1 readthrough and instantly apply all of it.

Asking stupid questions here, getting feedback, realizing that "oh maybe this is the area I'm struggling in let me read that section in closer detail" is part of the process.

MegaFanZX · 2019-09-21T19:58:48+00:00

read the sidebar

[deleted] · 2019-09-21T20:19:21+00:00

I will say this....actually taking TRP, actually digesting this material, it's hard.

InsidiousCurve · 2019-09-21T21:54:46+00:00

I'd say most of the posts are from people who know, but are seeking attention/ validation for the decision they really don't want to make. After a while, everyone knows what they need to do to increase their SMV, they just need to keep pushing..etc.

[deleted] · 2019-09-21T07:28:52+00:00

Maybe they just like to post an empty meaningless post (example: this post).

[deleted] · 2019-09-21T06:31:17+00:00

Everyone (including me) thinks them and their problems are special.

zboo1h · 2019-09-21T15:58:15+00:00

People can't even use turn signals, you expect them to READ? Like, MULTIPLE words? Alright, buddy, sure.

Sylvester_Sterone · 2019-09-21T16:24:41+00:00

In any field there will be people who ask continuous questions when they should have done the research with the information right in their face.

Believe me I taught a college class and students would ask the same goddamn questions.

“Read the syllabus”

afterthe_fapocalypse · 2019-09-21T16:27:56+00:00

it's annoying when people aren't asking advice on how to improve themselves or their responses to the challenges in their lives. Instead when you see things like "where are the easy lays at" and other dumb posts, you can feel disappointment. But there are still good posts. Just downvote them and comment on how they aren't focusing on real game. They're looking for the easy fruit and littering on the sub.

Nergaal · 2019-09-21T19:34:50+00:00

TBH, this is kinda the point of ASKtrp. But since TRP has been quarantined, people spend more time over here instead of in the main sub.

vullnet123 · 2019-09-21T19:47:47+00:00

They don't want to put the effort in, simple as that. When a bunch of below average men find this forum, they glance through the sidebar a bit, read "women are bitches blah blah", and expect us to hand everything to them in a silver platter.

XT3M3 · 2019-09-21T19:56:06+00:00

people want results the easy way, no one wants to put in work to get the gains. so rather than read and educate themselves, they want us to spoonfeed them the answer. which at this point, ill agree. the quality of question and some of the answers have severely declined over the past 2 years.

ChemicalGiraffe · 2019-09-21T19:59:50+00:00

Forget the sidebar, most questions have already been asked here.

AdoptMeNotCrypto · 2019-09-21T22:04:53+00:00

I think this sub would benefit from a daily "Ask Anything" type of thread. Just get all the low quality shit in one place and enforce higher standards for actual threads.

BurnoTaurus · 2019-09-21T11:19:46+00:00

Its syptomatic of a deeper problem. There are people who seem to act solely on impulse within the restricitve frame of their incredibly linited knowledge and concept of the world at large. By which I mean there are people who cant fathom that either, another persons experience can be abstracted and applied to their own, or that to spend time awaiting a response on reddit is time you could just spend finding the information.

The same songs are released by new artists every year.

AuberyBitoni · 2019-09-22T13:56:48+00:00

This sub is literally called 'ask the red pill'. This sub is made to ask questions, you can just ignore the thread and move on with your life.

Some people man.. they complain about anything, why the fuck do you care? Stop crying little bitch.

Title	Why can't people read the goddamn sidebar before asking questions here?
Author	The_Belony
Upvotes	77
Comments	45
Date	21 September 2019 05:49 AM UTC (1 year ago)
Subreddit	askTRP
Link	https://theredarchive.com/post/288505
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/asktrp/comments/d76q4s/why_cant_people_read_the_goddamn_sidebar_before/