On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 2:03 PM Chris Zach via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > On 5/22/2023 11:53 AM, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: > > I learned a long time ago that it's a waste of time to trying to help > > someone who, instead of focusing on solutions, just comes up with endless > > reasons why your suggestions won't work. > > We used to call this "Asks for advice, argues with respondents.
I have a different term for it. I call it 'being sensible' I feel it is very foolish to accept a piece of advice -- or any other information -- without questioning it. I have, alas, made that mistake too many times myself already and try to avoid doing so again. -tony
