I guess I&#x27;m going to be the asshole today :<p>If someone lets a few rough edges on SO dissuade them from learning, they probably didn&#x27;t care for any of this to begin with.<p>I mean, every single one of these traumatized &quot;beginner&quot; comments were sourced from reddit - where there are <i>at least</i> a half dozen subs that would gladly accommodate questions unsuitable for SO.<p>On a related note, I also don&#x27;t understand why there is a constant push to coddle beginners to increasingly absurd degrees. It has literally never been easier to learn to program. There are <i>hundreds</i> of resources available to the aspiring learner - more so than <i>any</i> other field I&#x27;m aware of. Yet somehow the anal retentiveness of SO is the problem here? Come on.