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Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day.
Teach a man to fish and he can eat for life.
Teaching the man to get what he needs for himself, without having to rely on other people to catch the fish for him, stands to benefit both; himself and also everyone else who would have otherwise been asked to provide something unnecessary.
There is no need to rely on other people, or put them out of their way, in order to obtain something which one can easily obtain one's self.
It would be different if the information was particularly difficult to obtain, but in these instances it's patently obvious that the person asking hasn't even bothered attempting to do the work themselves, instead they want other people to do it for them, which is why these questions receive dismissive responses, such as it has.
Teach a man to fish and he can eat for life.
Teaching the man to get what he needs for himself, without having to rely on other people to catch the fish for him, stands to benefit both; himself and also everyone else who would have otherwise been asked to provide something unnecessary.
There is no need to rely on other people, or put them out of their way, in order to obtain something which one can easily obtain one's self.
It would be different if the information was particularly difficult to obtain, but in these instances it's patently obvious that the person asking hasn't even bothered attempting to do the work themselves, instead they want other people to do it for them, which is why these questions receive dismissive responses, such as it has.
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