marche_au_supplice t1_j07cnnd wrote on December 14, 2022 at 4:31 PM

Reply to comment by Adeldor in Question: Martian Mockingbeard by [deleted]

What is the utility of this post? Is it to make the OP feel stupid? Is it to demonstrate that you’re such a deep thinker that you not only knew it was a rock, but you recognized the underlying failing that would lead someone to an erroneous conclusion?

I can’t think of any reason other than to build yourself up or put someone else down. If you’re an adult, then this is an indictment on your education system, which apparently never taught you that if you don’t have something nice to say, you shouldn’t say anything at all.

Adeldor t1_j07evvk wrote on December 14, 2022 at 4:45 PM

The whole article attached to the image is but four sentences long, in which the answer is clear. Yet s/he asks if a rock on Mars is a terrestrial bird! Assuming it isn't a child (for which I made explicit exception), this person is so far afield one might wonder if s/he isn't trolling.

So, the utility of the comment is to hope s/he and others who read it won't do the same thing (again) - post before reading or giving reasonable thought. Admonishment can be useful. Indeed, you're employing such yourself!