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Got told my questions were too vague and it actually helped a lot
I posted here a few months back asking for advice on starting a garden, just a super broad 'how do I start' thing. Someone replied, really nicely, and said 'You gotta give us more to work with. What's your zone? What's your soil like? Do you want veggies or flowers? A vague question gets vague answers.' It kind of stung for a second, but they were totally right. I live in Portland, and I just said I wanted to grow stuff. I went back, looked up my planting zone, checked my backyard dirt (it's mostly clay), and decided on tomatoes and herbs. My next post was 'Best tomato varieties for clay soil in zone 8b with partial sun' and the replies were amazing. People gave me specific cultivar names and tips for amending the soil. I got way better help just by putting in a tiny bit of my own legwork first. Has anyone else had that moment where being more specific in your ask completely changed the quality of help you got?
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diana_black11d ago
Oh man, my buddy did this with his car. He kept asking online why it was making a "weird noise." Got nothing but jokes. Finally he posted a video of the exact squeak from the front left wheel when turning slow. Dude got the exact part number for the bad control arm bushing in like twenty minutes. Night and day.
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sanchez.pat17d ago
Totally get that. Asked for workout tips once, just said "how do I get stronger." Got told to be more specific. Came back saying I had thirty minutes three days a week and a pair of dumbbells. The advice was night and day. People laid out full routines, rep counts, everything. Makes sense though. Hard to help if you don't know the details.
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