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Re: “I have toyota corola”

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Post by ikeboy »

> I can’t help them and I’ve learned over the years that just trying to explain how I have nothing to do with the product they’re using is often just too time consuming and energy draining to be worth it.

You could write out a form response once, then just send it to everyone, and not respond to follow-ups. Not that you have to, of course, but it shouldn't be energy draining, at least.

Re: “I have toyota corola”

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Post by TulliusCicero »

ikeboy wrote: post #5

> I can’t help them and I’ve learned over the years that just trying to explain how I have nothing to do with the product they’re using is often just too time consuming and energy draining to be worth it. You could write out a form response once, then just send it to everyone, and not respond to follow-ups. Not that you have to, of course, but it shouldn't be energy draining, at least.

When the confused person responds, agitated that someone they think is supposed to help them is deflecting their concerns, that's probably emotionally draining.

Re: “I have toyota corola”

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Post by xenonite »

Tomte wrote: post #4

Reminds me of the SQLite developers who got overwhelmed: https://github.com/mackyle/sqlite/blob/3cf493d4018042c70a4db...

Funnily, the problem with unused temp files persists. However, self-help is improved now, as a search for the new prefix shows: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=etilqs
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