2011-05-02, 01:40 AM
It's still very poor form to go into a thread that's clearly talking about the latest happenings of a show, and then you walk in and ask what it's about. If you tried this on a bigger forum I'm sure you'd get laughed/flamed to death (metaphorically speaking). Heck, you may even get accused of being a troll.
If you're going to go ask something of a newbie level, you could have at least asked something pertaining to the current episode/discussion.
You have Google to get a crash course at anything; it's right there. If a friend of mines IMs me something I have no idea what it's about, I go Google it really quick before responding. Saves the trouble of looking stupid, and your friend won't have to waste time explaining the subject to you. At the very least if you still got it wrong you will be corrected, but not looked down upon for being ignorant.
tl;dr version: Don't go asking the most basic of questions that shows you clearly have no idea what the subject is about when it can be Googled.
If you're going to go ask something of a newbie level, you could have at least asked something pertaining to the current episode/discussion.
You have Google to get a crash course at anything; it's right there. If a friend of mines IMs me something I have no idea what it's about, I go Google it really quick before responding. Saves the trouble of looking stupid, and your friend won't have to waste time explaining the subject to you. At the very least if you still got it wrong you will be corrected, but not looked down upon for being ignorant.
tl;dr version: Don't go asking the most basic of questions that shows you clearly have no idea what the subject is about when it can be Googled.