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Ugh, I hate to defend someone with "it was just a joke", but I do think he was lightly mocking the OP's approach.
The link is also worth sharing with new folks—they WILL get better information if they learn to look for stuff on their own, and if new folks do a lot of research BEFORE they ask in a forum, they'll understand their question better as well.
All that said, while I don't think he was being a total dickhead, yeah, it would be nicer if people shared that folks should do their own research in a kinder way.
Either way, though, thanks for calling him out and making me think about how we approach newcomers!
The GP's response is very curmudgeonly and feels like the poster asked a question on Stack Overflow.
A mocking response also doesn't count as a joke response. A joke response would be good-natured and not at the expense of the poster. I agree that it is more of a mocking. And mocking new users isn't a helpful form of discourse - no matter how tired someone is of their style of questions.
I do appreciate that your response was much more earnest and trying to engage with the poster.
Yeah, you've convinced me... let's not make fun of new people!
... I guess that shouldn't be a controversial stance. Whoops!