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The Bashphorisms
Bashphorisms are aphorisms for the IRC channel #bash on Freenode. Keep in mind that this version is a snapshot, the bashphorisms are changed here and there.
I think greycat was the first one who had the idea, but I'm not sure.
Our bashphorisms can be queried from greybot using !bN, where N is the bashphorism number.
And yes, these bashphorisms reflect the daily reality in #bash.
| Number | Bashphorism |
|---|---|
| 0 | The questioner will never tell you what they are really doing the first time they ask. |
| 1 | The questioner's first description of the problem/question will be misleading. |
| 2 | The questioner will keep changing the question until it drives the helpers in the channel insane. |
| 3 | Offtopicness will continue until someone asks a bash question that falls under bashphorisms 1 and/or 2, and greycat gets pissed off. |
| 4 | The questioner will not read and apply the answers he is given but will instead continue to practice bashphorism #1 and bashphorism #2. |
| 5 | The ignorant will continually mis-educate the other noobies. |
| 6 | When given a choice of solutions, the newbie will always choose the wrong one. |
| 7 | The newbie will always find a reason to say, "It doesn't work." |
| 8 | If you don't know to whom the bashphorism's referring, it's you. |
| 9 | All examples given by the questioner will be broken, misleading, wrong, and not representative of the actual question. |
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