Arguing with people whose country is at war is peak askubuntu. askubuntu.com/questions/1472803/gui-ubuntu-stuck

I think I'm done with this place.

@popey flag as no longer needed and... post a useful answer

@popey popey I completely understand your point here.. 😬

And maybe this is getting side-tracked - but I don't know if the site rules should perhaps point out in which cases such rules should actually NOT be in effect, but where humanitarian causes should take precedence - such as the country being under aggression or humanitarian catastrophe (which both apply to Ukraine). 🤔

Just saying I think it's a difficult matter to handle.. 😬

I'm pretty sure I have a woefully outdated but very reliable server or two running somewhere ._.

My point was that I'm pretty sick (hence my meta post) of seeing the needless nit-picking in the comments from long-standing well-educated and knowledgeable people. Just answer the person's question. Quibbling about when one country started a war on your country seems like the absolutely least tactful way to open a comment from someone genuinely asking or help with a piece of computer software.

I also have an 18.04 server that I can't upgrade, but will have to replace at some point. I'm sure many of us do. There are some exceptional circumstances, for sure, and I'm not suggesting that we should be supporting any outdated release of Ubuntu based on someone coming up with a good "sob story" to justify asking.

I just think we need to get away from being so hostile to people in genuine need of help.

@popey I think we need to strengthen the community, so the community can agree on standards

There's too much feeling of users manning a helpdesk.

@ArturMeinild sigh askubuntu.com/questions/1472585/… ;P

I was hoping so...

it's borderline comical.

@vidarlo I think tragicomical sums it up pretty good..

@ArturMeinild yep

After the strike I'm editing in a disclaimer on all these posts..

or vote to delete

Yeah, some action will be taken...