not as bad as threads that……
…don’t give you any idea of the content unless you look at them.
I’d agree with that, TBH. This one was sort of intentional. And I’m not wholly serious, in case it’s not obvious.
Because people used to get a lot of grief for asking perfectly reasonable questions.
That makes sense, though I’d perhaps suggest that the problem is with the abuser rather than the abusee.
Though to be fair, if you’re apologising because you know a question has been asked before and you’re going to get told to use the search, why not use the search?
If you have, perhaps the thing to say is “I’ve used the search but this is a little different / couldn’t find anything,” no? Nothing to apologise for unless you know you’re doing something wrong.