Comment by Dylan16807

6 years ago

It also makes them look like a giant idiot if they actually made a mistake by not considering it. Maybe not the best thing to risk.

But that is kind of unavoidable. When I do screw up, I rather find out by an honest question, where I can be the one answering, "duh, I should have thought of that!", instead of gradually realising that the only one that doesn't know that I'm wasting my time is I.

  • It's partly unavoidable, but you make the embarrassment far worse if you act like it's so obvious that they clearly must have tried it, you don't even need to ask.