# Has a thread ever been moved TO GQ? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 8, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-thread-ever-been-moved-to-gq/549558 "2010-08-08T00:12:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 23
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-thread-ever-been-moved-to-gq/549558/23 "2010-08-12T15:33:53Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > You didn’t really “help” anybody. 1.) He answered the OP’s question as posted. 2.) He demonstrated to the OP how to find the answer to similar questions in the future. How is that not being helpful? For anyone who doesn’t want to click over to the LMGTFY thread, here’s a selection of relevant comments from staff and posters (including you, **Colibri** ): > [@Is LMGTFY unacceptable snark?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lmgtfy-unacceptable-snark/520509/2): > > I think LMGTFY is acceptable. Whenever I use it, I use it in jest. It also makes a point, that your answer could easily have been googled. It’s along the same lines as Google is your friend. > [@Is LMGTFY unacceptable snark?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lmgtfy-unacceptable-snark/520509/3): > > Let’s put it this way. It’s not the sort of thing that would garner a official warning (unless someone started doing it persistently), [snip] A certain degree of snark is acceptable in GQ. > [@Is LMGTFY unacceptable snark?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lmgtfy-unacceptable-snark/520509/15): > > If it only takes me a minute or two to Google something for another poster, I might put in the couple minutes to “clear the land” for “better” questions. If they have further questions or if their question is more complex than they let on, they can continue the thread asking more questions. If not, I’ve answered the question and that thread can fall off the face of the board. > [@Is LMGTFY unacceptable snark?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lmgtfy-unacceptable-snark/520509/16): > > If it popped up in the Game Room, I’d OK it, barring extraneous snark. For instance, a single LMGTFY link in the post would go through but a “LMGTFY link, dumbass” wouldn’t. > [@Is LMGTFY unacceptable snark?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lmgtfy-unacceptable-snark/520509/20): > > Personally, I think that the priorities are getting the answer for the OP, and educating the OP on how to get the answer (not necessarily in that order). LMGTFY does both. Yeah, it does it in a snarky way, but we’re all in the shadow of Cecil here, so I think a certain level of snark comes with the territory. > [@Is LMGTFY unacceptable snark?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lmgtfy-unacceptable-snark/520509/21): > > So, I don’t think it’s necessarily snarky to tell people where to find an answer. Sometimes, I think it’s satisfactory to say, “You can look that up in any reasonable dictionary” thus telling people how to find an answer. > [@Is LMGTFY unacceptable snark?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lmgtfy-unacceptable-snark/520509/24): > > I think a certain level of snark is acceptable _as long as the poster correctly answers the question_. > [@Is LMGTFY unacceptable snark?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lmgtfy-unacceptable-snark/520509/26): > > I think it’s worth keeping in mind that our dear leader Cecil is a bit of a smartass, and that LMGTFY is pretty mild compared to some of his columns over the decades. As you can see, the consensus, _including from mods and administrators_, is that there’s no problem with isolated uses of LMGTFY as long as the search link is relevant and answers the question posed. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-thread-ever-been-moved-to-gq/549558)._