The RTFM Mentality

Recently I was searching for the answer to an issue I was having. Google sent me to forum after forum, and they were full of people asking for help. Overwhelmingly I saw responses that boiled down to RTFM. Now I do agree that generally that's the answer, but if the person is asking for help at least point them in the right direction. RTFM... man blah and pay attention to section XYZ is a much better answer. If somebody is drowning, don't tell them to learn to swim. Throw them a rope and while you're pulling them in tell them they should learn to swim.