Really, the best way to handle this is to not speak authoritatively unless you provide a verifiable source backing you up. You can say how things currently are, and you can say how they are in the real world, but neither of those has any special bearing on how things should be in the game. It's Toady's game, and he can write it as he likes. Don't presume to speak for him.
Bravo:
The best possible answer to this thread's complaints was :
linking this thread I missed in my first search.
I don't see that as rude at all.
So you don't feel like doing the search for them? Then don't post and let them wallow in ignorance.
And sometimes, the bug reported is a feature or already known. So bug reports are fair game to other posters, and we've yet to find a way to say "you're wrong" without sounding like a dick.
So, uh, don't be so angry?
Freudian Slip? Like playing "Hey Noob", don'tcha?
How to say the following without
being a dick:
That is actually a feature as found
hereThat is a known bug, as seen
hereI've misplaced the link, but I am pretty sure this is a known bug.
You might want to peek at the wiki about that, because it sounds like a feature.
No. Not really. He cannot just decide to do something. He is doing this for free you know. He gets donations. AND A LOT of donations. He can live of them. The reason he gets them is because he provides what we want. DF.
Now here I thought maybe I was just being short tempered, and that we'd end up as friends.
Wiki entry on "Donations"