That is funny, but it is not very nice... and I suppose it depends on the "friend."

I know that it can get annoying to continue to have to say the same thing to people and they continue to ignore us and they fail/refuse to act and/or to take responsibility for their own research, due diligence and also taking proper steps rather than having to get spoon fed and hand holding along the way..

There are ONLY so many hours in the day... and yeah, maybe if they came to you after having had done some proper research, then surely there is information out there.. but sometimes they might still need to be guided to help to know the difference between good information and information that is not so good.

I am not completely disagreeing with your seeming saltiness, but there are virtues in patience too.. .. maybe een to suggest an assignment and then have them come back to you after they did the assignment.

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