Don't Ask Questions That Have Answers

This is a 3-panel satirical meme using the popular 'bicycle self-sabotage' template. The first panel shows a man riding a bicycle along a path, labeled 'literally any sub', referring to Reddit subreddits. In the second panel, the man intentionally shoves a stick into the front wheel of his moving bicycle, with accompanying text 'STOP ASKING QUESTIONS THAT ALREADY HAVE ANSWERS', representing the common behavior of subreddit regulars or moderators lashing out at new users who ask frequently answered basic questions instead of guiding them. The third panel shows the man lying injured on the ground next to his crashed bike, asking confusedly 'why are we losing members??', mocking the fact that communities that are hostile to new users asking common questions end up driving away members, while failing to recognize their own hostile behavior is the root cause.

Overview

This is a 3-panel satirical meme using the popular 'bicycle self-sabotage' template. The first panel shows a man riding a bicycle along a path, labeled 'literally any sub', referring to Reddit subreddits. In the second panel, the man intentionally shoves a stick into the front wheel of his moving bicycle, with accompanying text 'STOP ASKING QUESTIONS THAT ALREADY HAVE ANSWERS', representing the common behavior of subreddit regulars or moderators lashing out at new users who ask frequently answered basic questions instead of guiding them. The third panel shows the man lying injured on the ground next to his crashed bike, asking confusedly 'why are we losing members??', mocking the fact that communities that are hostile to new users asking common questions end up driving away members, while failing to recognize their own hostile behavior is the root cause.

Origin notes

This meme is a remix of the widely circulated 'man jamming stick into his own bike wheel' meme template, originally shared on the Reddit r/Meme subreddit as indicated by the provided source information. It satirizes the common negative dynamic on many Reddit subreddits where communities punish new users for asking basic, commonly answered questions rather than directing them to resources, and then express confusion when their community membership declines over time as a result of this hostile treatment of new users.

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