user: feature X is not working for me
foss bro: this is a duplicate of issue #41
user: uh issue #41 has no solution or workaround?
foss bro *closes issue*
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@walruslifestyle Have you been hanging out on the systemd bug tracker
@walruslifestyle No, it's everywhere for sure.
@walruslifestyle They become a bit like ticketing help desks where there is an unspoken implicit deny policy; people look to close issues without doing anything
@sullybiker ugh, exactly! it feels so much like corporate IT I've worked with (IT when the people aren't happy, anyway)
@sullybiker if I were working on a FOSS project and started feeling like that I'd hand it off to someone else. why cause yourself the stress?
@sullybiker lol no believe it or not I saw this on the MathJax issue tracker on github. but I'd say maybe 80% of the issue lists I end up on have some variation of this pattern. maybe I'm just unlucky.