Freenode channels (a story):

<1>: I have a problem with this thing it's not working
<2>: What about it isn't working? Can you give some more details?
<1>: It's not working. I've already said the code is broken.
<2>: What are you trying to do?
<1>: This thing.. *pastes logs*
<3>: Please don't paste logs
<1>: Ok, but the thing is broken, sorry
<2>: Okay it looks like you're trying to {...}
<1>: I think I need to install this library
<2>: No you don't
<1>: It's installed now and still not working