The one question we always redirect (and honestly nobody minds)

This is the warmest possible way to say "we can't go there" and I'm obsessed with it. A wink and a link, never a lecture. That's the whole vibe of the place.

Co-signed from the mod chair. The redirect is never a "no," it's a "not here" plus directions to the part we CAN nerd out about. Nine times out of ten people end up enjoying the COA threads more than the question they came in with.

Came in fully braced to get told off, asked my actual question (about labelling), got three helpful answers and a meme. This forum is genuinely not what the internet warned me about.

Can confirm as a recent newcomer: braced for gatekeeping, got a wink and the storage threads, stayed for the freezer war. Working exactly as intended.

I'll defend the line bluntly so Paul doesn't have to: it's the reason this place is readable. No human-use noise means the signal is all bench, all the time. I'll take that trade every day.

It's the one rule even I don't grumble about. Keeps the clowns out and the chromatograms in. Good thread, Paul. Don't tell anyone I said so.