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So that poster asked where to get blue carrots, and you replied 'probably one of the numerous companies making blue carrots?'. It seems they were unaware of these products, you don't have to be fake incredulous about it.

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A little bit of hostility is healthy to an incredibly basic question like that. Plus I’ve encountered that user a few times, it’s always the same tier of asinine comment.

I'm always astounded by this particular activity. If you're curious about the existence of a thing, the activity required is typing some such "where can I get". But you could type that in a search bar and be gauranteed an immediate result or type it in a comment section and possibly get a definitely delayed result.

I suppose the interaction could be the point, but if the curiosity is the only factor, why choose the comment section?

It’s almost always a secondary motivation on forums, someone with an agenda trying to undermine the GP in some attempted subtle way that’s not immediately apparent to most casual browsers.

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