Sadly many Linux places are just the same but it`s no different on many Windows based forums etc.I discovered online forums pretty quickly last year(not through choice) and had more than one instance or "RTFM" and "Google it" etc,well before the Ubuntu discovery.
Not that i ever let it bother me of course,it`s all in the best of fun
It dont happen on UF though and you can ask as many stupid seeming questions as you want over there without fear of being ridiculed....i should know
There is no such thing as a stupid question.......only stupid responses