Having just become "comfortable" with Perl within the last few months, I can definitely appreciate this type of comment. I have two children at home (8 and 5) who are constantly asking me questions about what this is, or how this works, or why this, or why that, etc. I love the fact that they are inquisitive, but I encourage them to ask themselves to see if they can figure out (or even guess) what the answer is, and half the time they end up getting it right.

I think that there will always be those 'I need to do X and I need someone to tell me how', but when I see the 'Here's what I tried and here's why I think it doesn't work' (which is what I try to do) posts, it seems like someone is honestly trying to make it work first, then when it doesn't, asking the experts for help.

Great comment, I agree with everything you said!