Why don't you just fuck off?

[aroraborealis]

As a rule, any time you are about to start a statement, "Why don't you just ...", you should keep your mouth shut and think more carefully about the topic from the perspective of the person you're talking to. You are almost certainly about to oversimplify in a dismissive and insulting way.

If you are the subject of a "Why don't you just ...", I hereby deputize you to sign the speaker up for a lifetime supply of personal visits from Scientology evangelists.

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[blk]

Having vaguely known you for a while, I'm going to venture a suggestion that this may be somewhat particular to you. As in, if YOU were to ask me that question, I would most likely interpret it the way you explained above. If the vast majority of other people I can think of were to ask me that question, I would probably interpret them as trying to be helpy, and be annoyed that they assumed I had not actually thought through my problem.