text: if you get a rude answer, do you go back to that person and say something rude back to them? and why is it that so many of the newbies are rude? most of the time i don't, because judging by the answer they give, i assume they are children.  but sometimes i get rude answers (not very many, though), and i e-mail them to see what their problem was.  most of the time we laugh it off.