Skimming through the comments I didn't see much support for the condescending, snarky attitude, many user seem to genuinely help the OP.
You can probably find examples of the other kind (but please do, rather than just saying "I feel like ...") but this at least shows, I think, that the attitude is not very common.
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4396195 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4382846 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4381905 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4396195 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4379278
Skimming through the comments I didn't see much support for the condescending, snarky attitude, many user seem to genuinely help the OP.
You can probably find examples of the other kind (but please do, rather than just saying "I feel like ...") but this at least shows, I think, that the attitude is not very common.