Oh absolutely, I've been following the forums for months now and finally decided to jump into the community. Someone suggested somewhere to read as much of the "ask rip" forum posts starting at the beginning and working forward. I'm like 30 pages in... I am starting to understand why Mark has some short temper with people who won't use the "search" function.
But seriously, I am positive anyone's life would be more benefited than hurt by time on the forum.