Occasionally (frequently?) I see a question that is closed as a duplicate. Since it's new to me, and I don't know what the original answer was, I follow the link...
...only to find out that that question was also closed as a duplicate — but, sadly, the third question is related to the second in a different way than the first was (don't pull out the pitchforks, I'm not questioning the wording!)
Here is a scientific diagram of this condition:
Sometimes the actual open answer has been more than two questions away. The further away it is, the worse the problem gets, like a possible-duplicates game of "Telephone/Chinese Whispers". Sometimes you end up realizing there's not actually an answer to the new question that is now closed.
Is it possible to require questions in the duplicate close-reason to actually be open (or at least closed for a different reason?
I did search for a duplicate of this one, but I realize how ironic it could end up being...