Topics should not be closed

On Manjaro, I created a topic about users not being informed why they can’t upload images, when a topic that already existed on it was available. Then they guided me to create topics on discourse itself. So you see my frustration? Why do I can not upload images here? - #2 by linux-aarhus - Forum - Manjaro Linux Forum
Then instead of making another topic on image uploads, I made Why are topics closed? - Forum - Manjaro Linux Forum and then I made the topics posts here. This triple whammy of limitations severs potential discussions and makes me have meta conversations rather than actual conversations.
If you want examples from meta,
Regression: quoting text from a closed topic
Quote button on closed topics still does not behave as expected - #15 by codinghorror
Quoting from closed topic
Quote post from closed topic - #11 by Sander78
It is not possible to quote closed topics [Solved]

Basically, I’m made to jump through so many hoops, I don’t know which restrictions are from Discourse and which ones are added by Manjaro.