Why do so many people ask so many stupid questions?

by Walt Posted 2012/07/14 05:16:42

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		They are points gamers. Apparently they think SH awards prizes for Leaderboard status.
		They aren't all that bright. They think stupid questions are smart.
		I don't know why some people ask so many stupid questions, but it is annoying.
		Other. (Please elaborate.)

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	They are points gamers. Apparently they think SH awards prizes for Leaderboard status.	15 votes	25%
	They aren't all that bright. They think stupid questions are smart.	8 votes	13%
	I don't know why some people ask so many stupid questions, but it is annoying.	6 votes	10%
	Other. (Please elaborate.)	31 votes	52%

The only reasonable solution is to do a "clear all" on Shared Questions, meaning that even meaningful questions wind up in the garbage.

Oh well.

reasonable solution clear meaning meaningful questions wind garbage

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safari 2012/07/14 06:23:25

I don't know why some people ask so many stupid questions, but it is annoying.

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I've lost count of how many people I've de-friended for it - not because I don't like them but because I can't spend time on looking through all of that with what little I have to be here.

Other questions that might be asked are -
How stupid are the people who ask stupid questions?
Is wasting time on stupid questions, stupid?
Who is stupider, the person who asks a stupid question or the one who answers it.

This could get fun.......
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MkB 2012/07/14 08:19:54

Other. (Please elaborate.)

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Maybe the saying 'One man's trash is another man's treasure' can be applied here. I too have done a dump delete and I've been guilty of asking stupid questions. But only for sarcasm. One of my stupid questions was 'Is the sky blue?' I was surprised I got intelligent answers.

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Walt to MkB 2012/07/14 16:11:11

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"Is the sky blue?" isn't stupid.

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artistheweapon 2012/07/14 07:54:52

Other. (Please elaborate.)

cause the internet is fun, and not always do people want to have deep conversations, but just goofy little banters and such. sometimes that might end up looking stupid

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Pedro Doller ~POTL-PWCM~JLA 2012/07/14 07:26:25

They are points gamers. Apparently they think SH awards prizes for Leaderboar...

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I'm at that point with 1500 shared questions. I'll just have to delete them all. Need to trim friends down too. If I get more than 3 questions a day from them they will be gone.

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Pedro D... to Pedro D... 2012/07/14 07:32:31

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here's a new one

http://www.sodahead.com/fun/d...

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Walt to Pedro D... 2012/07/14 07:35:46

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I'm going to have to whittle down my friends list, too. It's a shame to have to do that, since you know they're going to send you another friend request anyway. I doubt I will recall who I deleted and they'll end up right back on my friends list in a couple of months.

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Pedro D... to Walt 2012/07/14 08:15:49

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SH should have some way to turn off their shared questions so that you don't have to unfriend them. I have to ungroup too. I get the same question on 6 groups. Sometimes the answers are different / different people depending which group the same question was asked on.

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Walt to Pedro D... 2012/07/14 16:12:27

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Same here! Earlier in the week, I quit about 1/3 of the groups I belong to because I was getting swamped with duplicate questions. There's not enough time in the day to wade through all of that.

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gregaj7 2012/07/14 06:41:34

Other. (Please elaborate.)

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Perfect cross-section of this nation. Tons of manure with very few diamonds available. Happy digging.

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Walt to gregaj7 2012/07/14 06:42:27

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That's a good analogy.

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gregaj7 to Walt 2012/07/14 19:45:36

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Thanks.

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666_Maggots~PassionForGlory... 2012/07/14 06:35:26 (edited)

Other. (Please elaborate.)

Because it's fun! >.> and you don't have to clear all your shared questions, delete one at a time as you go along......

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Walt to 666_Mag... 2012/07/14 06:36:21

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Yeah. Right.

Doing that, I wasted an hour and a half tonight and still had 35 pages left to go through.

There isn't enough time in the week to do that.

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Your Fa... to Walt 2012/07/14 06:38:14

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You know there is a 'Clear All' button right...

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Walt to Your Fa... 2012/07/14 06:39:52

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Yep. That's the only solution.

And that's what I'm talking about.

People asking constant stupid questions means we have to "clear all" without getting to the good questions.

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Your Fa... to Walt 2012/07/14 06:40:48

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What do you mean by 'good questions?'

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Walt to Your Fa... 2012/07/14 06:44:42

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Anything asking me about personal preferences that are meaningless unless you are part of my daily world are not "good questions."

Why would someone care if I like walks on the beach? Are they asking me out on a date?

Why would someone care if I go mountain climbing? Are they trying to recruit me for their survivalist training mission?

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Your Fa... to Walt 2012/07/14 06:46:46

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Um. No. Opinion sites are supposed to be fun. All the ones I am on are mainly fun questions which many people enjoy. This is the only site I have seen where people are all annoying about it...

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666_Mag... to Walt 2012/07/14 06:40:31

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Then defriend people, it's not complicated.

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Walt to 666_Mag... 2012/07/14 06:43:01

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Yeah. That's what I don't want to do but will have to do. Good point.

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Michael=Constitution & Liberty 2012/07/14 06:33:25

They are points gamers. Apparently they think SH awards prizes for Leaderboar...

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such as "Do you like boobs?" "Who is prettier?" Yoda Yoda...LOL!

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Walt to Michael... 2012/07/14 06:38:01

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Yes. Exactly like that.

"Do you take vitamins?"

"What's your favorite color?"

"Do you think Miley Cyrus is pretty?"

"Are you good at bowling?"

.....

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Michael... to Walt 2012/07/14 06:47:06

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I pulled them from my Que, and low and behold, you did also, as I just deleted all your reply questions 15 min ago, lol!

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Walt to Michael... 2012/07/14 06:48:46

Reply questions?

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Michael... to Walt 2012/07/14 06:53:39

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my bad, was in a hurry. I had these same questions in my Que but deleted them not long ago.

"Do you take vitamins?"
"What's your favorite color?"
"Do you think Miley Cyrus is pretty?"
"Are you good at bowling?"

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Walt to Michael... 2012/07/14 06:55:19 (edited)

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Now watch someone report me to their friends for quoting their questions as being stupid!

LoL!

(What's the worst that can happen?)

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Michael... to Walt 2012/07/14 06:58:29

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Id post a toss violation mail from SH but deleted all 3 a bit ago. lmao!

(I reckon a slap on the wrist :)

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safari 2012/07/14 06:23:25

I don't know why some people ask so many stupid questions, but it is annoying.

+7
I've lost count of how many people I've de-friended for it - not because I don't like them but because I can't spend time on looking through all of that with what little I have to be here.

Other questions that might be asked are -
How stupid are the people who ask stupid questions?
Is wasting time on stupid questions, stupid?
Who is stupider, the person who asks a stupid question or the one who answers it.

This could get fun.......

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L1Z2 2012/07/14 06:19:58

Other. (Please elaborate.)

1. Because they can.
2. Since when are others interested in blog posts that are informative about important topics VS fluff? Not too many.
3. Stupid questions are better than stupid actions.

And too many more to list here....

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Gracie ~Gun Totin' Gracie~ 2012/07/14 06:07:35

Other. (Please elaborate.)

+1
I don't know.,but hang on while I ask one.

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Nimitz 2012/07/14 06:03:50 (edited)

Other. (Please elaborate.)

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Entertainment. The whole thing is about getting our minds off the world going to hell all around us. Chill, dood!

BTW, I usually 'clear all' before I shut down each night. That way all the questions in the morning are fresh.

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Veritas to Nimitz 2012/07/14 13:35:21

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Exactly. I answered similarly, only I added some boring intelligent ideas I could share that are guaranteed to put folks to sleep!

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Nimitz to Veritas 2012/07/14 20:20:39 (edited)

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On SH I'm constantly amazed by how often profound discussions will spring from the most mundane or 'stupidest' of questions. It's almost as if they tap some hidden wellspring of the human psyche or collective consciousness.

. . .But then, the Web itself is kinda like a collective soul or digital Tower of Babel.

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~HopelessRomanticM17~ 2012/07/14 06:02:07

They are points gamers. Apparently they think SH awards prizes for Leaderboar...

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I feel like some people just ask questions so that they can get more points...because a lot of the questions on here are stupid.

I haven't asked a question in like...a year.

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Music Addict ♫ 2012/07/14 06:00:47

I don't know why some people ask so many stupid questions, but it is annoying.

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Maybe they don't think their questions are stupid.

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TheExphinitee42 2012/07/14 05:59:12

Other. (Please elaborate.)

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Because we have rights to be curious about anything....Do you have the problem with that?

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Walt to TheExph... 2012/07/14 06:07:23

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The problem I have with it is that people are sharing over 600 questions every day and over 3/4 of them are of the "do you take vitamins" or "what's your favorite color" variety.

This means that I miss out on meaningful questions.

Get it?

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TheExph... to Walt 2012/07/14 06:15:13

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Well, people just can't help themselves from it, everybody is going to ask so many questions like that no matter what. You can at least answer one question that you will find meaningful, just do what makes you comfortable okay?

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safari to Walt 2012/07/14 06:25:37

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600 collectively I assume -- ? Due to removing people I get less than that now but it is still way too many

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Walt to safari 2012/07/14 06:30:51

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Yes. Approximately 600 per day is what I get in my Shared Questions. I took most of 24 hours off and wound up with 1,250+.

It ticked me off, especially after I tried deleting the stupid ones, spent 1 1/2 hours doing it and then gave up and deleted all of them.

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