We don't know who we are talking to.  There could be kids on here asking about sex and all.  Is everyone paying attention to that fact?  We can't answer questions that are insane like "details on sex" -- my guess - immaturity is asking questions like that.  Is everyone in agreement?  We have to be careful not to damage a kid's mind somehow. Okay????
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Nice generalisation. The sharing of true facts can never harm people, But i do have to kind of agree with you on the reason some of the questions are asked. I would hope that people use common sense and answer the more risky questions with tact and diplomacy, With knowledge comes responsibility
125440
I think that some questions stir something inside of us.Some questions are controversial,while others are not.Some questions are easily answered while others are answered by text book explanations.Hmmmm I wonder how many answers this question will get?
283914
There are alot of Assholes on this site.......all we try to do is have a little fun by asking crazy questions and some people have to take things SO PERSONAL and be jerks when answering questions....come on people have a little fun.....loosen up a little!
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I too am worried about the questions asked and answers given on this board.  The questions asked about sexual subjects concern me, but fortunately they are not too prevalent.  Hopefully there is someone at Yahoo who is monitoring these threads and deleting the crudely sexual questions.\nOf most concern to me is the inability of people who have spoken some form of English for their entire lives to properly phrase a question or answer.\nEven when I was growing up (back in the 1960s-'70s, when dinosaurs still walked the earth ;)), educators told us that form is not important, but content is all that matters.  I disagree; without knowing how to communicate, how do you expect to make your point (or two)?  Many costly mistakes have been made in the world because people did not understand what others were saying, or misinterpreted what was being said.\nThe proper use of the English language seems to be dissolving into a morass of code words and irrationality.
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i agree. but people on here are no different than people anywhere.. especially those on here who are young and a little unsure of themselves..  \n\nbut i agree, communication is everything, and people need to gather up the courage to chat with whomever they are interested in..  \n\npeople can try to read signs and read body languange and ask friends to investigate about information, but it's so much easier to just ask someone outright whether or not they are intested in you..
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One of the best things about this site is that anyone of any age (well 13+), sex, religion, nation or country of national origin can use it.  I learn a lot from some of the most childish questions and sometimes a child my not have access or feel comfortable with talking to an adult, but will post a question here.\n\nThis is not a chat room.  It is an experiment in cyber community relations.  Perhaps yahoo would expand their catagories to include some which specifically say Adult Relations and not just Friends and Family or Love and Romance.\n\nSure How much wood and Why is the sky questions are a pain in the patootie.  Don't answer them, skip and move on.  Remember this is still a beta sight which usually means Under Construction or Development.\n\nYou might contact the Yahoo Answers team directly.  Click on Read our Blog in the upper right hand corner.
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I think that this is one of the best sites that I have found. I enjoy trying to help other people, and getting the advice from others. Except for the ones that give the perverted answers for everything. Some people can't get their minds out of the gutter for anything. Sorry, I guess that is another answer for another question. So, yes this is a great site.
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I agree with all, but caution that #7 should be noted to only included adults and that children are not involved. It is good to explain sex to children but not to openly show it to them. \n\nBlessed Be )O(
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Yahoo Answers is probably not the place to get in touch with the most caring, understanding and gentle people. It is a site for the young, for the bored, for the oversexed and the insomniacs. \nI try not to be too sarcastic in my answers but I have noticed I do fail - and while I am not proud of this, I also believe the questions are to be blamed sometimes. Quite some of the postings are completely unbelievable. \nI will easily admit that there are a lot of horrible postings in both questions and answers, but that always seems to happen in such online groups. I guess the best way still to deal with it is to ingnore it. What else can you do?
631100
Some do not know how to categorize well. This is an all-age PG site so we have kids who just do not know where to post things. Its a good idea to guide them, which you just did.
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There's NOTHING wrong with that question. What most likely happened is that someone who has serious hang-ups of a sexual nature got offended by it and reported it. Often, the Yahoo censor system just automatically removes questions that are reported instead of going thru the trouble of actually adjudicating. Saves time, and time=money.
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I think its because parents are so embarrassed about sex. I think the boy probably was cool with it until everybody started telling him it was bad. How would you like to tell everybody every little detail about your sex life?
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I've  thought this from the start. Especially when those potty mouthed questions are only for that purpose, just to talk dirt. Believe it or not, it has gotten better since I first came on board. It still has a lot of room for improvement. I have noticed several questions that have been yanked that seemed OK to me. I couldn't figure a good reason why. Maybe we should take this to the Yahoo questions crew.
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The Yahoo Answers team can't police everything. I'm not sure they should even try.\n\nHonestly, I don't know why you don't pull your kids out of Answers if it worries you so much. There are a lot of jerks on here, and a lot of the content is explicit and offensive.\n\nIt probably shouldn't be available for kids, but here's the thing, most of the people spouting the offensive stuff ARE kids. \n\nYou obviously don't remember what it was like to be a kid, but kids are the most foul mouthed, violent and mean creatures on the planet.\n\nGrownups are hopefully more mature. But given the ridiculous cross posting of your frankly embarrassing rants, I'm not sure you're the one I want policing maturity here.
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I am 24...and I can see what you mean about people being under 40.  Some of these questions seem like they come from kids trying to be funny.  Regardless, it is an amusing place to waste time...and sometimes actually help someone with a legitimate question.  I have gotten some good answers on here as well that helped me with home theater and PC questions.  Take care...and just enjoy the questions...as ridiculous as they can be.  You have to admit...it can be quite entertaining for bored people or people with insomnia.
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alot of people are offended about it because they think it is something that belongs in the bedroom and in the dark... i personnally don't mind talking about it , infact we had a nice group conversation last night about sex. although i don't mind talking about it, i wouldn't go out and tell every stranger i met things i would or wouldn't do either-- i have to be friends with the person i am talking to.
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I like a healthy debate. Although i agree that the childishness is annoying. I just ignore those and report the obscene or insulting. I would highly recommend others do the same. When the adolescents post the crude questions, I would highly recommend the more mature of us just ignore and report accordingly. Do not give them the satisfaction of an answer.