why does everyone try to appear smarter or better than others on answers.yahoo?
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Why don't you answer that yourself?  In response to your answer on the question I had about tigers....I don't appreciate being called an idiot ONE BIT!!!!  Besides that, I SAID THAT I WAS CONSIDERING IT, AND NOT THAT I WAS GOING TO GET ONE FOR SURE OR EVEN AT ALL.  I wanted to ask if anyone knew about that sort of thing.  I probably out of anyone in THE WORLD love animals...with all my heart....I have a huge passion for all animals....so think about what you're reading before you ANSWER IT...and then maybe people on here can actually get legit answers, instead of people like you calling people idiots!!!  The way you answered that question....WHO'S THE IDIOT?????????  Ha!
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why is people arrogant if u can't explain yourself???... the only arrogant here is YOU... if you want some wisdom start being humble... you can't learn from others if u think u already know everything...
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A lot of time people speak and give advice about thing that they did make mistake before and ussually their advice is somethings that they can not accomplish. Well it make them feel better when they think they are smart and wise than you. Just ignore them or change the subject when they start giving you advice. I have tried it and it works( at least for me)
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Why are you making such generalizations?  That sure doesn't fit everyone on here from what I have seen.  Maybe you are trying to project feelings about yourself onto others?  I think you should spend some time reflecting on why you feel superior to everyone.  It may be normal to feel superior to some, but not to everyone.
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You have a point many talk out of foolish reasoning, shouting silly opinions and put down logic. It is very bad manners and bad behavior. And it seems many accept this. I suppose since yahoo is so open -with so many that those who have sense can not ignore them-like on other boards. This would not be tolerated on the more educated boards. On others they would have some of their post removed and others would ignore them. That is why they come here-their ill manners and bad behavior can be shown here more. Too bad too because it would help them to associate with more educated people.\n\nThanks for the chance to talk reasonable with someone. I will look forward to more of your post.
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Not all do.\nTo some, however, it is a badge of pride.\n\nWith society tending toward making "dumb and dumber" seem perfectly acceptable, anything which which tends to show intelligence may be ridiculed.\n\nIt is not a matter of who is smarter or even who can think better.  Anyone reading the questions on this site knows that many humans take pride in their stupidity, lack of education and personal bias.  These tend to be more annoying.
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Who knows why anyone does what they do . Some people are just dumb and are always trying get attention .
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Because people are basically lazy.  Why write out a well thought out answer, when you can put a one word comment?\nI have had this happen too, I posted a stupid question just to test the theory and got more answers than any of my serious questions.\nHowever, there are some decent people on here that actually take the time to answer your serious questions.  In that case quality matters over quanity.
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We have no way of knowing, on Y! Answers, what a person really looks like.  I've gotten some very nasty emails, and highly doubt that looks had anything to do with their remarks.  People who are going to be nasty, ought not to bother answering at all.  Most of us seem to be here for fun, to help others, and to brighten our day.
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Probably because there are some ignorant people out there.  There are some people who genuinely come to "Y Answers", looking for serious answers.  While others view it as an opportunity to ask irrelevant or sometimes disgusting questions.  Therefore, when you have a good number of people being silly and derogatory in their questions, you'll get silly and derogatory responses, and at times those people will spill over onto questions that are quite sincere.  I'm not trying to excuse anyone's behavior. I'm just thinking maybe that's the reason why so many people act so immature on here.  I must admit, though, that it doesn't bother me as much anymore because there are 10 responsible, fun and respectful people for every one of those ignorant ones.
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everyone no matter who they are have questions just like the one u asked and to have place to go and get the hint on something that might help is better than no help at all...when u own a computer as good as it is the first thing u have to relize is a computer is not a toy ...computer is an extesion of the person who owns it...some very itelligent and then in some cases not so very and to categorize questions into groups tackles the acute problems instead generalizing
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I agree with you. \nSo many times have i seen great answers not being picked because the person asking the question. \nOnly wanted a certain answer or he/she had sidekicks who he/she preferred to give the points to. \nWell now i don't know about improving it when even yahoo cant or wont do anything about it. \nyes there is some comparison to democracy.
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It's probably because they are simular to you, are curious about the same questions, or think they have the answers since they are all in the same thought pattern.. I don't think any ONE person is anwering everything,... that would be impossible.
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It could be for a lot of reasons.  Rude or sarcastic people are everywhere.  Also some questions may appear offensive or attacking to others so they tend to answer back in the way they felt we are asked.  Since we are on the net posting and answering, whether or not the question is serious, we are bound to get all sorts of remarks.  Maybe in most cases it's not so much they felt you or someone else knew them...People may feel that they can be more rude on line because someone does not know them and they can be as much of a @# as they want without having to suffer any consequences such as a fight.
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I love this one, most people who posted knew the answer but posted anyway, why do we do that!?!?!?
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Sometimes, it is reflection.\nSometimes, it is search for knowledge.\nSometimes, it is curiosity about what other people think.\nAll of those are acceptable.\nA few like to ask mocking questions, for some reason.  My own guess is that it makes them feel superior.  Such a lack of self-esteem is truly pitiful.\nWhat is even more pitiful is when we respond in kind.  I know I've been guilty of it at times.  I'm trying to learn more self-restraint.
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Yeah, you always see that on here. People don't even take into consideration the quality of the answer, a lot of times. That's what annoys me about that system on here; it's interesting to see how many thumbs up or thumbs down you get, but more often than not, it feels like some kind of popularity contest instead of a thing where people are actually judging your answer fairly.