do people really ask serious questions on this or is most of it just a big joke?
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some do and others don't\nu see\nthere are a rainbow of people on Yahoo!answers\nin every society actually \nbut what do u think?
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Eric, most people are either too dumb or mentally lazy to think about real issues.  That's why people argue over people's reputations instead of over different points on an issue.  If you ask a serious question in a serious way, with lots of words.... your question is going to be ignored.  People don't enjoy thinking (for the most part).  Our soceity is very anti-intellectual.
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Sometimes, the question is so lame it deserves to be made fun of.  Mostly, I just have a sarcastic sense of humor and can't resist an obvious joke.\n\nIf you are talking about your last question, the great majority of the answers were kind and supportive even if that was not something you wanted to hear.
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you answered that poet question pretty seriously!  ;)\n\nI didn't LOL, but you were funny.  I generally think that people who take things too seriously just piss me off though!  They're wasting my time.
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I sometimes ask "real" questions...other times, I just ask questions/polls for fun.\nI think a lot of people just ask things to find things out, or asking for fun to see what kind of answers they would get.
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people asking stupid questions?
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That's a good question.  I've answered questions that seemed perfectly serious and more or less a call for information that later end up deleted.  Then again, there's never a shortage of questions with fairly crass subject matter that never goes away.  I think that because the mods are human, whether a question stays or goes depends on who reviews it.
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Just like you said. People are stupid and think that your not serious about your questions. They might think that just because people on this site are really idiots and ask questions like how to su ck di ck they think that when ever some one has a question about lets say masturabating they think your not serious. So sometimes you just really gotta make people believe that your serious.
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Is that really a question?
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Yes, most of the questions could be answered by doing a search.  However, a lot of people want other peoples opinions.  They want to be able to relate to a human being rather than a machine.
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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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it depends on the person as to which subject to discuss.  some people just get on here to waste time and ask pointless questions for the heck of it. others are seroius about what they ask and need serious answers.  i still dont understand why there are still those that put stupid remarks like "i dont know" for answers to important questions. it frusterates me but what can you do?
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IS THIS A REAL QUESTION?
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well some people just have a nature of asking really really stupid things,
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Is that even a real question?
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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
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Sure it is.    No where in your immediate environment can you ask such personal and often ridiculous questions and have someone, somewhere pay attention to you.\nGood, bad or indifferent.