why do people answer questions with stupid answers if they dont really care?
481533
YES!!!!!!! TWO MORE POINTS FOR ME........
545268
Some people just wan tthe 2pts and others scale their answers to match the stupidity of the questions (and there really are stupid questions).\n\nI try to answer questions with accurate, complete and hopefully helpful answers if they are in my fields of study. \n\nBut sometimes I am in there with the 'matching stupidity' approach.
721377
Because people want to ask questions about everything, and don't really seem to care if they are posting in the right area, or even asking semi-intelligent questions.
225791
They probably do not want too many questions and answers in their system, as it may slow it down. Also, they don't want people making many pointless questions or answers.
747690
well if you just answered some of the stupidest crap. then what does that make you?? more stupid than the question asker??
25162
Either to make themselves feel better about their own pathetic existence or because someone asks a truly ignorant question. ;)
391103
It is because they are complete idiots. They think that if they have the most points we will like them. We don't like people because they have the most points, we like them because they participate the most, and their answers are great, and they don't understand that. They want alot points because they think it will make them look better, but with answers like "I don't know", "I don't care", and "Thanks for the 2 points", it makes them look worse. The people with alot of points don't care about the points, because to get as many points as some people, it doesn't just require answering as many questions as you can, it requires alot best answers, and to get alot of best answers, you need intelligence. These people with the large amount of points, in my opinion, are very intelligent, they understand that an award (Except cash awards) is meaningless if you didn't earn it. The people who care only about the points don't understand this, not just because they lack intelligence, but because they lack common sense.
1027939
People like answers, not questions.  Answers make sense of something unstable and bring order to that instability.  If you question something, you are doing so for your own sake, but at the same time you are necessarily (though probably not intentionally) challenging someone else's sense of stability/security (since that other person would see no reason for his/her belief system to be questioned).  You're not meaning to hurt anybody else, but it's just that too many people cannot easily face a disturbance to their beliefs; they view the one who asks the question as the problem.
658355
So then why do u ask? Because there's stupid ppl like me who are bored and have nothing better to do with their time...so they answer a question and feel that they have made a difference...haha.
1067930
Why would you question answers? I dont get it.
495568
This may seem like something silly to say, but why bother asking us the question if you're going to give us the answer?
1162354
because there are those who feel that by answering a question with a smart rude remark that they will prove some point. Normally they are trying to show off in front of other's and cannot gain attention so they use this format where they can be heard and not ignored as they normally are in public.
286009
people ask stupid questions because they are stupid
106600
for the stupid and immature answers
53380
I guess people will do anything for 2 points. Dumb questions are easier to answer and maybe they are hoping to get chosen for the best answer for the amazing 10 points they will get.
178065
i dont answer stupid quesitons or questions that make no sense.
877068
Well...I usually only answer the questions that seem serious...but you are right.  Sometimes I get provoked into answering questions that have no point.  All it does is get me angry and hurt my witness.  We need to be careful what we say, and who we bother answering.