Why are people more willing to answer dumb questions then real ones?
954763
I'm with you on that.  I have posted some serious questions before and they're not even been looked at, but give someone a fun, weird, stupid question and everyone is all over it.  There has to be some people out there like you and me that do go to the trouble of answering the unique/real questions.  It's not all just about points people it's about helping out your fellow friends.  Make someone's day and actually answer something you wouldn't normally answer and do some research on it and you just might make someone's day or help them make a life style change.  Get to it....
141843
Why are people always looking for answers to unanswered questions?
487902
Why are people stupid?
94241
Just because they could. I like it alot:) You can ask all the dumb questions you want anon. and noone has to know about it, except you of course.LOL \nMaybe it's to see how smart Yahoo users are? or not?
1017579
Stupid questions get stupid answers. Not everyone's a genius. Or even close to smart. They just like seeing themselves type.
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.
503163
I guess that people assume that if a "relevant" person asks a question, they really want an answer.\nSo here I am answering your question.\nMany people have a lot of information in their heads that seems to be of no good to them.  It just floats around in there taking up space.  They might think that if they give that information to someone else, it will go away and leave them more space to gather more irrelevant information to pass on to someone else in answer to an irrelevant question so they can get it out of their head so they can gather more irrelevant information to float around in their heads until they can pass it on to someone else in answer to an irrelevant question.  Understand?
46562
I think people are more ready to give a flippant answer to a fun question than they are to answer a question about which they actually have to think or one where their answer may be wrong.
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.
177686
because you like the stupis answers you get in return. kep on asking them abd i will get more ignorant each time!
1184035
I'm agree with you about your words 'serious questions get serious answers in my book. but stupid questions get stupider answers (with a bit of raunchiness in it) :D'\nbut when serious people ask stupid question gets sarcastic answer, they can get really unhappy bout this and start attacking back at you.
478198
because people dont relize how smart ur answer actually is
652182
its because of thier STUPID QUESTIONS\n\nand eventually the answers will also be rude...\n\nbut if you ask a good question then answers will be OKAY..
200556
Stupid questions (such as this one) are asked repeatedly because the person asking wants attention. Basically their 15 minutes of fame. Giving them some sort of euphoric "High" when they see all the answers they receive.\n\nAsking a question costs you 5 points, so points would not be the motivation for asking a question.\n\nPeople answer the stupid questions ( and by the way, it's a crock that there is no such thing as a stupid question) because they get a feeling of superiority over the asker of the stupid question and they also enjoy their little bit of fame and attention. Some people DO answer the questions just for the 2 points and the possibility of getting chosen as the best and receiving 10 more points. They can then get up to 50 points more if people rate their best answer as the best.\nThe extra points allow them to move to higher levels and they are then able to Ask, Answer, Comment, Rate and Vote for more questions. \n\nThere are some people that answer the questions to be helpful. I try to answer serious questions to the best of my ability. It makes me happy to think that I may have helped another person with their problem. \n\nSilly, funny, rude or stupid questions....I answer them the way they should be answered. =-)
977205
Well i can tell you that people have no answers and there hoping you can help them with the question and get an answer i mean some people don't even know that there putting up stupid questions or they are trying to be perfect.I mean people might think that the question your asking is stupid (not saying that this question is)\nPeople just wanna have fun asking these questions and just play around.Some people just wanna be pefect.And some people really need help cause their stuck and they have no one too ask that they come to you and ask you cause they think you can help and they can trust some of you.Also to the asker the question is important to them and they really want an answer.And people say yourquestion is a stupid question don't listen too them it's not stupid it's a good piont
594162
I don't know that the people are necessarily shy. I think that it is easier to ask and answer questions on Answers because I am not emotionally connected to the other people. When you know someone, your emotions can sometimes cloud the way that you tend to look at circumstances. It is nice in a sense that the receiver of your answer is unable to argue back when you say something that is right on target!
333716
we ask stupid questions to see how many stupid people will answer them.....hmmmm