Are you sick of them too?

Question

I find myself asking questions here, but to be honest I wind up deleting them due to the ignorant, rude,and vulgar responses I get. I usually get angry and discouraged because out of 5 people that respond 4 will have something dumb to say. I've noticed that some people even try to belittle most of the posted questions because they obviously can't answer them. Now I do believe that everyone is entitle to their own opinion, and yes I do encourage a good mental challenge, that's why I post questions to begin with, but those aren't the responses I receive. These people are out and out ignorant. I'm just curious, does anyone else feel as bothered as I do? ****To those people that believe that some of the questions that are asked here are dumb...I guess you were never taught that there's no such thing as a stupid question, HUH****

Answer 1

Don't get upset.  Report the person and block them.  Remember, the idiots you see out in the real world have computers.  Those are the people posting those answers.

Make sure when you are posting a question, it is mature and not emotionally charged.  That seems to attract the trolls.

Finally, there is not necessarily dumb questions, but there are stupid ways to deliver the question.  For example, there was this jerk who was asking if it was OK for their cat to l**k Windex off the floor.  Based on their delivery, and the spamming of other borderline animal cruelty questions by the same individual, you could tell it belonged in the stupid question category.  Now, if someone said they were freaking out because their cat licked some Windex off a window while it was still drying, and they wanted to know if they should take it to the vet... well... not so stupid.

Answer 2

I like to use sarcasm to point out perspective on a question.  Because honestly I think it's a bit ridiculous for people who write 2 paragraphs on a relationship when they're fishing for what they want to hear.  Bottom Line: Some people need a reality check, they're questions aren't stupid, in my opinion some people need perspective so I respond with sarcasm.  People shouldn't post questions if they don't want everyones input.

Answer 3

Ya I guess its here to stay. These people are immature and pig headed. They don't show much of a promise of being effective contributors in any part of society since they act this way here at Yahoo. Just block them. Soon they will be complaining and crying, why are you blocking me? They'll say hey! I have a right to free speech. But that only works in regular forums. They know that there are rules but they think that they can come here and do what they want. It must be a missing chromosome or something.

Answer 4

I suppose it has everything to do with the type of questions you ask and the kind of people that would be drawn to answer them.  Unfortunately there are many out there that love to be smart, but that's life now isn't it.

And yes there are stupid questions....those questions asked about material that you were just given are stupid.  Questions concerning a conversation that you weren't paying attention to are stupid.  Questions that you should know the answer to are stupid.  Questions that are irrelevant, immature, or unimportant are often stupid.  Questions asked before you really thought about what you were asking are stupid.  And so on.

When your teacher made that comment, she/he was referring to thoughts you had even after you paid attention and thought before you spoke.

There are stupid questions.  I don't know what you have been asking, but maybe the questions are attracting the wrong kind of people and thus maybe they are a little stupid?????????

Answer 5

I have been lucky not to have received too many rude responses. Maybe some categories are likely to get them than others.  

If they are really rude, you should report them.  Generally, when I get some--I just give them a thumbs down and they disappear from my view so that when I look at my question again, I don't have keep re-reading it.  I have to agree that sometimes people are rude. It is so easy to be unkind over the internet because it is so anonymous!  What did my mother say to me...something about if you don't have something nice to say--don't say anything at all! I hope your question helps those people who would post unkind things realize we are all real people who participate on yahoo answers, not just generic avatars.

Answer 6

I mostly get helpful and intelligent answers. Sorry.  Maybe you could try wording your questions differently.  Maybe it is associated with the board you are posting the question to.  Maybe try posting the same question to two different places and see if the answers are more friendly and appropriate in one place compared to the other.   I have found that the responses change quite dramatically depending on where they are posted.

Answer 7

A lot of people are trying to be funny, interesting, stand out, or stir up a response. I just give them a thumbs down and move on if they offend me.

For the most part when I type an answer, it's because I wanna help out. The only type of questions that I give an unhelpful answer to are the Rate Me: Am I HOT? questions.

Answer 8

im with you on this youtry to ask a question that youjust want an answer to but someone has to come and make a rude remark and then when you e mail them they get mad at you because  they did somthing rude those people are just so incompetent they have to insult others to make themselves feel good  why do they even bother answering the question i could type all day about them but i dont havethe room here gosh i have a question for you email me? [e-mail]

Answer 9

duhhh me no-no

Answer 10

There are answers and there are replies.

Answers provide, or at least attempt to provide, a resolution to your problem/question.

Replies are simply whatever someone might say in response to what you have posted.

Replying with something that is less than an attempt to provide an answer is considered a violation.  Report them if you feel passionately about it.  There is no explanantion for responding to someone with anything that is less than helpful.