Why are there so many people online who ask questions that would take them 1 minute to google?????????????????
450961
That's like asking "Why do we search an entire room for the TV remote instead of just going to the TV and changing the channel" And the answer is because we can.
1007245
I completley agree, In my long evolution on this earth, I have found that there are many people, especially on Yahoo! Answers who feel the need to waste their ever so precious breath on writing to complete strangers, who really have no understanding of what that person is trying to deliniate for the asker. In my understanding, I have found that you have been fooled by me because you read this long response and i'm doing the same crap! Haha.
740506
alright look them up yourself these questions are really annoying!!!!!!!!!!!!
270831
who are these people, are they kids.. ?\n\nGEEZ why do poeple post such weak questions without the friggin details man!!!\n\nBTW\nthanks for the 2 points
1086039
Ya amen to that.\nEvery question asked on here is either something retarded that is asked by someone that just has nothing better to do with their time, or its something you could easily look up on yahoo or google yourself, they are just too lazy.
804950
Or crack down on a person who joined Q&A today and has copied the same advertisement for his online store under, what I seen sofar, three different names.  I last counted 18 times in 2 hours his answers which have nothing to do with the question asked!  At least spam on the email site goes into a folder where you don't have read it.\nWhew! Sorry I had to vent. He goes under the names hu h,y  g, and y uy y
467680
I blame boredom. I think sometimes people just post questions on here to see if people will answer them - its a form of entertainment I guess. Whats equally annoying are the stupid responses people leave to questions! Like when people say "I don't know" or "I'm not sure" or "that's a tough one" I mean, if you can't be bothered to answer a question properly why the hell are you on Yahoo answers!
1015719
there are two reasons for similar questions app rearing everyday.\n1) some questions are very common so they come under category of frequently asked questions.\n\n2) some people are so lazy that they don't want to search themselves and therefore keep asking even very easy questions.
97074
It bothers a lot of us - you just seem to be hitting all the questions that the lazy jackasses ask. \n\nThere are, indeed, a section of us who type like intelligent individuals who give a rats' ass about the English language. \n\nThe rest of them give us a bad name, really, when you continue to read the news of how "chatting online can lower your IQ" - Sure, if you're a RETARD to begin with!\n\n♥
942535
all kinds, just search for them here, there are literally thousands and thousands of people asking for help, no connection, shutdowns, makes you wonder how they can be blind to firefox, opera, crazy browser etc etc, I have never had so many browsers with so many different features to check out... I mean did I type this? nope, I SPOKE IT, still all these people are having all sorts of nightmares. Surely everyone knows google, they just have to type in there
366725
Yes what you say is absolutely true. The fact however is that many people who use are relatively newcomers and are pretty naive about the intricacies involved. It takes time for them to learn and navigate themselves in this vast ocean of stuff for them to search including the Wiki. Yep I agree most of the questions could simply be got at the click of the mouse button using the search engines. I hope more people start searching for info by themselves and those who do not get the needed info could post questions for the community to try and answer.
1167815
I agree.... People have questions.. People give answers... then it's .."so reported"... come on... every answer is a good answer.. eventhough it MIGHT not be the that Person was looking for... Hey... I say to them.... If you want to only get the answer your looking for.. then you don't need to ask a question.. you already know the answer.....  I say Yahoo remove the Abuse report function.... let's get real...
237862
I know what you mean. It is incredibly annoying when looking through the answers to see what people have said, and then you get some stupid people that just write '2pts'... I mean, they're not even trying.  Usually, when I see people that do that, I go and see their profiles and other questions they've answered, and if they have several, I report them.\nIt's annoying, it's like they feel that's what the point of this site is, to get points... \nI say, if you don't know the answer, or are not even going to bother to try and figure it out... then don't answer at all, the point of this site is to ask questions when you truly want to find something out... and to learn what others think, and have to say about various topics and things.
1041608
When I come across some of those type questions I always go to the persons Q & A page to sus out their other questons. You can usually tell if they are a genuine kid who needs advice or some jerk getting cheep thrills. I feel sorry for those kids. Clearly they are asking on this site because it ensures their anonimity and they feel safe in doing so. Some of them are so very confused and we do live in a very explicit confusing world. \n\nI don't know how you could police the site and there is no way of controlling what others ask or answer. You can only report what you think to be inappropreate and hope that creeps don't get at these kids.
341737
They just want to join the people at Yahoo answers, but do not have the ability to form a logical question. Many other do not seem to know what "Check Spelling" is all about.
360712
People who ask silly questions aren't really interested in this, in how it works and why-- they're just bored people vegging out in front of the computer instead of the TV.  If they're doing this and still bored then it's not something to do for fun or to learn things but a way to kill time-- dead!  They turn into zombies in front of the computers and ask no important questions (to them or anyone else) and give few or no good questions to others' answers, then complain of boredom.  That's because they aren't really thinking or becoming involved in what they're doing, they're just vegging, like I said-- or more like becoming zombified.  By the way, my favorite stupid question was when someone just asked, "Hello......?"
16273
It is probably different for each individual.  Some may just be ignorant, and you really can t blame them, for asking questions is the first step to enlightenment.  Some may just want attention and some might just be bored.