Yahoo! Answers
The old saying that "There are no stupid questions, only stupid answers," was clearly coined before Yahoo! decided to give the internet its own unmonitored FAQ.
So What Is This Thing?
Yahoo! is a large company. Said large company decided that what the internet needed an open forum where anyone could ask and answer whatever questions they had on their mind. They probably had visions of some cross between Wikipedia and an FAQ. The day Yahoo! Answers went online, the skies went black and the water turned to blood.
Happy fucking birthday.
While they presumably hoped they were giving the world a forum for open, intelligent discourse, the only intelligible debate the site has fostered is whether the Questions or Answers paint a bleaker portrait of humanity.
Questions
The questions seem to lack basic knowledge of how the world works.
A common problem.
A lot of these questions are staged for our entertainment. Which is pretty reassuring, considering the kind of questions that get asked.
Have you got a power station up there?
Answers
For every stupid person, there's another stupid person that will agree with them. And Yahoo! decided it would be a good idea to reward points based on how often you answer. The results of that policy can best be summed up thusly:
Of course, sometimes the answerers are just as deluded as the questioners. We won't use the babby question as an example, because that's far too obviou-
No, apparently we will.
Cracked on Yahoo! Answers
Yahoo! Answers is the king of internet weirdness but it is a lonely ruler. All of its friends are avoiding it because of its far away gaze, and the fact that it always smells faintly of piss.
The people on Yahoo! Answers seem to have issues understanding even simple things (see The 11 Most Unnecessary How To Guides On The Web). When confronted with the soul withering stupidity of Yahoo! Answers, your choices are to pity man or laugh at them.
Guess which one we chose.
I've spent a lot of time on Yahoo Answers over the years because it's fun to laugh at how stupid and ignorant people are. What's really interesting to remember is that these people come from the segment of the population that can read and write.....there are a lot of people that are even dumber than they are that can't even communicate their idiocy on Yahoo Answers.
ReplyI used to troll like mad on Y/A. I couldn't help myself, the place was chock full of stupid questions and I simply had to be sarcastic.
ReplySometimes yahoo answers is helpful. Like when I needed to set up a server for Minecraft and there were glitches all over and I was flying and couldn't come down and potato.
Replystupid question = stupid answee
Replygood question = sometimes good answer
" unmonitored FAQ" Unmonitored, my ass! I've been banned and reported on that site so much that it ain't even funny!!
ReplyYahoo answers has never been wrong about chemistry questions, every single response has been intelligent. I've. Heard great things about bio too. That being said, anything outside of science is promised stupidity.
ReplyThis site was booming a few years back. I can't tell you how many accounts i had on there. Let's just say what didn't get banned I lost the login information for. Getting on there you see thousands of questions just like the ones listed here. And the sad part is..they're legit (it is also sad that I use the word legit). But, it's fun as hell. I should get back on there.
ReplyI got a gifted copy of Half-Life 2 from some guy who didn't want it over Steam. I was asking if Episodes 1/2 required the basic game, was told yes by the guy, and he gave me his spare copy. So, y'know, it's not ALL bad. Mostly, but not entirel-
Reply*looks at babby question again*
Never mind.
A friend of mine set up a yahoo answers question claiming to be a nun in training, she had the hots for her teacher and wasn't sure if she would get pregnant from sinful thought. Obviously all complete with typos and RANDOM SHOUTING!!! I don't know which was more fun, helping her write it or reading the stupid replies...good times, though hours of entertainment ;p
ReplyI've actually had a lot of luck on this site. It's particularly helpful for broad questions on things like science/biology, or for asking native speakers how to say something properly. Doesn't mean that you won't run into the idiots, of course, and can't say that I have.
ReplyI suppose that metafilter is likely to give you a better run for your money, but then again that site requires monthly pay. Coin toss, really.
Any sites like Ask MeFi but for free?
It's fantastic for chemistry. You just have to know which areas are good.
i hope that the person asking the "babby" question is five.
ReplyWhat's even worse is when you get an answer saying "Google it." Uh, if I were able to find it on Google, I wouldn't be on Yahoo. Trust me.
ReplyThis was good and everything but it needs more barrel rolls. You should do a barrel roll.
ReplyFOX DO A BARREL ROLL!
LMAO dude.
Hay guyz is it okay to touch myself when I hear my parents having barrel roll?
Yahoo is the trailer trash of websites.
ReplyThe checklist for posting a question is pretty accurate. Pretty much every question is either a loaded, deliberately offensive and thinly-disguised screed: "when will Obama stop embezzling from America?", something weirdly personal and ultimately unanswerable to anyone who isn't physically next to the asker: "ie i saw something moving in the corner of my closet WHAT IS IT WHAT IS IT IM SO SCARED", or kids trying to get people to do their history homework for them.
ReplyI actually got banned from Yahoo Answers for answering questions without acting like a troll or an asshole. Go figure.
Reply50% trolls
Reply50% angsty teenagers
100% trolls
50% angsty teenagers (who are also trolls)
i got kiked out of yaho ansers but just made a new profle so scruw tem they cant stop my stupedity and advanst speling
Reply Hide All See All 3 RepliesHerp never mind dump post derp derp
You got "Kiked" out of Yahoo answers? So now there Anti-Semitic as well?
Are you high? As your name implies you're high 360 days a year.
do you think ill get the girl?
Replyif she does she should still stay in her place and shut me and this black girl are into each other cuz we lyke hve chiahahas with the sa,e name and i htink we might have sex but i dont want to cuz shes black even though one time she ducked tape my pubes to a ipod also do thing that she might get excited cuz of my name? but i really cnt wit to have sex even though shes black but what if once she touches it she gets pregnant?i think she will like that do you think she will like that my weiner is curved? also we have similar tatse in pets i put that as the dumbest question ever n there an got answers
Yep, pretty much how each question under Y! Answer's relationship category is worded.
Yahoo! Answers has provided many hours of entertainment for me. Great work!
Reply Hide All See All 4 Repliesyea but yahoo ansers get boring and i got kickedout for asking "bad" question
What qualifies as a bad question on Yahoo Answers?
Maybe if you ask a legit question, its considered "bad".
@The.Walrus: Idk, but you probably won't find out by asking Yahoo Answers. :)