Did I miss something here?
I spotted this on Yahoo! Answers and did a spit take:
Are there any vietnamese girls who actually own a pair of high heels shoes ?
I’m just curious because i have never seen an vietnamese girl in high heels shoes before, only on shows and stuffs. But do any vietnamese girls wear high heels shoes ???
I am tempted just to leave a “Yes” and be done with it. But I’m wondering just where this notion came from; if the last Census is to be believed, we have about 5,000 women of Vietnamese descent here in town, and the ones I see don’t seem to be disinclined to wear heels. Is this a stereotype I managed to avoid hearing?
Closet Atheist »
7 July 2009 · 10:50 am
I just saw one at Wal-Mart walking into the nail salon. So yeah, at least one does.
Closet Atheist »
7 July 2009 · 11:10 am
BTW Yahoo Answers gets questions like:
1) I stuck my tongue in my dad’s penis pump. How do I get the swelling to go down? (Obviously a judge’s kid from Bristow.)
2) Cheerleaders: Y du u think there stupid?
3) My gf and I made love on the webcam while chatting. She’s in a different state. I’m a bit anxious about the pregnancy. We’re not ready for that.
4) This little gem: http://failblog.org/2009/05/18/improvement-fail/
5) How do I become a mermaid?
Robert Wilensky once jocularly remarked, “We’ve all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true.” Yeah, they produced Yahoo Answers.
CGHill »
7 July 2009 · 11:25 am
I am, in fact, contemplating something like “Worst Yahoo! Answers Questions of the Week,” having answered enough of them to be able to feign some sort of insight.
fillyjonk »
7 July 2009 · 11:30 am
I wonder how many of the Yahoo Answers questions are someone doing it as a joke, or to try to get on there and tell all their friends, “Yeah, that real idiot question that everyone’s commenting on, that was me. It took me a while to come up with something that dumb.”
Then again, I probably give people too much credit.
CGHill »
7 July 2009 · 11:36 am
I’d bet as much as a third of “Society & Culture” is so motivated.
McGehee »
7 July 2009 · 12:51 pm
I can’t help but think there had to be a lot of Vietnam War veterans who could answer that with firsthand knowledge, but it’s pure speculation on my part.
Duyen Ky »
7 July 2009 · 6:00 pm
Is this guy serious?
Charles, you put this up just to get my attention, didn’t you?
CGHill »
7 July 2009 · 6:11 pm
Well, not just to get your attention, although I’d be lying if I said it never, ever occurred to me to do such a thing.
And I have no idea how serious he is; as noted previously, rather a lot of people on Y!A are inclined to play head games.
Jacqueline »
7 July 2009 · 11:18 pm
I think you would find ask.metafilter.com to be a better use of your time than Yahoo Answers.
CGHill »
8 July 2009 · 7:09 am
Oh, surely. But there’s a place in the limbic system where we keep monster movies with $50 budgets, Reese’s Hazelnut Crème Cups, anything with Uwe Boll’s name on it, Michael Savage, and other affronts to taste and dignity. This is how I view Y!A.