Comments on: Did I miss something here?

By: CGHill

CGHill — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:09:27 +0000

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.

By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:18:23 +0000

I think you would find ask.metafilter.com to be a better use of your time than Yahoo Answers.

By: CGHill

CGHill — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:11:32 +0000

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.

By: Duyen Ky

Duyen Ky — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:00:41 +0000

Is this guy serious?

Charles, you put this up just to get my attention, didn’t you?

By: McGehee

McGehee — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:51:54 +0000

Are there any vietnamese girls who actually own a pair of high heels shoes ?

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.

By: CGHill

CGHill — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:36:29 +0000

I’d bet as much as a third of “Society & Culture” is so motivated.

By: fillyjonk

fillyjonk — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:30:53 +0000

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.

By: CGHill

CGHill — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:25:03 +0000

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.

By: Closet Atheist

Closet Atheist — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:10:30 +0000

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.

By: Closet Atheist

Closet Atheist — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:50:46 +0000

I just saw one at Wal-Mart walking into the nail salon. So yeah, at least one does.