For work, I have to spend a lot of time on Yahoo Answers answering questions and linking back to our websites. Since the website I link to is a food and beverage site, I spend a lot of time in the food and beverage section of Yahoo. At first, everything was normal- people looking for tips on how to bake their cake, people asking for some vegetarian meal ideas, basic stuff like that. But then as I ventured through some other categories and spent more time on the site, I started to realize quite quickly that (and I've said this before) WE, AS A SOCIETY, ARE DOOMED."But why, Kathryn?" you ask, with a crinkled brow. "Youth today are smarter than ever- look at the technology they have mastered!" Well, my fine reader, here are some examples of the questions I have found on Yahoo Answers. Unedited and completely real.
"Is it weird to eat a chocolate bar in the shower and smother your body and the walls in the melted chocolate?"
"Why does putting pressure between my eye brows feel good?...like with a stick or pencil?"
"I cut my sack while shaving. Will my testicles fall out? I have a gauze pad on it, and am freaking out."
"I know someone that like girls missing front teeth, if there is a girl like that please answer?"
"I drink almond milk, it's really good but how in the world do they milk an almond nut?"
"If I eat a lot of cornbread, does it mean i'm part black?"
"Did that lady I flirt with at the gym really mean that restraining order, or was she just playing hard to get?"
And my favorite response to that: "playing hard to get I think you should follow her home next time and break into her house ladies love that"
I wish I could tell you that those were hard to find, but they weren't. At all. Every time I go onto Yahoo Answers, I leave feeling a little more confused, depressed, and...well, confused again. What's the stupidest question someone has asked you? My favorite was when I was waitressing and someone asked me what goes into a gin and tonic...
Just remember, there aren't any stupid questions, just stupid people.
11 comments:
You are way too young to be disillusioned like this...
...but as you know (or will find out) half the world is "dumber" than average...
...and average... could stand to be a tad higher.
I was going to post the response to your question here but it was so long that I just decided to turn it into a blog post instead. Since you can never have too many of those! :)
OK, I'm literally laughing out loud. These questions are ridiculous!!! I love the chocolate one... seriously who asks that?!?!
I can't think of a dumb question right now. I'll let you know later!
The bar is so low it is all the way through the earth and just about at China by now.
I love that some dude cut his sack, and his first resource was 'Yahoo Answers' instead of 'Human Doctor'.
When I was in high school:
Stupid Bitch: Wait.... beef comes from COWS????!!!
What. The. Fuck.
Did God create her as some sort of sick joke?
Oh no.
This is so sad.
These people need help. Lots of help.
Man!
I hope that guys balls DID fall out. SO that he may never reproduce!
This was the highlight of my day hahaha
Is it sad that I pressed a pen between my eyebrows to see what happened? (FYI, it wasn't particularly pleasurable.)
When I was serving in this shitty breakfast place...
Scrubtard - Is it ok to buy an engagement ring from a pawnshop?
Me - No! I would be horrified to find out it came from a pawn shop. I would just imagine it have been stolen and sold for crack. It would be like a jinx on the relationship!
Scrbtard - Oh....well it's too late now.
I wonder if it lasted?
the stupidest question someone asked me? are you a hermaphrodite? this from a man in an f350 with camouflage and the word "hunting" on the side of the truck. in the fine city of austin, texas, no less.
I'd have to agree, this is sad and scary, but yet pretty darn funny. Why is it that stupid people are so entertaining? I love your advice to the restraining order guy. Good stuff! If I had to come up with the dumbest question I have heard, I am sure it would have come from my own mouth, so I'll try not to think about it. :)
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