What question is guaranteed to get loads of replies ... but none that actually answer it?
Posted by mrsilver76@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 160 comments
Some questions on r/AskUK seem to generate well meaning replies that completely miss what was actually being asked.
For example:
- Someone asked about t-shirt recommendations for a 15st man. Instead of shops or brands, most people told him to lose weight.
- Someone asked a reasonably simple question about Facebook. Instead of details on how to fix it, the replies were mostly “just leave, you’ll feel so much better”.
- Someone asked how much interest they’d pay on a credit card debt if they could only cover half of the minimum amount. Instead of easily calculable numbers, a lot of people told them that they should always pay off the minimum in full, with some people going so far to recommend avoiding credit entirely.
So what question would get loads of replies (that may or may not be good advice in general) but doesn't help with what the person is asking right now?
Hour-Estate-2962@reddit
Questions like 'what are the positives of having kids' often seem to be 50% child-free people commenting why they didn't want kids.
MonkeyHamlet@reddit
Anything to do with weddings will net you a hundred anecdotes about how they got married for £4 and wore a binbag.
AnxiousTerminator@reddit
It's like a weird pissing contest to see who can be the most frugal. Like sure if you are both on minimum wage maybe don't take out a mortgage for a 5 day 6 figure destination wedding, but there is a balance where it is fine to want to get married somewhere nice, have the people you like there, eat nice food and look good doing it. It doesn't make you a bad or frivolous person to want to wear a wedding dress, have a big fancy cake and a local band to play some corny covers of whatever it is you and your spouse enjoy. It honestly feels like sour grapes from people who had a 4 person registry office affair to save money and are now bitter that other people have different priorities.
MonkeyHamlet@reddit
It’s a party! A nice party for people to enjoy! With cake and dancing and other nice things! What’s wrong with that?
ChrisRR@reddit
This happens in real life too. If I tell people that I'm not married yet because it's expensive, they always reply oh but you can get married for like 50 quid at the registry office and go to the pub!
No I don't want to totally cheap out, I just want to wait until I'm a bit more financially stable
folklovermore_@reddit
And how anyone who has more than the cheapest registry office ceremony and a drink in the pub afterwards is a frivolous wastrel on the fast track to divorce.
R1ceKai@reddit
Something that annoys me about this a sub a lot. OP will ask a question, something like what to order in a food chain or do in a certain destination. Instead of helpful answers, people use it to trash the certain food place or location.
The question was not that.
itsfourinthemornin@reddit
That, or get increasingly angry at your personal opinion/anecdote is one I seem to run in to regularly. I was chatting cleaning under a thread on here with person a and b, person c joined in getting angry that I had opinions on how I liked to clean my house and that I have conversations about cleaning with my family - latter of which, I have to have because I care for them on a daily basis. I was left in awe honestly!
Max_Power_332@reddit
The most downvotes I ever received here were a) when I said I don’t care about shoes in my house and closely followed by b) when I said Cadbury’s chocolate hadn’t changed as much as people told themselves it had.
itsfourinthemornin@reddit
That sounds right! I get a little whiplash in this sub sometimes if I've happened to comment on more than one post aha.
a) I agree, except living room and bedrooms
b) agree for some bars, I've come across some that are gross/changed, others are seemingly fine though. I prefer Milka these days anyway!
Safe-Professional556@reddit
Not even just this sub, it seems to be a Reddit thing. Ask a serious question and get a mixture of humourous, pointless, non or tangential answers.
oktimeforplanz@reddit
The DIYUK subreddit is a pain in the arse for that.
Safe-Professional556@reddit
Weirdly asked a question there the other day. Got sound advice, I mean they clearly hadn't read the whole question but the advice offered was what I needed.
Max_Power_332@reddit
DIYUK is pretty much the destination for know it all bellends who will sooner judge your choices than answer the practical question you asked.
oktimeforplanz@reddit
I asked a question there once and all I got was replies basically questioning how it was possible that I didn't know how to do the thing I wanted to do... I'd tried googling it but since I didn't know basically any of the terminology involved, fuck me for thinking I could ask a sub that's about DIY for help and maybe get some I suppose!
Serious_Escape_5438@reddit
Or judgemental answers.
SatinwithLatin@reddit
Don't get me wrong, I like how UK subs don't take themselves too seriously. But that's the kind of banter that belongs in r/CasualUK, not here. People are coming here for answers, let's not fuck around.
Professional-Tie2020@reddit
Skim reads. Here is my opinion that you never asked for...
melancholyy-scorpio@reddit
Alternatively - Skim reads Here's a question or advice you've already tried and spoken about in your post.
mrsilver76@reddit (OP)
Which invariably gets 100+ upvotes from people who did exactly the same thing.
Resulting in the highest scoring answer being the most useless 🤦🏻♂️
R1ceKai@reddit
I've realised how easy karma farming has become. When you see that regular question, make the same popular Reddit advice or sarky joke. Always gets upvoted.
split-tennisball@reddit
My first thought when seeing the post title was "what should I get from Nando's?". Then I scrolled down and saw this as the top comment.
R1ceKai@reddit
Whatever you do, don't ask Reddit that.
wHy aRe gOiNg tO nAndoS? iT's dISGusTiNg!
split-tennisball@reddit
From yesterday
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskUK/s/ukIhVCMXLF
R1ceKai@reddit
Top comment says a lot about this sub. You just gotta ignore it and find the helpful answers as there are many helpful people
Sea-Still5427@reddit
Right, if I want unhelpful answers I could just talk to family.
h00dman@reddit
I had that the other day when I was asking what foods young kids like, because a friend and their kid were coming to stay for a few days.
A lot of people were very helpful but I also had a lot of responses telling me to ask my friend.
Ok, sure, but I was asking for ideas.
Loud_Fisherman_5878@reddit
‘What’s the best thing to order from Nandos?’
pip_goes_pop@reddit
"People who do
snarfalicious420@reddit
When people do own up to it they then get wildly downvoted even if they're answering the question lol
AnxiousTerminator@reddit
Tbf I saw one the other day about not washing hands after the toilet, and was astonished by the reasoning, so I did downvote "my d*ck isn't dirty" and "I just don't really care, it's a waste of time" and similar responses because I feel these people should know their behaviour is gross and selfish.
Brakiss78@reddit
Not so much on here but on local Facebook groups, people ask “what’s going on at (location), just seen loads of police” and then the replies are always things like “hope everyone’s ok.” Nobody gives a shit what you hope, they want to know what’s happening.
schmoovebaby@reddit
Before quickly descending into racism
AnxiousTerminator@reddit
There was a fire near our flat once and we went out to move my car away. As we were walking back some bloke who had apparently come to spectate went "bet it was those Asians" before turning round to realise who exactly he was talking to. As if we would be setting fire to a building 50 metres from our home just for kicks.
ChrisRR@reddit
I had to leave a local facebook group because of one guy who kept posting every time someone "suspicious" walked down the road, with photos
Suspicious was his word for black
schmoovebaby@reddit
“Walking whilst melanated”, the audacity of some people
ThePeake@reddit
Along the same lines, people asking specific questions about products on shopping sites, such as 'is this charger compatible with X?' and receiving responses like 'Not sure, I don't have X' or 'I don't have X, I have Y and it works fine'.
SaltyName8341@reddit
This happens on the Manchester sub far too much
neilm1000@reddit
Since I moved to Stockport the Manchester one has largely disappeared from my feed (watch it reappear now). If it isn't that it's 'aren't the christmas markets expensive this year.'
Laziness_Personified@reddit
My favourite reply to this is "I heard it was a man with a crossbow"
Educational_You_6835@reddit
Haven’t you considered it would be better to go for a walk than ask this question on Reddit. That way the t-shirt might fit you and you could afford to pay off that credit card - and you wouldn’t be tempted to use Facebook.
ohsaycanyourock@reddit
Someone the other day asked for a good Italian chain - most of the replies were just saying how terrible chains are, and/or saying 'just make it yourself'. I can't/don't want to make it myself and I like a reliable meal! That sort of snobbery really winds me up.
getoutmywayatonce@reddit
People move as a very contrarian crowd on here when it comes to food. When it comes to chains or nandos or chicken shops or something, the consensus is everyone’s a bloody renowned food critic simply repulsed by these (very normal) things. But when someone mentions shopping in Waitrose or M&S people hate that too, call them a moron, and get on their high horse saying they’re perfectly happy to just help themselves to whatever’s in the bins round the back of Lidl.
pajamakitten@reddit
While also loving Greggs and thinking a supermarket meal deal is a brilliant lunch.
getoutmywayatonce@reddit
Unless of course it’s someone else posting that, in which case suddenly only a “troglodyte” would eat such crap
ChrisRR@reddit
"takeaways are so expensive! Make it yourself for cheaper!"
Takeaways have always been expensive. People are paying for convenience, not quality
neilm1000@reddit
So there was one recently about buying fish, and OP was really clear they could only get to a nearby Lidl for the time being. Didn't say why, limited mobility maybe. Anyway, it was really really clear about Lidl.
Obviously the comments were all "I buy mine from an artisan fish supplier who dives for pearls and supplies my cod in organic mesh woven by elves in the Atlas Mountains" or "why do you use a supermarket, you should use a fishmonger you high street killing bastard". And so on. Followed by some useful comments.
Thomasinarina@reddit
There wa a question on here the other day about what trends were clearly over.
It was just full of people posting about things they didn’t like, but are still blindingly popular.
neilm1000@reddit
Salted caramel, hot honey, pulled pork. Those are the three I remember from that.
I was tempted to put in phrenology, chatelaines and tussie mussies but I just knew I'd get responses along the lines of "I'm a skull interpreting, belt loop using, nosegay carrying person", or people claiming to have seen people with tussie mussies on the tube. If it comes up again I might chuck in random trends from centuries ago just to see the results.
Thomasinarina@reddit
Three things which are still very popular!
pajamakitten@reddit
Is pulled pork still popular?
neilm1000@reddit
Yeah, I've seen it on sale/on the menu in a few places.
DrH1983@reddit
A recent example was somebody asking about Apple ID verification requiring credit card or driving license.
Most of the replies were "☝️🤓 actually you should have a credit card to build credit rating! Why don't you have a credit card?" "What kind of grown man doesn't have a credit card?" etc
pajamakitten@reddit
If I am thinking of the right thread, OP did have a misunderstanding about credit cards though.
neilm1000@reddit
I was in that thread, when I linked to news articles backing up what OP was saying I got downvoted and told I was wrong!
Brilliant-Figure-149@reddit
I'd have been all over that, pointing out that it's "licenCe". But full marks for correct use of "driving" and not "driver's".
DrH1983@reddit
I do rely on my phones auto-correct too much so things like that often slip through.
DameKumquat@reddit
There's a bot for that.
Strong_Access_8179@reddit
I love this. I don't think I've ever seen the mentality of the average Reddit poster described so succinctly.
Asleep-Software-4160@reddit
Any one of the daily doom posts about cost of living, because the answer is just "Things cost more now, cut back or earn more."
cragglerock93@reddit
Every fucking day. They're not even questions, just rants. 'DAE think prices are out of control????', 'How is anyone affording to live???', 'Why do we accept such low wages in this country????'. None of them are asked to elicit actual answers, just outraged (sometimes justifiably) people agreeing with them.
Nobody wants to hear it, but airports are pretty much busier than ever, takeaways and restaurants too. There's a lot of people with not much money but a lot with decent money to burn too. I see it at my own job - people buying things that are clearly overpriced where there's better value alternatives, but when you earn enough you don't really feel the need to save every penny.
pajamakitten@reddit
'Does anyone else think Dairy Milk has gone downhill?'
How have people like that only just noticed this?
ChrisRR@reddit
That one's the worst because the change was 15 years ago. But people post absolute lies as if it was changed a month ago
If they didn't notice 15 years ago, why are they only noticing now? Or is it just that they just want to join in with the outrage
pajamakitten@reddit
Tangentially related but I saw a post from someone complaining Ricicles had been discontinued because they were a huge fan, except they had only found this out from a post on here this year. How can you be a big fan of Ricicles and not noticed that they had been discontinued over a decade ago?
oktimeforplanz@reddit
I like how when those posts come up, asking "are you cutting back on anything?" Or that sort of thing, you'll get downvoted to fuck if you answer saying you aren't. You weren't really asking everyone then, were you? If you're gonna downvote a sincere answer.
ChrisRR@reddit
Anything about buying things that cost more for something nice
UK Redditors argue as if everyone is on the breadline
ForwardImagination71@reddit
Anything to do with relationships where people feel a sense of duty to the person but want help with dealing with their difficult behaviour.
They usually get told to cut them out of their lives completely.
ChrisRR@reddit
Everyone knows that you should never try to work at a relationship and should just break up at the first issue
Buddy-Matt@reddit
I once had a moan about something my wife had done, or was doing. Years ago, dont really remember.
Cue a whole fucking bunch of people telling me she was abusive and controlling and whatnot and I should replace her with the perfect woman ^TM
All because I wanted to vent. Never done that again. Bunch of 14 year old (and 40 year old virgins no doubt) who would know a real relationship if it fucked them in the ass.
pajamakitten@reddit
And the inevitable misuse of gaslighting to describe their behaviour.
escapingfromelba@reddit
And now you are married to Margot Robbie thanks to reddit.
melancholyy-scorpio@reddit
Yes, I feel like this is absolutely a wider Reddit problem. Anytime anyone expresses any difficulty, any situation which makes things tense or difficult, or anything that needs challenging or work, it's always breakup or divorce.
PutAutomatic2581@reddit
Honestly, I think it's malicious. Lonely, angry people doing everything they can to drag everyone else down to their suffering.
GeggingIn@reddit
Agree with you. Theres always a goody and baddy on Reddit and rarely that’s actually how life works.
I hope that a lot of the problems are made up for engagement, because a lot of the advice could ruin sometimes life if implemented in the real world.
Isgortio@reddit
Having been in 2 different relationships in the past where I ignored everyone's advice to leave and I ended up just getting hurt in the end and learning things the hard way, I can see why others are quick to jump to "it won't get better, leave".
CuratorOfNoise@reddit
This seems a very heated response, have you considered splitting up with your partner to maybe calm you down a bit?
melancholyy-scorpio@reddit
10/10 response no notes
ZombieRhino@reddit
Post: My (27F) Partner (4326 ESoG) is a literal angel. They are wonderful and caring in everyway. Every single ask or expectation from my relationship is met and then some. But last week, they left a coffee stain on my brand new Ikea Lack table, and I had to ask them twice to wipe it away.
All comments save but one: abuse! Divorce! Ghost them! Move out even if it means living on the street!
The one comment, sat on -153 reddit arrows: Maybe this isn't a big thing to worry about. yea its annoying, but you could have just wiped it up yourself.
mrsilver76@reddit (OP)
Don't forget you'll one person who told you how they bought a Lack back in 1983 and it fell apart after only three weeks.
With 130 upvotes.
DameKumquat@reddit
Cue sub thread about how they must have mistreated their Lack as both their kids had them for years and they're still going strong 30 years later, followed by anecdotes about kids destroying furniture.
malin7@reddit
I sometimes think some people here are such miserable singletons that they want to break up other couples for them to feel the same
Asleep-Software-4160@reddit
Or miserable couples that advise everyone to do what they know they should do themselves really!
But actually I think everyone just likes drama in other people's lives, but not their own.
WhalingSmithers00@reddit
Anything where there's a relevant Peep Show quote to respond with.
Say asking how many naans is too many
folklovermore_@reddit
See also references to Friday Night Dinner and/or Hot Fuzz.
neilm1000@reddit
In don't see many Friday Night Dinner references sadly.
folklovermore_@reddit
Maybe it's the UK subs I'm hanging out on but I've definitely seen a lot of "lovely bit of squirrel" and "s*** on it!" references.
neilm1000@reddit
I'm on the UK subs but I haven't seen that 🙁. I'll have to pay more attention!
Morganx27@reddit
I'd say 3 is borderline insane
SuddenlyDiabetes@reddit
Recently black person on here asked for answers from black people in the uk, the entire thread was filled with people starting their sentences with "not a black person, but.."
Love_Aurora6997@reddit
I see lots of people asking a specific group of people for answers eg surgeons, and the comments are full of 'not a surgeon but..:
pajamakitten@reddit
Not even from tangentially related fields either. You ask for surgeons and get people who have played Operation.
R1ceKai@reddit
Yeah 95% of the comments are like that for those posts
atomic_mermaid@reddit
Any time someone specifically asks young people about X thing.
Young people - what fashions do you like? What do young people listen to? How much does a paper round earn now? What part time jobs do teens do now?
ALWAYS filled with people basically replying with "in my day..!" type answers.
neilm1000@reddit
We wore an onion on our belts, as was the style of the time.
Wonderful-Cow-9664@reddit
Literally every question you could think of to be honest. I asked a very specific 80s and 90s nostalgia question about people’s favourite point horror books.
Some of the replies were things like “I didn’t read point horror, I preferred proper books like Stephen King”
Well that’s great for you, but what does that have to do with my question?
abcd1234ta@reddit
Point Horror! I had completely forgotten about them!
Wonderful-Cow-9664@reddit
After that post I bought a couple on my kindle for the nostalgia-For a couple of hours I got to be 13 again, and I loved every minute of it 🤣
Lopsided_Soup_3533@reddit
Anything regarding benefit queries. Yes there are subs that are better suited to answering those questions but navigating the welfare system can be complex and difficult to follow especially if you are disabled. (For the record i highly recommend r/dwphelp for benefit questions)
Please just redirect someone to a more suitable sub dont berate people for using the welfare system.
CarpeCyprinidae@reddit
Anything about feminism, partly because of there being no single description of what it means even shared between those who practice it, and mostly because of all the people who want to talk about their personal negative experience loosely related to one person's interpretation of it...
AdThat328@reddit
42.
banwe11@reddit
Any question about children or being parents will usually get some "I'm don't have children and I'm never having children and I'm perfectly happy with my choice" type answers
MaleFeministActuary@reddit
"Soon I will be going to X place soon, what are some fun things to do / see / experience?"
"X place is overpriced and overrated, clearly you have been deceived by the algorithm, instead you should go to Y place. Not only is it cheaper, it is less touristy, more edgy and underground and will give you a more authentic experience of the local culture"
Necessary_Umpire_139@reddit
How much wood could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood?
runJUMPclimb@reddit
A wood chuck wouldn't chuck any amount of wood because a wood chuck can't chuck wood.
h00dman@reddit
Norris.
nohairday@reddit
And how much ground could a groundhog hog if a groundhog could hog ground?
(Thank you James Acaster)
Evening-Tomatillo-47@reddit
Dump him, you're worth more than that hun x x
Antergaton@reddit
7
MrJogihb@reddit
Anything that highlights socially unacceptable behaviour. "People who lick door handles in public places what's your rationale?"
TheNathanNS@reddit
There was one yesterday about if it was worth visiting Dubai for a holiday because of the ongoing conflict, barely any bothered to actually answer it and just be snarky with "it's a bad time any time" esque answers.
behemuffin@reddit
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k1BneeJTDcU&pp=0gcJCU8Co7VqN5tD
Party-Werewolf-4888@reddit
Literally any question that relates to veganism. The only sub where you don't see irrelevant tangents is r/whatsinyourcart
Vehlin@reddit
“I’ve found myself with two broken arms, what can I do to make my life bearable”
BigLittleSlof@reddit
Any question about alcohol will have a dozen people telling you they don't drink
werewolfbutch874@reddit
Someone on here told me I had an alcohol problem the other day because I said most adults won’t get drunk from one can of seltzer.
tvthrowaway366@reddit
That issue is compounded by the number of Americans lurking in the sub, imo
adamMatthews@reddit
I’d never heard of WhiteClaw before and then suddenly saw it mentioned loads online, people were talking about it as if it’s some super strong party drink that’ll get you sloshed in minutes.
Checked it out, it’s a shitty seltzer with 1.5 units per can. Sure you can get drunk if you have loads of it, but it’s just more expensive than other drinks that are stronger or taste better (including other seltzers).
It feels like discussions about alcohol online are just posted by 12 year olds who’ve tried a sip of one drink once and are now pretending to be experts.
mrsilver76@reddit (OP)
My favourite is people who tell you that they used to drink 40 pints a week, they gave up alcohol and now feel so much better.
Well yes, if I stopped having a drinking problem then I’d hope that I feel great too.
Sharp_Budget_4416@reddit
Any "where can I get good X in London" question. 90% of replies are "leave London", 10% actually name somewhere. Mate, OP already lives there, they know the M25 exists.
destria@reddit
Anything about socialising or making friends with people you work with. Guaranteed to just get miserable people saying they don't want anything to do with work colleagues.
Even the mention of a work Christmas party gets this ire. Someone might be fully intent on going and ask about etiquette but you'll just get people telling them to skip it.
n0p_sled@reddit
Any question about men's clothing, no matter what it is will always be answered with "Uniqlo"
Scarred_fish@reddit
Wouldn't it be good to be in your shoes?
DisorderOfLeitbur@reddit
Even if it was for just one day
DisorderOfLeitbur@reddit
Which bit of the Cotswolds should I visit?
stonesco@reddit
Insert “Racial Minority Here” what is your experience / what do you think / how do you feel type questions , where it is clear that it isn’t people of that “Racial Minority” aren’t answering.
w1gglepvppy@reddit
Usually the questions that are aimed at a certain group of people e.g. "delivery drivers, why do you do X?" or "people who smacked their kids, how do you feel about it now?" and the responses will be full of people who aren't delivery drivers or kid smackers but have opinions on the subject that they feel they need to share anyway.
escapingfromelba@reddit
To be fair, those aren't really questions. They are rants phrased as one to avoid the mods deleting them. That means they open the door to other people wanting to vent.
w1gglepvppy@reddit
That makes sense, it is a bit strange that people would call out litterers or people who have their phone on speaker and expect those people to earnestly reply over reddit.
Loud_Fisherman_5878@reddit
Some are hilariously specific and somehow get through. ‘People who are named James and like to let their dustbins roll down the street and bang into blue cars, why are you like this?’
PomegranateV2@reddit
Someone asked if the UK porn block had improved anyone's life and almost every response was telling him to get a VPN so he could continue to watch porn.
-TheHumorousOne-@reddit
My answer is normally, it's impossible to know, even with computers.
r/WrongSub
kunstlich@reddit
Questions about transport via car will bring out the train enthusiasts in numbers, even when the OP has made it clear they're driving and / or the situation doesn't suit a train.
Serious_Escape_5438@reddit
Yeah, I see it on travel subs, someone travelling with 3 small children to a rural area or something, being told 3 train changes is far easier. Or bikes over cars when talking about urban travel. I once had someone suggest my dad who can barely walk or get up from a chair should get a tricycle. And everyone should get a cargo bike to take their kids to the supermarket, even if you live 10 miles away along a motorway.
escapingfromelba@reddit
I get your point, but in the spirit of your complaint I'd say that your examples are things that google can solve. If people post things up that a bit of research answers then they get back shittier comments is my observation.
ApprehensiveRun1382@reddit
Those social experiment questions that involve choosing a greater good vs their pet.
There’s never a straight forward answer, just loads of mental gymnastics.
Example:
Q: In a burning building, save an unknown little child or save own pet?
A: Well, if the kid is a mass murderer then I’m saving my cat.
Wtf?! Lol
NeckBeard137@reddit
Yours
Dedward5@reddit
Ask on any car sub “Which SUV should I buy” especially if you’re a woman.
insomnimax_99@reddit
Questions like:
“What do [group of people] think about [thing]”
Will usually get loads of replies like:
“I’m not a [group of people but…”
ColinismyCat@reddit
I think it’s because a lot of people on here think they’re better than everyone else and the anonymity allows them to be complete and utter knobs.
Brilliant-Figure-149@reddit
It's fine to be a knob. Just don't be a dick because that's a rule violation and will potentially get you banned.
Evening-Tomatillo-47@reddit
Nah people are like this everywhere. It got to the point where I had to go do the doctor and ask if I was currently speaking English because the amount of times it felt like the words I heard myself saying couldn't be the words the other person heard
glitterstateofmind@reddit
Yeah I see this on my local community Facebook page. It’s gotten to the point where OP’s are having to add all sorts of disclaimers and padding to their question to sort of preemptively moderate the replies. Do people take notice and answer in good faith? Of course not.
berrycrunch92@reddit
Women - what is one thing about men that ...
PinkVelvetSins@reddit
Any question asking for a quick fix to a personal problem will attract advice to change lifestyle instead.
sleepyprojectionist@reddit
I feel like a lot of these types of questions tend to be engagement bait and an actual answer isn’t as important to the OP as amassing imaginary internet points.
If something has a definitive answer then chances are that a Reddit post about it already exists. If it doesn’t then an answer is likely only a Google search away.
So I can only assume that a lot of questions are posted by people with weak Google-Fu, the chronically lazy, or those who value engagement over an actual answer.
Of course a lot can be said about literacy levels too. Perhaps an OP has found an answer elsewhere, but is unable to parse it. They then hope that posting the question on Reddit will net them an answer that can r/Eli5.
Anything inflammatory or in the public consciousness will draw out plenty of people with opinions that may only be tangential to the posed question.
mrsilver76@reddit (OP)
I used to think it was the chronically lazy too - until I realised that I'm in a bunch of subs where the effort to put three words into Google would have been substantially less than writing a post.
OldEcho@reddit
People's biases and bigotries come out really hard on this subreddit. I can't think of a specific one but broadly ask questions that make people feel like they're better than you and expect a bunch of unsolicited advice.
Uh, I guess for a specific one so I don't get accused of the same:
"My skinny cousin hasn't molested me as much since I gained credit card debt and weight (fat), how do I keep him in my life without losing weight or paying off my debt?"
brmdrivingschool@reddit
Asking if you need to stop at a stop sign. Particularly if you’re on a driving instructor page.
CreativeAdeptness477@reddit
The help you need isn't always the help you want.
Successful_Buy3825@reddit
Anything regarding relationships where the man is “in the wrong” inevitably sees the man being labelled a manchild & the advice is to break up.
“Where to go for fun, high quality men’s clothing” will almost always be answered with m&s, Uniqlo & Zara - the total opposite of what’s being asked for.
CMDRDrazik@reddit
Do you put the milk in before or after the tea bag/water in your cup of tea?
Just sit back and watch the character assasinations in the comments, it's brutal.
VictoryAppropriate68@reddit
I saw a post on another thread recently asking for advice surrounding shared living however the poster briefly mentioned (in the middle of a very long paragraph) they don’t use toilet paper and instead wash. I don’t think they received one bit of advise on their situation but many enquiries about how they wash after a number 2
neo101b@reddit
If you want a question answering, just give the wrong answer.
Something like hey guys what do you think 1+1=4
Everyone will flood in to tell you have wrong you are.
mrsilver76@reddit (OP)
Here is my starter for 10:
I’m 15st and left my XXXL t-shirt in Nando’s after lunch. Tried messaging them on Facebook but got no reply, and my credit card was declined when I tried to get a replacement. What should I do?
RetroRegretso@reddit
It's a good idea to keep an eye on the calorie intake and incorporate exercise into the weekly routine.
PsychologicalDrone@reddit
The vast majority of overweight people know they are overweight, know how they got into that state, and know what the solution is (at least broadly speaking). If they were asking about where to buy clothes and you respond telling them to lose weight then you’re a bit of an arse to be honest…
That said, it occurred to me whilst typing this that you were probably being facetious by not answering OP’s question, and I fell for it
WalkerJoggerSprinter@reddit
I mean you're going to get loads of different answers to this so up to you to decide on one tbh
GeordieAl@reddit
Why wasn’t there a third season of Spender?
feetflatontheground@reddit
People who don't use headphones on public transportation, what are they thinking? Or similar.
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