Are there questions you avoid asking on Fluther?
This was asked by @Hawaii_Jake back in 2010, so I thought we’d give it another go.
I know some of us avoid asking (or answering) questions on certain controversial topics because we know 1.) we’re in the minority and will probably be torn apart for the question or our opinions on the subject, or 2.) we know it’ll start a war between the two opposing sides and we don’t want to deal with it.
On a related note, are there any particular questions you ask on forums/sites other than Fluther because you know you won’t get the answer you’re looking for here? For example, do you ask questions about health on websites geared for that because you think jellies are just going to tell you to go to the doctor without even reading the details of your question (admit it, you do it!)?
So, have at it. What questions, if any, do you avoid on Fluther?
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I don’t usually avoid touchy topics, because I love a good argument. I tend to stay away from topics about which I may have an opinion but I don’t feel really strongly regarding the topic, just because those debates get old fast.
I’ve also learned not to ask questions about pets here. I go on a dog forum for that, and it works out much better. The reason for this is simply because there are more people on those forums that know about dogs than there are here. Similar to the medical/health questions, jellies are quick to tell you to take your dog to the vet no matter what the issue is. On the dog forum, they like to offer suggestions on what the problem might be and give advice on how to determine whether a vet visit is in order or not.
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I do not ask any questions of a personal nature, advice giving, etc.
I long ago learned that my problems need my solutions and while I may bounce some ideas or issues off of a friend or family member now and then I have zero desire to ask the general public for advice on anything of a personal nature.
No ” Do you think he likes me” questions from me. haha
I treat this place as fun & the vast majority of my questions reflect that, so it’s not a case of avoiding particular subjects, just that I choose not to go there.
No, I don’t come here to make friends, I come to learn and the only way to learn is to research/ ask. We have a wide variety of folks here with different experiences and knowledge-bases, if it flops so be it.
@KNOWITALL What..we aren’t friends….well piss on you too. ;-p
@Coloma lol, I’d love to come hang out, I’d even bring you a hillbilly goose!!
Does this question make my butt look big? That one causes nothing but grief.
I won’t ask questions at Fluther relating to certain personal subject matter to protect the privacy of me and my family. I also will go to other forums to ask work or financial realted questions where I am more certain to get expert opinions. I don’t think there are too many Jellies that can speak to formulating and stoichiometrical problems I run into now and then and certainly would not want to bore the collective in the process. I did ask one when I first joined here and 4 years later it still is not answered! lol
Well, sometimes I have questions about relationships and about liking people, but I sure as fuck can’t ask that here. :p
Also I might have done it at times, but for the most part, asking stuff about religion is out of the question.
@Symbeline You can always PM specific people. I’m always open to PM, especially about religion, because it’s so much easier.
@Symbeline
Come on!
Take a chance!
Ask about your relationship with the Church and whether it is ok to “like” the priest.
Tall and lanky as he was, do you think that Abraham Lincoln had an enormous penis?
@Blondesjon What do you think he really chopped the Cherry tree down with?
I don’t ask (and don’t answer either) politic and religious questions because to me they are very opinion-based and “unstable” (a little disagreement can lead to a big war). Those kinds of questions can only do me more harm than good. Beside, I don’t believe in any religion. I only believe in science.
A while ago I asked questions that revealed other jellies’ identity and got modded. I learned a big lesson from that and add that kind of questions into my never-to-ask list.
Ah, I almost forgot. My never-to-ask list also contains “proofreading” questions. When I need to proofread something I write, I just PM who I trust here instead.
That’s the end of my never-to-ask list now. Other than that, I ask every kind of questions (look at my profile and see for yourself my questions, which range from serious to crazy)
I do avoid health questions (although I have asked)
Religious (Too much drama)
Relationships (I have asked)
Personal questions
I find it easier to stick to trivia and questions you couldn’t give a shit if anyone answered or not. Sad really.
I have asked the above before, simply because I like loads of options before I make my own decision. Not because I really believe anyone knows the actual answer.
I, too, was upset by KNOWITALL’s “No, I don’t come here to make friends”.
@rojo _I heard this question made your butt look big.
@KNOWITALL “I don’t come here to make friends”
Neither do I. Good thing, too, because I haven’t made any.
@Livelaugh @ibsturo I don’t edit myself for friends, I am who I am. :) No offense intended.
@KNOWITALL I didn’t take offense. I was being serious.
Amyone who specifically comes here to make friends must have something missing in their lives.
I consider you a friend, @KNOWITALL. As is @Coloma. Many others here.
No need to edit yourself for us…we like you as you are.
Anyone with genuinely good intentions is my ally and a potential friend.
My kids are members here, so I probably wouldn’t ask any deranged sex questions ~. Other than that, I can’t think of anything I’d be worried about asking here.
I wanna hear deranged sex questions.
I’ll whisper them in your ear.
I brave them out sometimes (after a few beers usually). I don’t feel it’s popular to bring up misandry on here, only misogyny. I’m a critic of Affirmative Action laws too. I also don’t think it’s popular to state that people of other races can be racist as well. I can think of worse questions to ask than those topics though.
I debate this sometimes, whether my question will be for Quora or Fluther.
Most of the Qs I’ve asked have been for advice on comp., technical or mechanical things (busted AC, etc.) because there are a lot of very knowledgeable jellies here.
I avoid any religion Qs because the hassle they engender just isn’t worth it. Although, when a recent book by Eben Alexander, MD came out and I heard him speaking about it in several intrrviews, I almost was tempted to start a discussion about it because I was genuinely curious how those jellies with medical training particularly would regard it (the author is an experienced Neurosurgeon ) but I decided it just wasn’t worth the hassle from the rest of the agnostic/atheists with a permanent chip on their shoulder.
This is the type of thing far better suited to real-life discussions since my real life atheist friends don’t have the overwhelming need to piss on the discussion just so they can demonstrate how ridiculous the idea of God is and how mentally deficient I must be to even consider the possibility that a creator exists.
But I do mentally maintain a strict distinction between the online world and the real world and don’t confuse the two so its not that big a deal. It is what it is :)
Does my big butt make you want to ask deranged sex questions?
Yes, and your titties make me titter.
@augustlan That is what is lacking here, deranged sex questions. Ha ha!
The only questions I don’t bother checking out are the ones that I feel can’t contribute to, technical questions for example. I don’t avoid questions just because they are controversial, although I may be tactful with my answer if I think that my opinion is likely to cause offence.
I’ll ask anything but, again, will try to be tactful if I think it is a sensitive subject.
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