Do you give a serious answer to a question always, sometimes, or almost never? Why?

Since they’ve created the ‘social’ and the ‘general’ section’ it’ll would be easier for me to decide whether or not I should get serious toward a question. Before that,I tend to take it seriously for almost all question that sound serious.

@Doctor_D yes, if the person promotes an emotion or a problem, i tend to give the question a serious answer.

I answer serious questions seriously. I haven’t been here long enough to get a sense of people hence not much joking from me…yet.

@tranquilsea well-put!

@BoBo1946 Thank you :-)

It’s about 50/50 however, if I see a chance to insert a little humor I insert it. I know no one thinks I’m as funny as I do, but I’m here to have fun not to bring whirled peas.

Sometime ago I was taught, that if you ask a stupid question, you’re going to receive a stupid answer. This seems to hold true so far.

Depends on how serious the question is. I’m not going to make a joke in a serious question, but sometimes in a less-serious question, I will make a joke and give an actual answer. I rarely avoid giving an actual answer to the question unless I just post to comment on someone else’s comment.

I try to give serious answers with a lighthearted delivery.

I am too serious. Period. It’s a bad habit.

Occasionally,ah will ansah seriously….—said in the voice of Foghorn Leghorn—other times I will deliver a serious answer.Especially when I have cramps ;)

I like non-serious answers myself. I give both.

Serious questions get serious answers, with a tiny bit of humour, but with the social questions I always try to be lighthearted.
I suppose this reflects my character. Always positive, always smiling (well most days)!

Anybody got any pretzels? I got the munchies like crazy.

Lolll.. @zenele and you can eat all you want!!!!!!

I tend to give answers that are probably perceived as serious. I think that’s because I find writing serious answers fun, and I derive enjoyment and satisfaction from it. Sometimes “fun” might not be the right word to use, but if I’m answering a serious and/or challenging question, I find the mental exercise of thinking about it, and the communication exercise of trying to express myself coherently, really enjoyable and satisfying, even if the subject matter itself is serious.

I also tend to be reasonably selective about the questions that I respond to, because I find myself drawn to and more interested by the more serious ones. I don’t want to be at all rude to the internet and everyone on it, but I tend to not really find a lot of stuff on the internet very funny, at least not in a laugh-out-loud kind of way… I’m not sure why this is, as I have a perfectly normally functioning sense of humour! Don’t get me wrong, I do read funny things, but I guess that my primary reason for coming to this website isn’t really to be made to laugh, although I can still find it really enjoyable without necessarily finding it humourous.

Also, when I am at home, I am even more selective about answering questions, since my boyfriend cannot stand the sound of typing, and therefore, if I want to type anything longer than a web address, one of us has to leave the room. This is not fun!

@reverie loll…tell him to get use to it..your b/f! well said!

@BoBo1946 Hah, yes! It’s actually quite a point of tension in our household, I have joked that he has some sort of odd hearing problem like hyperacusis, but he really annoys himself with it and he is extremely sensitive to sounds like typing, mouth sounds and chewing, anything like that really drives him mad and makes him physically uncomfortable. Initially I was quite short-tempered with him about it, but now that I understand he’d love to learn to not be annoyed by it himself, I try to be sympathetic! It’s still bloody annoying though. ;)

wow…maybe he should mention that to his doctor. I’m sure they can help him. That is not a good thing when you lose control over a simple matter. sorry, but that could cause problems in a long-term relationship!

@BoBo1946 Oh gosh, I feel like I’ve made it sound a lot worse than it is! Sorry, re-reading what I put made it sound really awful – I just meant “mad” in the flippant sense, he doesn’t lose it or anything, I can just detect that he’s irritated and made uncomfortable by these particular sorts of sounds. I do agree with you that it wouldn’t be a bad idea to mention it to his doctor though, simply because it annoys him and it does seem abnormal to be so sensitive to those noises, and it would be something he would be much happier without!

I always give a serious answer because I’m not witty enough to come up with funny ones.

@downtide Ask @BoBo1946 for some funny answers… he has a never ending sackful of them LOLL

Most of the time. But sometimes humor is the better approach.

What @mattbrowne said. If He says it, it can’t be far from the truth. loll

The rules say to answer seriously and humor is permitted if it is on subject and useful….my words.
You can seee by your own question that you caan make mistkaes and also not answer the question corkectli when you are trying to be cleverrrr.
I am mostly serious for serious, I am that way in life too. Lightheartedness is good but not productive if one is thinking about their own self image or impact instead of the question. Guess I treat general questions as a learning sharing experience and stay on topic. Oh look, there’s a rabbit!