Why can some people not answer a polling/survey question with an answer from their own brain?

Question

I've asked a couple and got people pasting loads of information from Wikipedia. If I ask who is..., yes paste, but I asked do you know...

If this is not for Polls and Surveys, why have a category for it?

That's the REASON for categories, had I put it in "celebrities" then interpret as that, but seen as it was under "polls & surveys" it means do YOU personally know...

Answer 1

I thought about pasting something from Wilkepedia about laziness, but I knew you wouldn't want to spend the time reading it - I've seen some of those Wilkepedia answers and they are always really, really long.

I can't tell you why people spend the time "answering" questions that they obviously know nothing about. It might just be for 2 measley points, but that's kind of crazy.

Of course, I might just be bitter about a Wilkedepia answer about Multiple Sclerosis being chosen as "best" instead of my answer. I have MS and I actually typed out a pretty long answer that included facts, but also personal experience.

Yep, I must be bitter.

Answer 2

Maybe they want to show off by finding out tons of useless information. If people are so stupid that they don't know a question in polls and surveys is a poll and survey, just ignore them. You get people in all sorts of categories where the asker asks something which could be interpreted in many ways but if you see what the category is, you can work out what they mean.

Answer 3

In human-computer interaction, cut and paste or copy and paste is a user interface paradigm for transferring text, data, files or objects from a source to a destination. Most ubiquitous is the ability to cut and paste sections of plain text. This paradigm is closely associated with graphical user interfaces that use pointing devices.
The term cut and paste derives from the traditional practice in manuscript editing in which paragraphs were literally cut from a page with scissors and physically pasted onto another page. This was standard practice as late as the 1960s. Editing scissors with blades long enough to cut an 8-1/2"-wide page were available at stationery stores. The advent of photocopiers made the practice easier and more flexible.
The cut-and-paste paradigm was widely popularized by Apple in the Lisa (1981) and Macintosh (1984) operating systems and applications. It was mapped to a key combination consisting of a special control key held down while typing the letters X (for cut), C (for copy), and V (for paste). These key combinations were later adopted by Microsoft in Windows. Common User Architecture (in Windows and OS/2) also uses combinations of the Insert, Del, Shift and Control keys. Some environments allow cutting and pasting with a computer mouse (by drag and drop, for example).

Answer 4

For other uses of the word, please see loser (disambiguation)
The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view.
Please improve the article or discuss the issue on the talk page.
Loser is a term that originally referred to someone who had lost at something, such as at a game. Its meaning has shifted to subjectively and pejoratively include anyone who would "lose" at life itself. To avoid negative connotations, one who just misses winning at something is often called the runner-up instead of the loser. Some consider those to be losers who, despite decent economic conditions, cannot find work, manage their money, or maintain meaningful relationships. A loser could be a person with little or no ambition for the future, or someone that is always at loss, has accomplished little relative to their stage in life, or simply "has no life."

The term itself can range from offensive to less than serious. People may consider others losers because of the degree to which they have ruined their lives. They may consider friends losers because of the mistakes they have made, or the boring lives they lead. Examples would be people who fail to prioritise effectively in their lives, putting things which do not benefit them or make them happy above those things which do. People may also consider themselves losers because they believe they are not living the lives they consider desirable.

"Loser" is sometimes symbolized by making an "L" with the thumb and index finger on the forehead.

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1 Loser in popular culture
1.1 Notable fictional losers
2 Bibliography
3 See also



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Loser in popular culture
The word is used in several songs, movies, television shows and magazines. John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote the song "I'm A Loser" which is featured on The Beatles' album Beatles For Sale. The Born Loser is a comic strip based on the concept of loser. Beck penned a song entitled Loser that included the phrase "I'm a loser" in both Spanish and English. Embittered Cleveland NBA fans lashed out at the former Cavalier Carlos Boozer by creating the rather obviously titled satire cartoon "Carlos Loozer".

Loser was a 2000 film starring Jason Biggs as a clueless farm boy attending college in New York and branded a loser by his roommates.

Answer 5

Usually they don't actually know themselves.

I would say it's fine to quote from things like wikipedia, to clarify something, but people seem to be reluctant to give an answer that they aren't entirely sure of. Some people are would rather give an answer from some website like wikipedia to make sure they are 'right' rather than give there own knowledge of something upto what limits they may have.

In my opinion, (and judging from the question asked, a similar one to your own) is that a 'better' answer is if someone tells you what they, themselves think/know rather than just 'Copy-Paste' answers. It is better that people say what they "do know" rather than what they "don't know".

We want "people" answering, not "wikipedia".

Answer 6

Many individuals finally end up on the U.ok. area, because they don't comprehend they have their Y!A homepage set to "All English Questions", somewhat than "U.S. Questions in reality". this suggests they get puzzled and wind up answering questions they don't have any information about, because they couldn't use the internet web site wisely. unhappy, quite... on the different hand, extremely some individuals merely like answering questions concerning the U.ok. area of Y!A.

Answer 7

because they really don't belong in this category some of the questions you are asking today are open to interpretation & really should be categorized under "celebrities" instead of polls/questions....I know you were directing this at me, so this is my response & if you push it young lady I will report YOU for miscategorization!

Answer 8

I have to agree it is either answers straight of the book or some jerk being silly,I realize that you and rosemary are in the high score positions, but if you two can't get along we are gonna put you in different corners

Answer 9

Some people are egotistical aren't they?!

Hmmm, I think it's because they really don't know how to use their own brains, so they just copy and paste, or it could be that they've just learnt how to copy and paste, I know I went a bit mad with it when I learnt how to do it!

Answer 10

For some it is easier to cut and paste while others, like me, must pull facts from the brain matter.