what have i become?

Question

i vowed i would never come to a site like yahoo answers and give out advice. mainly because i dont really know anyones situation. but yet here i am doing it and we all seem to be doing it. we give out our advice hoping it will make a difference in a persons life. when all we may be doing is causing more harm then not. but yet we drone on and keep giving our advice. oh well i mostly stick to the video game section. but even then it kinda fells a little weird to be giving ppl advice. does anyone else feel like this. only serious ppl pls. if you have some stupid dumb *** remark take it to another question pls.

Answer 1

If you take any answer to a question seriously than you should probably find a psychiatrist. If your doing it to see what people's opinions are... it.... for me is just fine.

Answer 2

I felt the same way initially..Then I saw this guy on Yahoo answers who was voted for best answers I don't know how many times..I read his answers..They are really good..I try to answer only to the situations I can relate myself..somtimes some fun ones..May be my advice is not the best or what the other person was expecting still it gives a different perspective to the asker.Sometimes even humour helps and send the message across..

Answer 3

well. i see ur point..but i actually think the total opposite. there is always going to be good and bad advice..but it's up to You to sift thru all the crap and find the diamond in the rough. something that Makes Sense to you, and can help u to become more positive and see ur situation in a new light.

i also think a lot of people in this world don't have many friends, or close family members, for whatever reasons, to help them thru difficult times. this forum allows people in situations same as you, better or worse, at ur fingertips! u put up a question, and get 20 answers in 5 minutes! it's crazy..and awesome. because ur close knit friends are not going to know all things.....but the internet, the world, has so much to offer. of course there is good and bad, and there are good and bad intentions...but just as friends or counsellors advice, you still have to be able to discern what is Best for You. therefore, i do not see this forum as Worse for people...esp when they may have no alternative, nowhere to go, no way of being anonymous but still crying out for help.

so if u keep trying to give out advice, GOOD advice mind you, then u are doing ur best to make a difference. if u help ONE person, i believe it is worth it. because no one is forcing that person to believe what u say. they can just read what ur advice is, and glean the positive, and discard the negative. or discard u all together. the chance to discuss and talk w/ strangers anonymously in this kind of forum allows a kind of freedom that is very dynamic...of course that will lead to gross, negative, perverted things, but so what? there will Always be gross, negative things in life. which is why, no matter where we go, no matter what we do, we must always seek the Truth, the Good, the Right, the Positive, the Healthy things in life. as long as we do that, we will never succomb to nothingness. we will strive to be Something. that is my purpose on here anyways...to give and take knowledge, and learn about other people. :) as martha stewart says, i believe it's a "good thing."

Answer 4

No, I answer in family and relationships and often in those situations its easier to see from the outside looking in and 99% of it is just common sense, but when you are in the middle of it the confusion and hurt keeps you from seeing that. Besides I think they see enough different opinions here to figure out that this isn't the holy grail, and if you are misguided enough to believe it is there probably isn't much help for you anyway. I would worry about that stuff if I professed to know something and answered questions under the health category or legal categories. We do see questions like that here too but most of the answers are call a dr or a lawyer.

Answer 5

No, I know I give good advice. Because I talk about what I know and experienced in life. My advice is law. I talk about what I know about and if I don't know I will find out. So I take pride in what I do and say. Don't feel like that, just know that you can be helping someone out. Just as long as your advice is honest, true and not full of Bull$hit. There is enough people for that! Much love.

Answer 6

personally, I like sharing my advice with people. especially young teens who are so vunerable. I feel the need to help them out because it's hard for teens to talk to their parents, so a small part of me hopes that they take my advice seriously and that it helps them.

my bfriend makes fun of me because my answers are always long and thought out, but I can't help it.

if you feel weird about giving advice on video games, then maybe this isn't for you. maybe you should just read the answers, because giving advice on video games doesn't cause any harm at all.

and remember people don't have to take ur advice, they don't even have to read the s hit if they don't want to so what's the harm?

do you feel like you are harming people by anwsering their personal questions? if the answer is yes, don't do it.

god bless you honey! take care

Answer 7

I think it is human nature to want to help each other. Hopefully we are not hurting anyone in the process but only giving them something to think about from a different perspective. Perhaps in someways, we even answer some of our own questions we have inside and have not yet asked. Many of us do have the same feelings. Good luck to you!

Answer 8

Yes I feel the same way,when I ask a serious question there are at least 5 people that answers it with an ignarant answer and it just makes the site worse.So I go back to that person's question and I answer it as rudely as possible to let them see how it feels

Answer 9

I think this was a very good idea on yahoo's part because people just come for advice. Its up to the person to take it or not. I like it alot because i love hearing other peoples opinions that are not my friends or loved ones. You get to hear the truth.

Answer 10

Some people don't go to the people or places they should for advice, and relate better to the internet. I came here originally to try and answer questions relating to my hobbies (cars, science, birds, etc) but found my sense of humor and general knowledge are often appreciated by people here.

On any serious issues, I refer people to other, real life experts, but on simple or hamrless stuff, I am more than willing to chime in if I think it will help. Like this question, for example! :)

Answer 11

In the relationship section there seems to be a lot of people who have made mistake after mistake and are begging for someone to set them on the right path. It is obvious parents are not being parents anymore, they must be too busy with their careers. So I get to be parent for a minute.