Why do so many people on YA live in a fantasy world?

Question

I realized a pattern that occurs when people answer questions. People give thumbs up and down not based on whether the answer is true or not, but rather on whether they WANT that answer to be true or not.

For instance, if I ask "Why are many people selfish"? (which is true), people would answer saying "hey I'm not selfish." Well, no sh*t, I didn't address you, I said "many." In any case, people will give that person thumbs up, and anyone who offers an genuine explanation thumbs down. The latter happens because people don't WANT to believe that it's true that many people are selfish, and by offering a sort of an explanation, the person who answered recognized the idea that many people are selfish as a truth (so they give him thumbs down). Well, I asked why are MOST women in the US golddigers. Then I got answers that said "have you ever even been to the US?" And they get thumbs up. But, I live in the US. How ironic?

In any case, I am pretty sure most guys in the US would agree with me on the aforementioned. (All the ones I know definitely do). I just don't understand why people here try to dispute it, as if I am specifically addressing them. They obviously can't read english, I capitalized MOST on purpose. In any case, people don't WANT to believe that it's true, so they give thumbs down to people who try to recognize it as being true. And they give thumbs up to all the people who say "Have you ever been to the US before?" Stupid answers like that, which should have gotten thumbs down, since I live in the US. What morons...

Answer 1

Maybe you are more intelligent than many people on Yahoo answers.

And maybe people come on here to seek validation and to hear what they want to hear.

I personally like answers that challenge me, but many people come on here so that people can give them a gentle tactful answer that makes them feel better.

Answer 2

Yes I agree with you, most people do not want the actual answers, that want the nice answers to at times difficult questions that do effect there life. I cant believe how many bad responses have gotten best answers hell im suprised at how ridiculous some answers can be.

It makes me wonder how much the Y/A community values psychology, if you have a look at the medical section it does appear that actual professionals do post and you dont have someone who gets there answers from some celeb magazines posting.

I cant believe how many people respond to people asking for help with depression. Thinking positive does not help maybe it helped you that doesnt mean it will help them.

Also experiencing mental illness does not make you an expert......

Answer 3

No offense buddy, but please for the love of everything thats loveable, be more compassnate!!!!!!

Please realize the truth behind their behavior isn't just to propitate some flaw'd selfish view that works for them, people can't both KNOW that thier point is selfish AND defend it as being righeous. Lets just say, people can't see their own catch-22s. Its like a person beating their wifes, then secertly thinking, wow I could of just been honest about my feelings with her, strived to understand her, and descided on a purpose in life thats worth while and gives me meaning. In other words, people can't self-diagnose themselves and treat themselves, hence why the last answeror mentioned that having an illiness doesn't make you an expert.

But I digress the point is were all here failing, you, me, those other two guys, becuase we've done nothing to truly help these people. The fact is were a product of both external-social and internal-psychological pressure more so then the sciences want to accept. With this said, were dealing with this bs because everyone else deals with this bs and hasn't found away around it. So lets just see it for what it really is, peoples strives to understand their world falling short of propiating that understand and instead is stagnanted by their issues in both themselves and the society they follow.

Their victims in other words, not victimizers, lets realize that, unless we want to believe that were all perfect in ourselves, something I well not venture to do for the sake of construtive debate. But realize this means that we have to accept some where in their flaw'd thinking, they believe their being good, and doing good, if it is only for themselves, but heck thats what they've been taught to be good. Presuit of happiness (our countries deminstartion that good intentions pave the road to heck) doesn't say anything about other peoples attempts, so why should the individual care? We here now, or alittle too smart for that, lets remember that..... and come up with ways to help these individuals

O in closing, I laffed and applauded your question, its smart and true, just hate how people are good at seeing mistakes but not the path to the answers TO those mistakes.....