In DU's General Discussion forum, do you ever get the impression...

[Boojatta]

that DU members who respond to your post with a question don't actually care whether or not you read the question and don't actually want an answer, but are simply hoping that some audience of lurkers (distracted lurkers who aren't paying close attention and don't actually care about the topic under discussion) will be impressed?

[Debi]

1. Yeah, but do you actually understand what the Treaty of Versailles

meant for Germany or are you just blowing smoke???

Poser :eyes:

[Crazy Dave]

2. I've had one dumb-ass ask me a question that I never read or saw...

Then PM'ed me wanting to know why

I told him/her I didn't spend my entire life on DU 24/7 like their loser ass does

[MrCoffee]

3. No, never.

[Runcible Spoon]

4. When did stop beating your wife?

like that? :evilgrin:

[Midlodemocrat]

5. What does that have to do with global warming?

[azmouse]

6. Do you mean we can't ask questions?

Man oh man, am I in trouble or what? :yoiks:


:P

[Renew Deal]

7. Why do you ask?

[Boojatta]

9. I ask because it's an opportunity to have a discussion outside of GD!

It's like "Good morning" which can be translated as "Look at the time. It's morning. Also, I bet that neither one of us is a propagandist/lunatic/sophist who hangs around in GD."

[Renew Deal]

11. Why do you sound like a concern troll?

[Boojatta]

12. Obviously if I'm venting about GD then I think that it should be

illegal to discuss political topics unless you're a registered Republican.

[Ikonoklast]

8. What empirical evidence do you offer to support your claim?

I see no corroborating data bolstering that supposition, however...
















I like pie.

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. Link?

[Debi]

13. A hahahahah we could be here all night!

:rofl:

[Lilith Velkor]

14. I used to respond with serious questions

They never got answered, so now I generally just snark.

For example, why the fuck would a lurker who didn't care about the topic click on it to read it?

Don't worry, I won't hold my breath. :eyes:

[Boojatta]

15. A lurker might, for example, be simultaneously doing a number

of things and not concentrating on any one of them.

A lurker might care enough to look or skim, but not to analyze or study.

A lurker might have a state of mind associated with watching TV ads: unwilling to put in the effort to change the channel and unlikely to check Consumer Reports magazine before spending money.

[Lilith Velkor]

18. A lurker might be a space alien.

Maybe the space aliens will give me money if I impress them. Hopefully it's not space money.

[Boojatta]

19. I'm not sure where you're going with that. Can you express any

thoughts in the form of a question that you want answered?

[billyoc]

16. But what about Tower 7?!

:rofl:

[UTUSN]

17. HaHAH!1 What about o.p.(s) with questions?!1 n/t

[Maddy McCall]

20. Would that be a rhetorical question?

[petronius]

21. M'kay, so you want to censor other people's posts, now - how progressive of you

:eyes:








:P