What's a question you thought of asking, but didn't - and why?

Just the other day I was going to get all Hypocrisy_central and ask:

Why do we have sex offender registries, but not murderer registries?

I decided against it because I kept thinking of reasons why we have the former and not the latter.

I thought about asking “What questions do you want me to answer that I’ve not yet?” Besides it being a dumb, attention-seeking, out-of-boredom question, I decided not to ask because I didn’t want a long list of links and I didn’t want to feel obligated to answer them. Or worse, I didn’t want to get flack for asking a dumb question.

Whether other jellies have left their jobs due to depression or burnout or some other sort of emotional issues.

And how the hell they went back.
I will ask, eventually.

@seazen – are you fishing for good questions to ask? Do jellies on this line need to copyright their answers??

Usually because of two and a half things:
A) I forget what it was by the time I get to my computer
A1) Because I think of about half my questions at 3 am while falling asleep
B) I do ask, but I don’t ask properly and it gets flagged and I don’t know how to fix it.
EDIT: C) Or I really want some good answers, but I think of it on the weekend, and then I forget by the time Monday comes around
@TheOnlyNeffie At least one jelly has… I mean, it’s a bit of an oversimplification, but yeah…

I can tell you why I cancel a lot of questions before posting them. It’s because when I come to actually writing them out and explaining them, they just sound too stupid for words. When you look at some of the dumb ones I have actually asked, you have to realize that the ones I skip are really bad. Mercifully I have forgotten what they were.

@Jeruba Hey! That happens to be one of my favorite jellies you’re talking about there! I have seen no stupid questions from this user you insult.

Thanks, @papayalily, but I’d say that just means you’re more charitable than I am.

@Jeruba I am charitable. Right up until you piss me off over some stupid little thing ;)

I ask all the questions I think of. Why not? They’re just bloody questions! Big deal if some are a little wacky or unorthodox. You pays your money & takes your choice, as someone once said :¬)

When I to start to type in the question on my computer the answer magically shows up in the Live preview window.

If 7 8 9 what was 6 doing? That was taken down.
How do you solve a problem like Maria?
Has anybody here seen my old friend don? Can you tell me where he’s gone?

@thekoukoureport 7 ate 9? I thought 9 ate 7 sick 5 year olds.

@thekoukoureport : I think it’s John.

These are my questions. I say don you say john. Lets call the whole thing off.

I frequently have questions I think of asking, but it never happens while I am actually online. I always forget what they were.

I thought once of asking what it’s like to take the life of another human being. But I was thinking people would just think I’m up for cred, so I never asked. There’s also quite a few soldiers and vets on here, and I was afraid of seeming as I lacked respect. I suppose with proper wording it woulda been alright, but then I got lazy. or maybe I did ask this but don’t remember because it wasn’t taken seriously lol. Or I think I searched it and it was asked already…fuck it either way lol.
I also didn’t want people to think I was a maniac, but it’s probably too late for that by now anyways…XD

I have a lot of questions I would like to ask but, the only thing that is holding me back is
that red word “Edit”.
I should have paid more attention in english class learning how to punctuate my sentences but I did not.
If I ignore that “red word Edit” a mail is sent and I have to fix the question.
Why can’t I just ask a question, and not have to see “Edit” at the end.
I already know the answer to that question.

The other night, I tried asking one but it got modded and I couldn’t fix it. The question was “will you please let me know via PM if I make any grammatical/stylistic mistakes, because I’m taking the SATs in a month”.