How carefully do you read the details of a question?

I do read the detalis as well as fill in the details pretty well when asking questions.

I try to read the details, but I have been known to get it wrong!

@marinelife that will sometimes happen to me to

The details are important, but not what one thinks about when they click your question with the intention of responding.

It depends on how it affects the snark factor. Sometimes a question will have a really great headline, but the details wreck it. Sometimes I pretend I didn’t read them so I can have more fun with it.

I think I always read the details. The question is never enough for me to understand what the questioner really wants. Sometimes the details just repeat the question, which is frustrating, but what can you do? Give them a stupid answer, I suppose. Well, that can be fun.

Mostly I do read the details, sometimes I skim over one vital word and that changes everything. lol

Admittedly I do have a tendency to speed read, part of my brains mega fast neuro highway…usually I can take in the whole without a mistake, but, yes, sometimes I fill in the blanks without paying full attention.

It depends on how much detail is in the details. A question like this one, sure. A question with 8 paragraphs of details that amount to little more than the OP giving their extended opinion on the subject in preemption of the discussion, not so much.

I try to be careful in reading the details, especially if they are not clearly written. Sometimes I have to read the question several times because the answers I see posted are not all about the actual details of the question.XD

huh? hehe

I was going to say “prety carefully” until I realized I hadn’t yet read the details of your question!

To tell the truth, not much time…well….sometimes. I dont read the details if they are too long, because that hurts my eyes. It is the most important thing about the question and I should really try to pay more attention to it because I sometimes make really stupid answers and I get no lurve. Hmmmmmm…..

I could be better.

I try to be careful about that, but often the details are a direct contradiction to the Q itself and I get a bit pissed off that I was drawn to one thing and they tried to sell me another. There a few users here who are so bait and switch oriented that I don’t even click on the Q anymore.

I always read the details (some of which go on endlessly). There are times when I have read and re-read a question and I am still not sure what the OP is asking. That is usually due to bad grammar or bad sentence structure or the fact that the OP will leave out key words. Then I have to ask the OP if they are looking to know “this” or “that.” This and that being two distinctively different ideas.

It really bugs me to read questions in which the OP’s premise is false and they virtually scream not to be judged. They claim that they just want a real answer to the question, but it seems that what they really want is a validation of their false premise.

Here’s a fake example of a question like that, “If the Pink Unicorn flies down my air duct and says I should stay with/obey/bow down to my boyfriend/girlfriend who beats/belittles/ lies/cheats on me should I stay with him/her? Because my belief system/religion/creed/motto is the Pink Unicorn and I will never go against it? But don’t judge me, just answer the question.”

You can’t answer a question correctly/honestly/helpfully if the premise of the question itself is false. Judging and pointing out the false-hood of the premise are two different activities.

I always read the details. There have been times I’ve misread them, due to either being half asleep or being distracted though. I try to avoid Fluther when I’m half asleep now though, so it doesn’t happen as often.

Admittedly I dont always take time to read and contemplate all the details especialy on those annoying questions that contain another five or so questions within the details.

@Kardamom : But the Pink Unicorn would never lead me astray, would it?

Eh. Last I checked the details are not even supposed to be all that important.

I get lazy or in a hurry and skip too much.

I screw up and mistake a more serious question for Social-category ones on a weekly basis.

I usually cut my grass once a week.;)

I usually trim my bush once a week.

@Vunessuh Pics or it never happened.

I trim legions of zombies on a daily basis. I’m also a blind samurai.

Very carefully, generally. I’m sure I’ve missed something a time or two, though.

A long time ago, someone asked this very question here, and smack dab in the middle of the details, she snuck in a question having nothing to do with the overall Q… “What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?”

You’d be amazed how many people claimed to always read the details, yet failed to answer the ice cream question. :p

Very.

I almost always read the details. But often still address the main question – or what I think is most important about it (to add to a discussion). I don’t read details that are too wordy without necessity.

Very often I go to a question very excited about answering but then when I read the details I see that what I was going to say wouldn’t add much to the conversation. On the flip side, I often ask general questions and specify in the details only to get the generic answers of those who have quite clearly not read the details.