Do you think long time Fluther users who never ask a question are lazy?

I never can think of any clever questions, just clever answers.

Whatever they are, since I ask a question a day on average, I am far superior to them. Thanks be I am so humble about my incredible magnificence.

Haha…. well, I can only speak for myself, but no.
I only ask questions that I need answers to, I don’t invent questions for entertainment value or attention, or out of boredom.
Okay..I do have a question right now!
I am moving in 6 days and trying to keep the fridge unstocked, down to the wire.

Is my KFC Cole Slaw, unopened from Monday night still good? lol

Wait, we can get cash for clever answers now?

Some people might think I’m an idiot because I seldom ask questions, but isn’t it better to remain silent than ask away and remove all doubt?

A recent question that I didn’t ask: What does polly wolly doodle mean?

@YARNLADY No. Next question?

I can count on my fingers how many questions I’ve asked, and still have enough left over to eat a slice of pizza.

I just don’t seem to have very many questions I need answers to.

I think jellies who ask questions more internally clever and curious than most of us are. They generate the questions. We who think up answers are clever too, but we’re responders rather than generators. Which of us are the straight men and which the clowns, I’m not so sure.

clowns are gay? gasp!

I ask questions I’m wanting answers to, only because I tried to figure it out myself elsewhere and failed. Many prolific questioners here are niche askers. ‘bout all their questions are related to the same thing. The few I ask are all over the place.

Every question has been asked and answered, ad nauseum…

Can’t speak for nobody else, but I am, indeed, a selfish bastard.

I know everything already. I’m only here to share my wisdom with the less fortunate.

Nope. Nobody has an obligation to post questions. I’d rather have a little well-chosen silence than see a bunch of busy-work questions that somebody posts just in order to ask something. Contrived, meaningless questions sound exactly like what they are.

Nope. Fluther is for askers and answerers alike!

I am a Kat, which means that I am naturally cute and lazy. I don’t ask questions because I usually satisfy my own curiosity; and like all felines, am superior to mere humans. Now leave me be, I’ve finished grooming and it’s time for my early morning nap.

The guilt occasionally gets the best of me and I’ll post a few questions. However, most of the time I don’t because I’m not very good at it.
I wonder if there is some kind of psychological explanation for those that respond vs. initiate conversation. I think I’m like this in “real life” as well.

Nah, but those whose solitary purpose seems to consist of only answering questions so as to ease the discomfort of the giant bug wedged up their arseholes…the ones who snipe & inject nothing but negative vibes, they need to fuck off or find an alternative way to vent their angst.
Maybe they should become politicians or sewage workers even.

Mmm—lazy, mindless or just “selfish bastards”? Bit harsh, wouldn’t you say? I prefer to believe most people who don’t ask questions are simply shy, or haven’t come up with a question that hasn’t been discussed, or feel more comfortable commenting than asking, or—here’s a biggie—are busy not being lazy or selfish doing other things in their lives like working and raising families.

This is the second context in which I (and others like me) have been labeled “lazy.” I’m a long-time lurker, occasional answerer, extremely infrequent asker.

My perceived laziness, mindlessness and bastardly selfishness result from a multitude of things, with the primary one being that I’m rarely able to remain engaged for a period of time where I feel I can provide responses and support for any answerers. An analog might be leaving a voice message that says, “I really need to have my question answered, but I’m busy and won’t be by the phone today.”

Love ya, mean it; and please don’t take my pitiful pot of penned poses as any indication of affection for or attention to you, my sisters and brothers. But if there is ever a clever answer to which I can “cash in,” I’ll see you at the bank.

I’m a seething mass of questions. I breathe questions. But they aren’t, for the most part, Fluther-friendly questions.

My comment-to-question ratio is almost 100:1. It’s not a matter of laziness; I bust my butt on those comments.

I’m willing to bet that the people here who consistently provide insightful answers are all life-long compulsive questioners themselves. Their answers hit home because they know how to get to the heart of a matter. That’s a skill that they’ve honed on the whetstone of their own questioning.

When you’re a compulsive questioner, you learn to become at least somewhat focused in how you apply your questioning energies or you’re just a scattered mess. For me, as with many inveterate questioners, the questions that occupy me are ones I know I’ll have to deal with on my own.

That doesn’t keep me from being fascinated by seeing the kinds of questions other people are asking. There’s an element of voyeurism in that, I guess; it’s a peek into someone else’s question-scape. If I see there something that my own questioning has equipped me to help with, then I’m happy to do that.

Am I the only person wondering what a “nonesone” is?

No. Should we post a question?

@Jeruba I suppose it would be lazy of us not to!

Do you think anyone can hear us over here whispering in the corner?

@Jeruba Who could hear the whispers of a few mere sheep?

I hope you’re right, because not posting a question is as good as an admission. The shame of it, you know?

Besides, I’d rather try guessing first.

@Jeruba Indeed. I’d better go dust off my hairshirt.

So, let’s see: is it nones-one or none-sone- or non-esone, for starters?

@Jeruba My first thought was none’s one… but it could also be no-nesone.

Well, it’s a noun because it’s the object of a preposition. That limits the structure a little. Also context—something that a person can be polite to—suggests that it represents a person, not a place or thing.

@Jeruba Agreed, though I think it could be stretched to apply to a behaviour.

Oh, good point. Do we need @morphail?

@Jeruba I’m not sure… I think it might be more important to gauge the intent of the polite person.

Nerds

:D

Pssst, @tf, our question hasn’t already been asked ad nauseam, has it? Look, we’re not even asking it now.

In fact, I could start a list (or a thread) by asking what questions haven’t been asked. Then the people who haven’t asked them could join in wallowing in their sheepishness. How does that sound, @glacial?

I’m too lazy.

I am careful with my questioning because I refuse to ask a “Boring Question #XXX.” I will either ask a philosophical question that is something I am thinking about and I hope will provoke discussion or a very practical question to gain skill or knowledge that I don’t have. I kind of feel that the religious and political battles have all been fought already and I rarely engage in those discussions any more, let alone provoke them. I really can’t stand the navel gazers who ask three self-serving questions a day although I do know we need questions to survive here.

I’m too lazy to ask questions just for the sake of asking questions. So yes, in my case I am too lazy.

@Jeruba That sounds like a lot of work.

I found Fluther by way of a food website. They asked us if we could help to answer some cooking/recipe/restaurant/kitchengadget questions.

I hope you don’t think poorly of me because of that.

You’re goddamned right we are.

now go make us a fucking sandwich