How often do you write up a question with all its details only to discover it's recently been asked?

Never. My questions are rather few and far between and usually offbeat enough to be fairly in a league of their own. Like ” Was my house just struck by lightening” and ” Help, I have maggots in my trash can.”
Remember, I killed them with a toxic cocktail of scrubbing bubbles and acetone soaked paper towels. lol

It happens to me, and many times I discover I wrote the other question. :-/

@Hawaii_Jake hah, I have done that before, too.

I usually check quickly first, particularly if it’s a General question.

I always do a search to see if it had been asked before. Many times, I find that it had been asked before by me!

Me too, I have almost asked the same question twice. Contrariwise sometimes I find an old answer of mine that is quite different to how I would now reply.

After making that mistake once or twice, I’ve learned to check first. Often there is no answer that specifically covers my issue so I refine my question to highlight the specific point for which I am seeking an answer.

Once or twice.

It’s more often that I spend a good deal of time typing up a lengthy question just to realize it’ll probably start more arguments than I’m willing to put up with, so I scrap it.

@Coloma Yeah, who else’s going to be asking questions about geese sexually assaulting garden hoses?

@Hawaii_Jake Let me join @DigitalBlue, @filmfann & @flutherother in saying yep, been there, done that, got the Tee Shirt. Now I search—except when I forget. :-)

@Sunny2 Good strategy.

@flutherother Rejiggering the question can sometimes work.

@Dr_Lawrence Good point.

@livelaughlove21 Oh, I think contentious questions are the best kind. Care to argue that point? :-)

Doesn’t happen.

When I ask a question that’s been asked – they disappear.

@zenzen Sounds like you are saying it happens, then unhappens.

I’m Chuck Florris.

@zenzen Yeah. Techno, tries hard to be interesting for more than 6 minutes. Fails.

No, really—are you? If so, no ill will meant. Just stating my opinion.

OK – I’m really Fluck Chorris.

I usually check first, but even if I find a similar question from a year or longer back, I’ll post mine, in hopes of getting answers from newer jellies and also from jellies who may have answered the previous question but have a new answer.