Most of us are very serious about our answers. However - there will always be a tiny minority of users who are simply here to disrupt an otherwise very useful source of information. The vandal patrol team works tirelessly to minimise that disruption wherever possible.
People answer all of the 'stupid' questions because they know the answer to those 'stupid' questions, whereas people do not usually know the correct answer to a serious question. Therefore, they only answer questions that they know the answer to, and ironically not answering the serious questions because they don't know the answer to it.
People ask silly questions
Well of course! It's purpose is to help people find references for personal and life questions. It is why there are supervisors to fact check and make sure people get accurate info to their questions.
My guess is because serious questions are in need of research; stupid and obvious ones are easy-to-answer.
Hey, wait a minute here! :-) There's a big difference between serious contributors and stupid people or vandals. Serious answerers do read the questions thoroughly and try and answer them the best they can, which is clearly and to the point more often than not.
Because it allows people like me to answer the questions. Sometimes it is a serious topic and I am serious... sometimes it's not so serious and I goof around to make myself laugh.
Personally, I only give serious answers. There are some people who prefer to make jokes, although that is not the purpose of this site.
lol because everyones probably scared of the serious ones...lol this ones been answered too...whaddya say about that?
If he made non-educated remarks people wouldn't take him serious.
Some people do. Some folks here are looking for answers for homework, some to satisfy curiosity, and some for fun. Some questions are serious, and some are downright funny. If you look at enough questions, I think you will find I am right.
Well not all people do. Some people are actually serious with asking and answering questions.------------------------------well there is different metals you can ear. up to gold i think, some people are serious. some people just want to have fun!
Many, many retail outlets in the US that draw consumer complaints, and questions.