Why can't you just tell me the answer?

Answer 1

# I can't just tell you the answer because that would spoil your joy in finding it out for yourself. # There are more questions than answers, and we are very busy, sorry! # We don't know the answer. # We don't even know the question!

Answer 2

This site does give you answers. Maybe you don't understand the type of site this is. When you ask a question, anyone who sees it can answer it. Your question won't get answered until someone with the answer sees your question when they are on.

Now, there are some things we are not allowed to answer. If you ask how to harm yourself or others, you won't get an answer, and your question will be added to a catch-all category. Similar happens if your question is designed to troll or bully others.

Another possibility, among others, is that it is not possible to answer the question. A single word or gibberish is not an answerable question. Asking what time it is in a certain place cannot be answered if you don't give the starting time and a location you are comparing with. If you are asking about how much a coin is worth, you'd need to give the year, country of origin, and denomination. Just saying it is a coin with an eagle or the letter D on it won't help. Asking what quiz answers are in a book on a certain page cannot be answered if you don't give the book title. Even then, it would likely be against the rules to help you cheat.

Answer 3

because your big fat bitchies