When Asked A Silly Question, Why Analyse The Question, WHY?

I think it ought to be possible to tell pretty quickly when a discussion is serious and when it is a little more light hearted. Sadly, some people seem less adept at spotting this than I would have thought they would be. I think people should indeed lighten up on the lighter discussions. If they are not for them then they can stay away and become involved in topics that are more to their liking.

Yes allsorts I do as I have come across this to a lot People seem to take a lot of things Serious and then next thing we know it gets out of hand and all hell is let loose lol

Sometimes it's difficult to tell if the question is serious or not. I know that I'm guilty of thinking something was serious and it wasn't. I felt really stupid once that fact was pointed out. I guess, for me anyway, the writer needs to make it clearer. lol ~Ginger~

LOL - well I know what you mean! I thin a lot of it may have to do with the huge number of people here from different parts of the world. What may seem humourous to us laconic Brits (renowned for our dry sense of humour), and even to our friends in America who speak the same language, may be completely incomprehensible to people who speak Eglish as their second language. They will just see the words and take them at face value - not understand the humour beneath them.

I wish people would stop posting stupid discussion or irrelevant ones to be honest. I do think people analyse too much and you can't help some I'm afraid. I do think this site should have some indepth discussions though, but these seem to be pushed to the sideway to give room for some silly inane discussions that people find easier to answer. I do feel some people take this place too seriously though and I suppose I am guilty of that (especially a discussion I've took part in today where this guy was still talking about Celebrity Big Brother and accused all English people of being racist!!) Anyhow in answer to your question yes I do think people should lighten up with regards to silly stuff, and leave the more serious stuff to people who can handle it lol Hope that waffling made sense!

Some people may be thinking that by analysing the question they are showing that they are the best response and should be chosen so. I agree there are times you just have fun and enjoy.

Maybe some people don't understand that it is indeed a silly question and are earnestly trying to be good mylotter members by writing as descriptive and analytical answer as possible. Also, if English is not your first language it might be a little hard to get the irony or tongue in cheek humour.

Oh I do it for the fun of it. I think it's pretty clear when I do it that I'm joking and slightly hinting towards (what's the point) but I think people are entitled to a discussion this way. ~Joey

Hello,ittakesallsorts,honestly i seldom answered to some 'funny'discussions,most of the discussions i replied were the 'boring 'ones,may be because I am a boring person.:P,but i did read those 'funny' discussions ,like those discussions of jokes,but i had noticed that people who replied to those jokes also gave interesting replies as well which always made me laughing. Unfortunaelty,most of the jokes had been deleted.

Tell that to my cousin Ned, may he rest in peace...