I dunno, @Shippy. The reason I ask is because I find myself often resisting the urge to make fun of people’s questions here. Some of the things people ask seem so absurd to me, and I can’t believe people are serious. I know some of them are young and inexperienced, and others come from other cultures or don’t speak English very well, but when you’ve heard the same inane question ten times, it’s hard to hold back on making fun of it.
Of course, if I don’t, I’ll get moderated. Which pisses me off, of course. But we don’t have quality standards for questions. We have standards for spelling and punctuation, but that does not equal a standard for sense. I guess I wonder if I make fun of the inanity of a question, will that discourage such questions in the future? Will people try to make more sense in order to avoid being made fun of?
Surely not. Which means I’m just letting off steam. But if I let off steam in the right way, maybe people will get that I don’t mean harm. I’m just letting off steam. Sigh.