Stupid Questions/Stupid People

[Mr. Sandman]

More and more I find myself reading posts and either laughing out loud at the stupid questions ie: What's the gap on a spark plug? or the overall stupidity of people and their actions ie: Trying to run from the cops, etc. I am inclined to reply, but it's really just a waste of time.

However, maybe it's time for a general reply to stupid technical questions, such as "Buy a Manual" and for the stupid people incidents, "Stupidity at it's Best".

Anyone on board with this, agree/disagree or want to trailprotrailprotrailprotrailprotrailpro about the idea in general?

[Lots_Of_Nothing]

There is no such thing as a stupid question (as long as they honostly dont know, and mechanical related)

as for all the general stupidity, Why do you think people are starting to fade from these boards? I know I spend alot more time on other ones now then this one. It's on a downhill slide, getting more and more overrun by hmm.. (cant use personal attacks) uh. "those who make stupid / pointless post" . Kinda like bluetraxx etc..

Although every time anyone says anything about this they get chewed out and the post gets deleted (trust me.. I've been there).

I say the mods do things Nazi style for awhile, put postwhores on week bans if they dont stop, Let people pay you (mods) to put people on ban for a week (got that from another site), That'd even be a good way to make money for the site, hah.


I'm betting this is gone within an hour.

[84honda 200X]

I agree there are some realy stupid posts on here!! I hope it dont get deleted!!

[Red Rider]

I usually just read the post(s) & then , taking comfort in the fact that society has it's way of weeding out the truly stupid ones. A good example of the "weeding out" process is the Darwin award, which has quite a few recipients each year.

[3Razors]

I agree aswell! Some people need to go out and buy a manual or it may be some people just shouldn't work on bikes at all.

[Pistonhead]

I accept the mechanical questions, but when I see someone talk about the glory of getting caught drunk, and then a week later talk about how people disrespect atv riders and deny them access to private land it starts to agrivate me.

[Wickedfinger]

... speaking of stupid - I moved this out of the "Trike" forum and into the proper "Open" forum for such discusions ...........

Let people pay you (mods) to put people on ban for a week (got that from another site), That'd even be a good way to make money for the site, hah.

Kind of like a gun for hire, hit man, bounty hunter ....... hmmm I like it ........ lol.

[almac16]

... speaking of stupid - I moved this out of the "Trike" forum and into the proper "Open" forum for such discusions ...........

...........and the post made it past 1 hour !!

[Lots_Of_Nothing]

Kind of like a gun for hire, hit man, bounty hunter ....... hmmm I like it ........ lol.

Precisely.

[AirDonk]

i agree 100% with you, Pistonhead. that really annoys me, its people like that that ruin it for all of us and give us a bad name.

[Howdy]

I accept the mechanical questions, but when I see someone talk about the glory of getting caught drunk, and then a week later talk about how people disrespect atv riders and deny them access to private land it starts to agrivate me.

Amen! I don't like or want to add to the rules, but post such as "I ran from the cops", "I was out drinking and riding", and such post to me have no place on the forums. Postings such as these do not help the sport at all. To me if your so dam proud of running from the cops, or if your so proud that you got caught riding while drinking, or other such activities, then take out a ad in your local paper and tell everyone there. This even goes for if you own a known "Stolen item". When you post crap like this here on the forums you only make yourself look bad / imature ( sp? ). I say Grow up!!

Another option is to send copies of such postings to the respective police departments so they know who to be watching. I am sure they would welcome the help in combatting crime. hehe

...........and the post made it past 1 hour !!

Yep, it sure has. I think it should stay. Maybe it will help some users / members think before they post idiotic postings.
Howdy

[BigGreenMachine]

Yep, it sure has. I think it should stay. Maybe it will help some users / members think before they post idiotic postings.
Howdy

I've made some dumb posts and started a few dumb threads I'm sure. I think what agrivates most users is questions that have already been answered or ones that everyone thats been on the board as long as most of us has already knows the answer to. If most users searched (which is damn simple thanks to the quick search feature) then there wouldn't be half the dumb posts there are today. I too have noticed that most of the senior members have stopped coming here as often to post or even to visit and that really sucks cause their knowledge is what makes this board so great. So to you newbies and post whores please keep our board clean and on topic cause this is one of my favourite sites and is a place I'll be posting for a long time to come.

James

[Billy Golightly]

You know I think about this pretty often. And on one hand, the way to regulate this is to totally chew out anyones *** that makes a mistake or asks something that has been asked before in the past (aka www.pirate4x4.com ) Or, just tell the person the answer and then explain to them that this gets asked often and move one. I think maybe the soloution here is to give a break to the newer members until they've got use to things. However if you've been here a while and know how things work and do something stupid you should be notified of it in such a way that you wont do it again...I dont know exaclty how to regulate it, but I feel what you guys are saying.

[OldSchoolin86]

I feel the pain for sure. I left for over a year and when I came back I didn't know to many people here and I thought the seniors were gone. I was wrong, it's just that it gets tiring answering those how many quarts questions so a lot of the guys don't post much anymore. They're here and watching, but rarely post and i don't blame them. When I came back I was excited again and was in on every topic. It didn't take long for me to cut back. I think the best solution is to add when you feel it's interesting or if you feel you want to get involved. The new members take care of themselves fine most of the time. It seems natural for senior members to pull back and newbies to write on and on. There's nothing wrong with that and I think if we tried to regulate it we would loose a lot of potentialy good new memebers. So although it gets old seeing the show your ________ threads, it's just the way you keep new members comming in. I think to be honest, a lot of us started out asking some kind of anoying question.

[TimSr]

I dont have much of a problem with "stupid questions". They are based on a desire to learn something. I have a much bigger problem with STUPID ANSWERS that are based on a desire to make people believe somebody is knowledgeable, when they are not. I too have busted out laughing while reading some of the "expert advice" laid out by post whores who think they are enhancing their reputation as an expert, when in fact they are seen as post whoring morons who damage the efforts of people trying to get good information.