why do some people ask such daft questions on mn when common sense should be obvious ?

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it's raining should i take an umberella out with me? should i go shopping if there's no food in the house ?
these are extreme examples but you get the jest. there are a coupleon here todayand posters are giving the most obvious answers i.e use your common sense.
i'm just curious, everyone is different, could be due mh, nn, and that's understandable needing support or reassurance but that wouldn't always be the case.

non nt

Attention seeking

I sometimes people are just after human contact, especially at the moment.

I’m not sure why it bothers you so much.

I think I know one of the threads you mean, yeh I don’t get it either 🤷‍♀️

Exactly. I have no idea how some people can cross the road without asking someone else what they think!

Attention definitely. Especially the faux innocent "I don't get why..." questions.

I think lots of people confuse AIBU for google.

"Where should I live?"

"I want a recipe for..."

"Does anyone know if X shop has changing rooms?"

"AIBU to like ?"

"I prefer one brand of drink over another, AIBU?"

"My leg is turning green and falling off, should I consult a doctor?"

@UrsulaTee

I sometimes people are just after human contact, especially at the moment.

I’m not sure why it bothers you so much.

it doesn't bother me whatsoever, i just wonder sometimes when common sense died, noone noticed it's passing. It's nothing to do with the covid thing and lack of contact, it's been on mn for years. Am i pregnant ? have you taken a test ? no. so how are we supposed to know ? pee on the stick ffs

I am stuck on the roof, should i call for help?

Actually, it's the drip feeds about 20 answers later which are annoying.

There are sometimes circs. which mean the answer wasn't in fact obvious at all and the OP damn well knew it.

A lot of people are basically saying "I can't be bothered to do any actual searching, please can someone do it for me?"

It's particularly irritating with the "find me a holiday villa" ones.
Fine if you are looking for recommendations, but so many of these threads are just hoping that someone will do all the work for them so that they just have to click on one link.

Having said that, there are always loads of posters who seem happy to do it.

My particular bugbear is when the solution is blindingly obvious, someone points it out and the response is "I never thought of that".

e.g. I keep burning my hand getting stuff out of the oven*.
First response is "why not use an oven glove"
OP then claims never to have considered that as an option.

*I've made this one up, but wouldn't be surprised if it actualy exists.

actually

I think people just want basic human chit chat. It's annoying but useful.

I’m not sure common sense is really all that common.

@ItsCokeFFS i have a thread running at the mo asking for someone to design my kitchen. I dearly wish that fell into blindingly obvious

The ones that are just striking up conversation are understandable. It’s the disingenuous ones that annoy me.

I think a lot of time ago mumsnet fulfilled the job, now though it's very political and bollocks. Half of the people are not harassed mums, rather bots here to correct wrong think.

Gist. Jest means something entirely different

It used to be a very fast paced forum, very sluggish now. I'm sure it will be scrapped when it has outlived its usefulness.

I think people are just making conversation - looking for social contact on a social media platform. Imagine!

Really? When do you think it will have outlived it's usefulness? I've been on it for a very long time. It's changed since the beginning but it's still here!
Far busier than a lot out there.

It's the same as people on Facebook who ask what time Tesco closes.
Just. Google. It.

Someone in my family is like this. We’re going out: “shall I bring a coat then?”

Figure it out for yourself, you’re an adult!

I think everyone's different. Some posters may prefer to have what feels like a real conversation about something that's bothering them, could be they're lonely?

But you're right all sorts of info is available now at our fingertips. Even basic SPaG.

I’m an academic, and spend part of the first session of every module showing everyone in the seminar around the online platform, which includes the module calendar which includes all dates for assignments, the module handbook which includes course texts, reading lists, assignment topics, dates, dates of marks being released, my office location and hours, FAQS etc etc. It’s ridiculously comprehensive. All the students can use it, as it’s used by all modules.

Above my email address on the online platform, it specifically says to check the module handbook before emailing me with questions.

Yet I invariably get emails asking what date the assignments are due, where my office is, what are the assignment topics, what do they have to read for next week etc.

I conclude that for some reason they need to have me say it individually.