Description : Why is it that, a reasonable question will get zero, or maybe one, great question award, but the answers will get multiple great answer awards?
Last Answer : Fluddies. Fluther buddies hi-fiving each other.
Description : Whatever happened to?
Last Answer : …. to all my favorite flutherers? I think of them often. ‘You’ are missed and the place sucks without you.
Description : What is it about the "Herman Melville" award that brings me up short every time I read it on the right side of the screen?
Last Answer : Do you mean “what does Herman Melville mean?” or “what does this award do?”
Description : Do I get an award for asking 500 questions?
Last Answer : No, but thanks for asking it anyway!
Description : Is it easier to form deep, meaningful connections when you belong rather than when you do not?
Last Answer : Thats a loooooong story!. my very short answer is…..it does not matter where people live, language or looks, if the love is there, then go for it.
Description : Given the choice would you rather encourage another person to their best possible potential in life, or break them down for whatever reason?
Last Answer : Best potential.
Description : Pancake redux: would you rather...
Last Answer : I am the wound that will not heal, Fluther’s festering party pooper and I say that I am so sick and tired of this cursed pancake theme.
Description : What is the difference between "Quite", "Rather", "Pretty" and "Fairly"?
Last Answer : answer:Of the four, “quite” is the most affirmative. It implies a high degree of certainty. I would say that “rather” and “fairly” are roughly interchangeable. Both are tentative assertions. The same could be said for “pretty”, but it tends to be used more informally.
Description : Would you rather eat a shot of live wasps or eat the shot glass? [Read details.]?
Last Answer : Well….....if the choices suck, we can’t help if we don’t like either.
Description : Would you rather...?
Last Answer : I’ll take an order of pancakes with orgasm topping, please. I am female…does this really require an explanation?
Description : When you are going through a major life change would you rather people ask about it or pretend it isn't happening?
Last Answer : My family is different in that they called me to find out what was going on when I went through a divorce. Each of my brothers called, asked and listened. None of them judged me, or even gave me advice. ... or tried to convince me to change my mind, then I wouldn't want them to talk to me about it.
Description : Assuming they answer honestly, what is the single most telling question you can ask a person?
Last Answer : If they are from the US: How much do you tip?
Description : What is an easy, low tech, foolproof way for someone to link to a personal photo on a Q&A site?
Last Answer : answer:I upload mine to http://tinypic.com/index.php Here’s the uncut version of my avatar photo: http://oi58.tinypic.com/2hxr0w1.jpg
Description : Would you participate on a Q&A site that required you to make a substantive answer to a question before you could see the other user's answers?
Last Answer : I like the basic concept, but would prefer to eliminate the whole modded-substantive-answer part. How about you just can’t see the other answers until you’ve answered. You could still have mods to enforce basic rules and writing standards, similar to ask-public.
Description : This is a guy question: when you see "This is a woman question" do you immediately check it out?
Last Answer : no, but it makes me make sure not to comment
Description : If a question turns into a human being, what kind of a person he or she would be?
Last Answer : He would be a faceless, paranoid, conspiracy theorist.
Description : If you could ask one person, alive or dead, only one question, who would you ask and what would you ask?
Last Answer : “You are aware that you’re a sick deluded fuck right?” To Adolf “looney toon” Hitler ;¬}
Description : If you could ask one person one question...
Last Answer : i would ask my brother why did he leave 9 years ago. siigh
Description : Have you ever had a question you wanted to ask, but the written question didn't match what had been in your mind when you decided to post the question?
Last Answer : A few times only, when I was rushed and not willing to edit.
Description : Have you ever had a question just ...disappear?
Last Answer : Bye bye @josie.
Description : When someone thanks you for your answer, isn't there some way for the Bendrews to figure out how to put in the link to the actual comment, rather than to the whole question?
Last Answer : This, I think, is a bug. I don’t remember it doing this.
Description : What was the best (or most memorable) birthday gift you've ever recieved?
Last Answer : I got an easel for my 8th birthday.I still have it. :)
Description : What can you tell someone who has recieved a demotion in their job to help them cope?
Last Answer : That's really tough. But the person has to try to separate his (I'll say his ) sense of self-worth from this setback. This is no time to hang too much of your identity and professional ... would gladly have taken that kind of hit rather than being out seeking in a very, very cold marketplace.
Description : Are the .dat, .url, etc files recieved in downloads harmful / bulky?
Last Answer : The answer is… (shakes Magic 8 Ball™) ...uncertain.
Description : my dad co signed on my first car, I financed it for four years and paid it off in two. Someone told me that i recieved no credit for the payoff being that my dad co signed. Is that true? Did my dad get the credit for that and I got the short end?
Last Answer : Unfortunatly that is how it works. The reason is because his credit was on the line the whole time not yours. If you defaulted it only would affect him not you. Don’t blame your Dad though he has nothing to do with how credit works. He was helping you out.
Description : What's the worst valentines gift you've ever recieved?
Last Answer : Nothing
Description : What is your favourite quote / best advice you've ever recieved?
Last Answer : One of my favorite quotes: Don’t insult the alligator until you’ve crossed the river. I think that fits as good advice as well.
Description : Do you know anyone who has recieved a big cash settlement for an injury, but is not really disabled or hurt badly?
Last Answer : Indeed I do. A friend of mine accidentally backed up into a car and broke the tail light. There were 2 passengers in the car he hit and they sued his insurance company and eventually got 50 or 60 ... dollars because they proved they had back and neck problems, were out of work because of it, etc.
Description : What kind of monthly money that you can recieved when you are on disability retirement?
Last Answer : It will depend on how much you worked. Retirement disability benefits are based on how much you worked and how much money you made over time.
Description : i recieved a signed limited edition heisman trophy football. one of the signatures could be the first heisman trophy winner from 1935. how can i make sure of this signature and how can i find out how much this football might be worth?
Last Answer : There are professionals who specialize in Sports Memorabilia who can verify the authenticity of the signature by comparing it to bonafide examples. Given your New Jersey location, contact GrandStand Sports Memorabilia in New York City at 1-888-78-GRAND. Someone there can direct you to the next step.
Description : What might the outcome of the University of California, Merced, assault been if the attacker had had access to a gun rather than a knife? [Link]?
Last Answer : answer:A person could say that this outcome was a triumph of gun control; there would be several dead people if a gun had been used, but instead we have four living people with knife wounds. So if ... it and construe it in some self-serving justification. Facts don't matter, if you're a gun nut,
Description : Whatever happened to pin-back buttons [You might need link provided in Details.]?
Last Answer : answer:I have a few vintage political ones. And actually my daughter gave my husband a whole handful (ouch) of small pins for Bell’s Brewery recently. I should take a photo but I’m in bed in the dark posting this. Long time no see!
Description : A question for mods: supposed there's nothing to indicate a jelly is a spammer in their profile, how many times can they spam until their account gets modded altogether?
Last Answer : answer:I've never been a mod here but my guess is that if a user's first post is blatant spam, then they're banned ASAP, with the intention of not getting another chance to post. I don't ... circumstance has ever asked for reinstatement, but I guess if they did, they might be given one more chance.
Description : Why do some people feel the need to piss all over a question when they aren't actually answering the question (examples in details)?
Last Answer : I never got that, either. That’s why most of my Qs are in General, and why I can’t ask some light-hearted ones that I would like to because they’d be moved to Social. I guess some people never master the art of simply not clicking…
Description : What is a question that you are unlikely to hear more than once?
Last Answer : Do you want the Last Rites performed now?
Description : Why can't a question be in more than one section?
Last Answer : The Social section does include both serious answers and the other kind.
Description : Do you question prescribed medication from a source other than your own GP?
Last Answer : If you obtain all of your prescriptions from the same pharmacy, your pharmacist will be flagged of any contraindications (e.g. allergy or contraindication w/ current medication). . However, it is always a good ... taking at any given time .so that you can share that info w/ all of your providers.
Description : What is the best way to get extra clarification on a question, when you feel like you can't give a thoughtful answer without more information from an OP?
Last Answer : You can only lead a horse to water…
Description : Would you like a 'favourite' question option?
Last Answer : You can save a book mark in your browser.
Description : What question would you like "only the nice people to answer"?
Last Answer : Nope. Jerks make me appreciate the nice people even more. It males me happy to see cynical person, cynical person, non cynical person.
Description : If your question (asked late at night) was then pushed to editing for something like four hours (because one does have to sleep), is it okay to repost it so that it is not now buried in older questions?
Last Answer : Ask Auggie.
Description : Who said "There is nothing so dishonest as a question poorly posed?" or something very like it.
Last Answer : answer:This rings no bells with me. I have tried translating it back into French and it still makes very little sense. Do you have any more clues? Can“t one be verbally clumsy and yet still intellectually honest?
Description : Have you ever advised your friends not spend their time on Qs they have no answer for? See detail.
Last Answer : No, never. It isn’t my place to tell people what to do. They are intelligent, sentient people and are perfectly capable of making their own judgments on what to ask. It would be rude and presumptuous of me to instruct someone on what they should or shouldn’t do on a website.
Description : Is it okay to ask potential employers if they have any questions for you? (Please see details)
Last Answer : Overconfident? Not at all.. It’s a great idea.
Description : Could you compose an orphan question on Fluther?
Last Answer : Provided that you won’t come and answer :D
Description : Ever spend hours crafting a response only to have the question pulled?
Last Answer : Yup. I’ve even written out long answers only to realize that I needed to pull the question. If you’d like, I can send you the text of your answer and you can post it here. I’m sure many people would be grateful for your… “advice.”
Description : Can I ask a question in a foreign language?
Last Answer : No. You may put the information in the other language in the details.
Description : What happened to the question about yesterday's terrorist attack in Britain?
Last Answer : I see two questions related to it in Social, was there another one? Hard to believe one would be taken down for subject.
Description : Do you think there should be dislike button for a question?
Last Answer : The problem is, the dislike button will be abused quickly. It's much easier to dislike than like. People will dislike a question out of personal feeling toward the OP, and things get ugly quickly. ... a small amount of likes than let them know there are several dislike next to their little likes.
Description : Are your question asking fields hard to edit?
Last Answer : answer:I have a different problem with the title question field. When I'm creating a question, it is blank until I actually hit the final place where it posts the question. I've never brought it up, ... enough problem. I've honestly never typed more than it would hold. You've given me a challenge.