Yahoo Answers...

[pyat]

It's like Wikipedia, except all the entries are written by high school students. I've never seen a question on there that didn't have five contradictory answers.

For example - can peacocks fly?

Yes, no, only males, not males, I don't know, joke answer, spam, yes, maybe, "Here is a list of flightless birds," "This one time I seen a bird", etc., etc...

Comments

[dagoski.livejournal.com]

Well, duh, if you put enough "F" engines on anything it'll fly. Why this one time me and my buds...

Anyway, wisdom of crowds fer sure.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Hmm... I once had a stuffed pheasant... it was fairly aerodynamic...

[bodhifox.livejournal.com]

Down here in Ohio we'd say, "This one time I seed a bird."

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Here as well! I would also accept - "I soared this bird."

[kfops.livejournal.com]

I also liked the totally unrelated and incorrect "females are usually white" comment, just to red-herring the whole thing.

Not that I want to colour anyones' judgement.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

It's an epic carnival of fail!

[leonard-arlotte.livejournal.com]

My favorite answer is the one that says that those with private jets can.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

It's probably the most truthful answer there, if not the most useful.

[vandringar.livejournal.com]

I love how all of those people are on the internet without using the internet.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

YES! That's it, precisely.

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

I love Yahoo Answers, despite its ability to inspire abject horror. I mostly peruse the relationship advice sections, which get rather gnarly.