Same Questions Over and Over

Oh crap! I gave it away? ....tiptoes out of room.....

I admit first of all that I did not read every single post in this thread and that I am therefore one of type of persons that caused this thread to come into being. But I suspect that the answer is really quite simple.I have found that when you are in your late teens and early 20's you know everything.When you get to be about 30 you suddenly realize that you don't know everything anymore.When you hit 40 you realize how little you actually do know.By the time you are 50 you are really reduced to asking a lot of questions.I believe that what is going on here is that some of the people who are still young enough to know everything are having trouble being patient with the others that have varying degrees of diminished capacity.:rolleye2:

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Originally Posted by rabernet

You only asked 19 times.......:rolleyes:

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haha you counted them all :D awesome

Personally I feel that the only dumb question is the one that is not asked!! (I think that may be the only thing I retained from Highschool....JK!!). I may not ask a million questions on here, when I first started out here I was one of those that probably read just about every BP husbandry related thread here then joined because I thought that, just from reading all the millions of threads that I did read (it seemed like it anyway..LOL) this seemed like a forum that I could really enjoy and continue to learn new stuff from. And from being a member on here I have found that I continue to learn and enjoy doing so and enjoy spending time here with all the rest of you. Personally, I don't mind answering all the questions that all the new people ask, I really enjoy being helpful to others with what I can. I have posted this one time before in another thread, but I feel that by helping out others even with their questions that have been asked many times before ( and will be asked many more times after) this is my small way of giving back to this site. May be insignificant to some, but answering someones question can really give that new person some sort of relief from worrying or a slight boost in their confidence that they are doing something right. And no, not everyone researches every little detail before buying an animal. But I have to give credit to those that try and do right for their animals by coming here. And there is always the problem that they may have researched elsewhere (on other sites) that by the time they find this place they may be just so confused that it may be just easier to them to just ask their question than to go through a million threads to find their answer. I read a bunch of other sites for info about BPs and it seemed that the more that I read the more that I was confused, what temp? what humidity level? etc. It wasn't until I found this site that my confusion eased and I became certain about how to care for my BP. And like others have said, some of the newer people may not know enough about forums to understand how to use the search function. I was one of those when I first joined, this particular forum set up was a little new to me then. So personally I don't mind seeing the same questions asked over and over again.

When I did research before I bought my BP, I got wrong information. (I was told 85-88d durring the day 72-78d at night) I'm glad I found this forum. She is much happier now.

honestly, why do you care. its they're problem if they post these things that are pritty much duplicates of another thread. they may have just not found it any were else on the forum. does it actually effect you directly? no! its just another thing you can ignore. i personally think that this thread is kind of ridiculous. no offense or any thing. its one of those that is not needed. much like those threads that ask the things that were already said. but usually Im not one to complain. i just had to post this.

Indeed the internet is full of conflicting information about feeding,temps,enclosure size,handling and everything else. As a newbie I have found this site to be a place where people are welcoming and willing to help one another.There is also much less elitism and latent hostility that can be found elsewhere.

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Originally Posted by JLC

Some people are easily overwhelmed at the amount of info they'd have to wade through to find an answer to a specific question...and how much more confusing if their questions are of a more general nature? Some people are not experienced at navigating forums like this. Some don't know what kind of search criteria to use to get the best results. And some people just like to talk....and therefore are more likely to ask their questions "out loud" rather than sit quietly and wade through someone else's questions.

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I'm coming into this "late" (as in, SO MANY PAGES!!!), but I just wanted to respond to what Judy said...I am one of those people-types that get overwhelmed very easily with the amount of information there is here (and a lot of other places) to wade through. I completely understand people that ask questions that probably have already been answered because they just can't keep their minds together long enough to go through pages, upon pages (like this thread, thus why i responded to Judy's comment only, i can't read the rest because i have a really short attention span, sadly. it'd take me a long time to concentrate fully on this entire thread).

I have been a bit irritated with overly-asked questions (especially in the rat world!), but I don't show it because I am the exact same way as the person asking the question, and if not exactly the same, I am still similar in the fact that I cannot concentrate long enough to go through the 1,000's of posts there are to get a satisfying answer. And some threads ask a specific question, then the thread gets carried off into oblivion about nothing, really, for a page or two (or more) and then you'll finally start getting real answers. That doesn't bother me, either, because this forum is so open and friendly, I can just ask in my own post and get answers...usually right away! :)

I try to help when I can. I don't much care about multiples of the same questions. I think the lot of us are here to help when we can, and because we enjoy this forum. Doesn't matter how many times a question is asked. Wouldn't it be terrible if everyone began getting angry because a lot of us post ball python pictures of our normal kids? That's what I'm comparing this to. I NEVER get tired of looking at people's snakes, just like I NEVER get tired of reading the questions and answers, and all posts here. :D

(i got carried away with my ramble, sorry!)

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Originally Posted by rabernet

You only asked 19 times.......:rolleyes:

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i'm half korean and hispanic so my eyes are kinda *squinted* ya know everythings widescreen so i can really see that well :P

If it weren't for the need to ask questions on a daily basis; what would be the point of having a forum!? We would all just be seasoned pros, tossing up pics of our snakes; we would just need the Photos category. Everything else could be types out in tomes, to be read by the curious in need of help..
Unless weird new questions popped up (how do your snakes react to the dust from that atom bomb!) or (how has the super-acid rain, that eats through our house's roofs, affecting Your snake??) then no questions would need to be asked, really. No informational forum would be needed.
Not to mention; a lot of the time, info that is already posted, is outdated. I found a few things amiss with the fedex thread on Fauna, for example; it was made in 2004! So, I asked away.