why is this not one way or the other?

addendum: wow, thanks everyone. I truly never knew it was a British vs. American spelling thing.

  • spacegoat@lemmy.world
    114·
    15 hours ago

    I know that this is “no stupid questions” but it boggles the mind that people post in forums when the answer is either yes/no, or a single sentence explanation available in a web search.

    • zeppo@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      73·
      10 hours ago

      we should just not have Lemmy at all and only read news articles, wikipedia and talk to ourselves

      • Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        5·
        10 hours ago

        I’m glad you asked. This is something I never realized how often I have brief flashes of curiosity about before I yolo it and never bothered looking up. As soon as I saw the title I was looking forward to reading what people had to say.

      • spacegoat@lemmy.world
        41·
        10 hours ago

        I would argue that the purpose of Lemmy comments is dialogue, not for other users to be someone’s dictionary

        • zeppo@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          32·
          10 hours ago

          Okay, I get what you mean about some questions. I don’t think it applies to this post. 50 people commented because they thought it was worthwhile in some way. It’s better than Lemmy being dead. To me, there’s an element of humor and levity to nostupidquestions, somewhat like showerthoughts.