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Do You Like Posts With Stupid Questions?

Some wise, experienced blogger who actually has readers said that posts should end with a question as a way of soliciting comments. Or, if you still don’t get comments, as a way of proving to yourself that you have no readers. Or friends. Just kidding. Or not.

So I thought: Why don’t I take it to the extreme? Why don’t I just write a whole ton of questions? If people are commenting more because you insert a question, shouldn’t they comment even more if if the whole thing were just a bunch of questions?

Are you sick of reading all these inane questions yet? Should I stop now? Or should I go on longer? How many sentences do you think I can continue to write in interrogative form? Am I spelling “interrogative” correctly? Hey, isn’t it funny that I posed the idea and implemented it all in the same paragraph, at the same time? And isn’t it even more clever that the post title itself is also a question? I planned in advance, get it? That’s awesome, isn’t it? No? You don’t think so? More like boring?

Well, I guess everyone’s got their opinion, don’t they? How about you let me opine on my blog, and you opine on your blog? O wait, I don’t want that, do I? Wasn’t the whole point for you to opine in my comments section?

Do I sound like an airhead yet? Or an insecure 20-something girl at an interview? You know the kind I’m talking about? The ones who end even a declarative sentence like it was a question?

Do you think I’m still on track with this? Or am I so far off topic that it’s just ridiculous? You think it’s ridiculous? Really? You shouldn’t call a guy ridiculous in his own blog, should you? Wouldn’t your mommy wash your mouth out with soap if she heard you say that?

You think I’m out of steam already on this? You don’t think I could go on for another 200 sentences? Will you stop reading if I actually do? How many people do you think managed to read this far? Nobody? Really? Not one person? But if you’re reading this sentence, that means you’ve read this far, doesn’t it? I should stop then, shouldn’t I? Wow, this is easier than I thought it’d be, thinking up so many questions.

Oh, darn. Broke my train of thought and stopped asking questions. You can stop reading now. Feel free to comment. Or ask a question.

tags :: jokes : humor : blogging : comments : questions

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do u think i read the whole blog?did u knwo i was actually gonna blog about blogs and comments? does that mean i do not get to blog about it? am i supposed to comment as many number of times as the questions in ur blog? or will that be blog of questions?sorry tht was real tempting..:)

You are funny and fun to read. I’m linking you to my site. Blogsphere needs you, bro.

Do I have to comment? What’s the meaning of life? Should I have another coffee? Or should I go back to sleep?

You reminded me of Stewie on Family Guy asking Brian about his novel, each question getting higher and higher in pitch. I like that in a blogger.

The answer to all those questions is: maybe. If that answer doesn’t fit the questions, then the answer is “Yes, maybe”

questions are so easy to ask…

I often ask questions at the end of my posts though, just because they are actual questions i have – often rhetoric…

I’m glad my readers don’t need to be asked to comment. And when i write a bad post I’m glad they can pick it up with even better comments…

The real question is: why do you care?

ps: i linked u – i enjoy ur blog.

*nods* yeah, everyone should link Jack’s blog to their blogs. This guy’s a funny, candid riot to read about and Blogsphere really need more such Jacks. And thus, that’s why I’ve linked his blog to mine YESTERDAY! Hheheheh.

Not too sure who was the “wise one” who told ya that your posts “should end with a question as a way of soliciting comments.”

That to me is a whole pile of *bleep*.

Why? Well, because when I blog (at least for me that is), I blog for myself. And I trust that my readers (if I do have them) are intelligent enough to come up with questions of their own rather than having me to spoon-feed them with questions.

But then again, that’s me.

#mei lin – yea i agree ppl bvlog for themselves..atleast most ppl..but everyone likes seeing comments posted!

P.s. Jack am linking ur blog as well…

SAP -> hey, you read Fresh Ink’s blog, eh? Jack -> I actually got to know about your blog through Fresh Ink too! And guess what? Fresh Ink’s my former class mate of 3 years and she’s also my former colleague. Small world, eh?

Waaaassuuup?
You know you got a letter?
Do you accept the challenge?

I don’t particularly enjoy ending with a question….maybe cuz I consider my blog more like a journal than a website full of posts and discussions.

So any particular reason why you moved from blogger? I read your previous blog…but I can’t find reason why blogger sucks…

Sapna (to each of your questions): Did you? No, did you? I don’t know, does it? Do you want to? Is it? Was it?

EOTR: Did you know I appreciate your link? And when you said “funny” and “fun”, perhaps you meant “lame” and “boring”?

CB (to each of your questions): Well you did, didn’t you? If I was close to knowing that, wouldn’t I be sitting on some mountaintop flogging myself instead of blogging? Depends- is there a Starbucks nearby? Maybe?

Jess R: You mean like tthhhiiiiIIISSSSSSSS???

Andy: Did you really mean “maybe”? Or “perhaps”?

Fatty: Why do I care? Because I’m a recovering crack addict with low self esteem. Each new comment means one less hit on my crack pipe. I don’t want to go back to that life, because I make an ugly crack whore. Doh! I forgot to ask questions! Did you know I appreciate your link?

Mei Lin: By *bleep*, do you mean “sheep”? Did you know I appreciate your link?

SAP(na): So then you liked that I left a comment on your blog, right? Did you know I appreciate your link?

Reflextion:
Re: letter game: Sorry, I am a strong proponent of safe sex, because somebody has to advise our youth to do the right thing. That means I have dedicated my life to stopping the spread of disease, chain emails, and blog games. Consider me rubber-clad while blogging.
Re: Blogger. I’m sure there are lots of features that you can add onto Blogger, but WordPress 1) seems to have many more that are standard, 2) has an interface that affords more control, and 3) the plug-in development community is very active because WP is open source. Also, Blogger seems to crash a lot, so I figured if I was going to move it to an outside server, I may as well look into the other options. Just preference I guess. But it was a pain to port over and configure.

If you post in the forest and nobody comments, does the post still exist?

Faltenin: What is the sound of one man blogging and nobody reading? Did he even blog at all? How do you know?

ok we can stop the question game:P…and yea i do appreciate that u left a comment!…(no i am not modest:P)

@mein lin – yea i read fresh ink’s blog!…tho i just chanced upon in in blogworld….

Sapna: You want to stop with the questions? Really? It’s getting old already?

Did anyone else see the irony in naming the title of the post, “Do You Like Posts With Stupid Questions?” Haha.

Jeut: Do you think anyone did?

Jack, yeah, i know that you appreciated my gesture of linking ya site.

You’re lucky we’re too lazy to answer all of those.

Anne: Do you think so?

Actually, the secret to getting lots of comments is to do one of those quizzes (what color green are you, or how much should you weigh, or what’s your Danish name)…that way, the whole post is like one big question. Or at least that’s what I’ve noticed. What do you think?

hahahaha

I am going to say a BIG FAT NO! to everything…I don’t care…:)

Personally I think it all boils down to the one important question,

What would Jesus do?

I dont think there’s any harm in asking questions. It’s only the stupid ones that really burns me up. Used to work at a Customer Service Counter, so really get irritated by stupid questions asked by ignorant pple.

PS: To Jackt, Mei Lin & Sapna – Hehehe, it’s the 6 degrees of separation thing going on…

No.
Yes.
No.
It depnds.
It might be.
Maybe.
hummm
uhumm
I reckon its the case.
How long do you believe I can go on monosyllabic? Have I spelled “monosyllabic” right?

In my desperate for comments days I contemplated the questions+comments strategy.
FitÃ¨na

hmmm was thinking ill be all bitchy and not comment again since you have 27 comment already:P..but yea…

@jack – yes…its time we came up with a new one:P

@ fresh ink – i thot i was more like serendipity:P///

Fresh Ink, welcome aboard to this new spanking pad at Jack’s!

Wait…or is it “spanking new” pad? Geez, I am turning blonde.

Kimananda: Did you know that I can’t help but answer your question with a question?

Annush: Is a big fat no worse than a skinny little no? I would think no because a no is a no, no? Have I used “no” enough in this comment?

Janet: Doesn’t God help those who ask themselves?!

FI: Is a question with no point like mine considered a stupid question in your book? Aren’t you in S’pore? Isn’t it a lot hotter than 6 degrees in Singapore? Even in Celcius?

FitÃ¨na Don’t you know that it’s easy to go monosyllabic on my ass by typing “NO. YES.” then use copy and paste? Would you like for me to write a batch file for you to do that? Did you find the answer to your spelling question? Did you think I would answer even though God helps those who ask themselves?

SAP: Do you think so? Wouldn’t it be better if I never post anymore and we simply ask stupid questions in this comments section?

ML: Do you think this is an S&M blog, that accommodates blonds who spank?!

Your sucky blog is waaaay non-sucky.

Excellent writing…I wish I could be as clever as you!

Oh, snap! I didn’t include a question, did I?

There…that takes care of it.

J: Isn’t it awesome that you inserted as question once you thought remembered that you’d forgotten to? O, wait, that was on purpose wasn’t it? I think I’m running out of questions…could it be that my brain is out of questions?

Brilliant, isn’t it? I want to steal this idea, shouldn’t I?

Megan: I don’t know, should you? Or shouldn’t you?!

How’d you find my blog? Do you mind if I link to yours? How many people told you that you were a funny guy today?

stephanie: Did you know I found you on Citizen of the Month? I think? Did you know I think the link is so cool I linked back? Wouldn’t people telling me I’m funny make me more serious and less funny?!

Did you know I think Neal’s a funny guy too? Did you know that I think it’s totally cool that you linked back to me? Don’t you think that if people are telling you that you’re funny, it would make you funnier, not more serious?

Stephanie: Did you know I respond to every comment? Even your response to my response to your original response?

Does this mean that I could make you come back here time and time again, just by asking you this question over and over?

Stephanie: Did you know that the answer to that question is yes? Did you know that I’m inventing a new rule? That nobody is allowed to start their question in this section with “did you know” except for me?! Do you think that’ll reduce the number of questions asked in this section? It’s cool that the last question is more rhetorical than interrogative, isn’t it?

What grammar book told you that sentence number three was a question? Why would I think it was cool that you gave me a question I could not answer? Wouldn’t that just make me frustrated?

stephanie: Wasn’t it Strunk & White who said, “Grammar is in the eye of the beholder”?

Are you seriously frustrated? Have you had your morning Om moment yet? How come you’re such a good writer that you don’t have to start any questions with “did you know”?!

Have you ever read Eats, Shoots and Leaves? How am I supposed to find my morning Om moment, when my morning is over already? Did anyone ever tell you that flattery will get you everywhere?

Stephanie: What is a person without her Om, whether it be morning, noon or night?

Were there pandas in the book?

Speaking of books, have you ever read the one titled “Commenting on Comments: Flattery”?

Do you think I should tell my boss I got very little done today because I’ve been stalking Sucky Blog? Do you think that my boss would find the title Sucky Blog as amusing as I do?
Would I find that book in the library?

Stephanie: How do you manage to be the world’s snappiest blogmentor? (btw did you like how I combined “blog” and “commentor”? Clever, eh?) Do you just constantly refresh this page to see my substandard repartees? Or do you have an RSS feed that notifies you? You want me to write a note to your boss? RE: Book- Have you checked the store in Midtown called “Books from Jack’s Imagination”?

Do you know how it feels when liquid comes out of your nose? Do you know that my Fresca came flying out when I read your last comment? Why would I think that your repartee is substandard? How long do you think we should keep this up?

Stephanie: Isn’t it a funny coincidence that I snorted out of my nose an entire intact turkey sandwich earlier today? Shouldn’t someone combine your Fresca and my sandwich and have a nice post-nasal lunch? Don’t you sometimes think blogtiquette is a bit restrictive? You know what I’m talking about? That unwritten rule that a polite blogger always posts a response to all blog comments? Do they have medication to help OCD-prone people like us stop commenting on comments? Do you think Ridalin would help?

Did you think I was gone?

Stephanie: Has your boss caught on yet?

Can’t you tell that I’m a sneaky girl?

Stephanie: You mean at things like blog stalking?

Would you believe that I have other talents as well?

Stephanie: Like, underwater basket weaving? How can you stay underwater long enough to weave an entire basket?

Would you believe that I can stay underwater for a really long time? Would it astonish you to find out that I was on the swim team in high school and college? Did you participate in any sports growing up? Is this getting tiresome for you? Do you know I don’t want you to get annoyed at me for playing this game for so long? Is this the most number of comments that you’ve ever gotten in a post?

stephanie: As the politest of bloggers, I couldn’t get annoyed at your comments, could I? Nor could I not respond to a comment, could I? So I can’t dunk- do you think I played basketball in school? You swam? Were you in the Olympics? Do you know my friend Ray? The one who swam in the Atlanta Games?

Did you know that I think you don’t have to respond to this last one? Would you believe I just want to have the last word?

Stephanie: Did you know that I am genetically predisposed to high cholesterol and answering every comment on my own blog?

Why do you think I suffer from the same affliction? Is it because I want everyone to like me? Shouldn’t I not care?

Stephanie: You suffer from the same thing? Really? Should we start a club that just asks questions on each others’ blogs?

Or maybe we should start a blog about it? What do you think we should name it? How does Blogging for Questions sound? Do you like that name? Do you have a better one?

Stephanie: Why don’t we name it “This is What Happens When Bored Obsessive-Compulsive People Meet”? Did you know that people subscribe to my comments RSS feed and are probably following this with utter boredom?!

Why does the idea of people getting this on RSS Feed make me laugh my ass off? Does this make me a bad person?

Stephanie: Have you figured out whether you’re bad or just sadistic?!

Is it possible to be a little bit of both?

Stephanie: Or a lot of both? Do you think I’ll have to rent more server space with all these comments?

Is this you crying “uncle?” Have you had enough? Do you think anyone is laughing at this as much as I am?

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