Why do people on yahoo answers ask self explanatory questions all the time?

This:

http://news.menshealth.com/are-you-addicted-to-the...

It is simply people have all the time to pare !

Self-explanatory questions to test the reactions of the participants !

Treating the forum as a source of information retrieval.

Requesting for assistance in doing their homeworks !

Even seasoned Top contributors post silly,childish questions.

I have learned to live with it.

Example: Why do people on yahoo answers ask self explanatory questions all the time?

Jokes aside, to give you something to talk about, and they succeeded.

Have you ever considered these people might be lazy and this might be a fun way to find the answers.

Yes they waste their and our time because they had no any work to do but i mean not all ,only few are ask mean questions

Yes, it makes me so upset as it wastes my valuable Y!A time where I make fart jokes and ask, "Do you like Willow or Krull better?'

yes, you are right, but it should be obvious to you that a majority of the people on the site are young and like the attention, and I mean any attention

Yes those are the best ones. FREE POINTS

Obviously you haven't heard of troll questions...