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¿Question #621?
pernishus: Why do people feel compelled to remark that some questions have already been asked?

Woelf: Calling someone out for their lack of creativity is both appropriate and expected.
pricero1: I don't even see how this happens. Doesn't everyone read every single GeekQuestion and their associated answers before asking a GeekQuestion? No dedication these days...
Cringing Dragon: Because the questions have already been asked.
Felimid: Because sometimes it gets rather frustrating answering the same question half a dozen times.
Hendal: ball busters
kathleenryan: I don't know. So what? People can answer more than once, and perhaps if enough time has passed, the answer will be different.
gmonk: Hasn't this been answered already?
ricardofo: To help the new askers. It occurs with me, help me. Now I search first and them I ask.
Polgara: that has already been asked
Zarion of Arabel: people do that?
vampywife: because they're too lazy to answer the questions over again
ulyssus: Because we're board game GEEKS.
DHEK: Because some questions HAVE already been asked.
maumau: because they are pernicious, Pernishus...
martybjsg: To be very helpful. It is very helpful to let people know that they are smarter than the rest of us dumbasses.
PsyJam: Beause they freakin' suck
ThatFalafelGirl: dunno. same people who feel compelled to say the same thing about geeklists i guess.
Timotheous: Hasn't this question already been asked?
mrspank: Apparently because they really enjoy catching people that haven't bothered to look up questions before they ask them. In other words, they have WAY too much time on their hands.
POvidiusNaso: They're living shallow, drab lives with no meaning...like Steve Guttenberg.
GrimJester: Some questions have already been asked.
tipigi: Hasn't this already been asked?
Blacknightjj: because they have.
Oxotnik: Geez! I answered this on yesterday! :-)
ZiggyZambo: I don't know. Are you supposed to answer every question before being allowed to ask one?
SisyphusX: They're habitual remarkers.
Cromaa: They're bored
brainrob: Because it's tedious answering repeat questions
arkibet: Do you find this happens often?
KDSN: this question was already asked
confuse_a_cat: They dislike the effort of answering/clicking the "Never Answer" button a redundant question, and they believe that pointing this out might cause people to stop duplicating questions. Why do people ask other people to stop something that annoys them? They are trying to get them to stop.
LemonyFresh: Stop
Favre4MVP: Because they are ultra-cool.
scriptorum: I think if you enlist a few axons and dendrites you can come up with an answer yourself.
shawn_low: Because they have and people don't like answering the same questions over and over again!
Famous Mortimer: They are all Mr. Helpy Helpertons.
_Kael_: Because others don't take the time to check before asking?
jellospike: It makes them feel important
GeminiWeb: human nature
davidme: I haven't, yet.
motoyugota: Because nitpicking is a fun activity for all
EDS Teioh: human nature
Null Signature: Because they all think forty-two.
Thedalek: Because BGGs are an obsessive lot.
Culvan: Some people are just funny that way.
mrbeankc: That question has already been asked....sorry, I really couldn't resist that one. :o)
Legend Dan: I don't know, but I think you already asked this one.
skrutsch: I don't really know. I just try to answer them the same way.
AWildEep: Why not?
The Unbeliever: 42
bluebehir: I guess their lives contain more than enough repetition already that they need some escapism from it.
meshuggener: Because they like to feel superior.
leece: They're obviously of the mindset that think that questions can only have one answer.
Lord_Prussian: Because it seems like unnecessay duplication.
heli: intolerance to repetition?
shumyum: Because they are embarrassed that they say "pop".
snoozefest: in order to put an answer down? same reason they note that a geeklist has been done a gazillion times before?
Quest22: They are anal
Nomadik: Because its annoying
King_Custard: Hasn't this already been asked?
dakarp: I don't know, but isn't it annoying?
erli: Habit
xlorp: Grammarnazis still on training wheels.
thoia: Hasn't this already been asked?
Claytonius Maximus: Somebody already asked this.
2amp: point out the waste of time / bandwidth?
Cavedog_pdx: Because they're A) anal and B) can't think of another answer.
garea37: They have empty lifes...
Tim Synge: I don't know, why do people feel compelled to remark that some questions have already been asked?
BengalBoy1980: They like their own voice. Electronic or not
jpact: It's the one bit of control they can maintain over their dismal lives. Word.
puffinge: It makes them feel superior and it makes the question asker feel stupid. So it's win-win, eh?
Belash: Breese
GuyHill: no sense in answering twice
ptper: because they dislike inefficiency
kennyb: because they wrongly assume that other people have read every single entry on BGG
Blackwind: because it's annoying
m_r_tyler: To make the questionmaker feel stupid and hopefully get them to delete the duplicate.
yossarians: because peope are people so why should it be, that you and I should get along so awfully
Steve Leach: Know it alls. They probably have one of those key rings on their belts with lots of keys on it. So they can prove how many things they can unlock.
netfilterz: Because they're right...
gnomehome: The same reason why people feel compelled to ask the same questions over and over again.
BobDodgerBlue: I like Aldie's answer
chaddyboy_2000: I've already answered this question.
Dave: Because they are too polite to berate you for not using the search capability, you moron. P.S. - this should have been a forum entry.
geberus: uppity
Ludocrazy: Because they have been asked already
louiseh: Because they hate repeating themselves and can't bear to keep quiet.
djflippy: Good question, because it's a new feature and we barely know how to use it yet. Of course, more than one person is going to ask what your favorite game is!
PghArch: Because duplication only dilutes the answer pool.
Aldie: Humans like to find patterns and are good at it.
Gonzaga: Because it's annoying ... ?
CDRodeffer: Because you should read and respond to them before asking again.
Shakar: Because the questions have been asked already.
Flyspeck23: Because some questions have already been asked.
MisterCranky: How does their compulsion make you feel? Let's go with that.
Friendless: That's already been asked.
queequeg: Haven't we covered this all ready...
jttm: Hasn't someone asked this already?
Critical Mass: stop asking metaquestions
ValJor: Because they have already spent the time to answer them before!
LudesFactor: didn't somebody else already ask about this?
kimbo: Umm, because the questions have already been asked and I don't like seeing (or answering) the same question more than once.
djlg: Because if questions weren't repeated there would be some hope of answering them all.
ScottBecker: I feel like I've answered this one before.
tragicpoet: Topic Police.
janiera: Cause we don't like answering the questions multiple times.
ynnen: Why do some people ask the same question over and over, without looking/checking/searching to see if it has already been asked?
skelebone: I think someone already asked this question.
CortexBomb: I personally don't.