What is with all the "first thing that comes to mind" questions? Are people really that desperate to get points that they overplay a type of question just because they see others doing it?
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Mort The Conqueror
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That...Or they could be having fun and wondering what the first thing that comes to mind.
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I really didn't like the idea of this category when I first heard of it... people need to think MORE about their postings, not less! But mostly what I've seen that I do think is mildly interesting is the word-association questions: e.g. "what's the first thing that comes to mind when I say 'love'", etc. These are mildly interesting, because the first response reveals someone's conditioning -- and that conditioning is one of the main challenges we all face to living authentically. So in that sense, I'm no longer sure it's an entirely useless category. But I haven't seen any award-winning questions yet either! :)
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Like I've said before, I have asked a couple of those on the past but, there's hardly any effort put into a question when it's placed under a practically Fill-in-the-blank category. We have already too many categories in 'Outside the Bag' as it is.
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Oh yeah, because everyone just does things for points. Heh, maybe they're just asking. Maybe they like to ask questions, but can't think of anything else.
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to me it's not an educational question at all nor a conversational question, it's just like a game of ask'n'answer ..... thanks for popping such a conversation..through a very good question
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I don't know as I've not asked such a question. Some of them are really interesting to answer though.
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