Why are there so many rude answers in the Pets category? And, are these reportable?

They range from "just feed it to a snake" to "I think the best breed of [animal] is a dead one" to "shoot it with a BB Gun".

Seriously, it's not freaking funny :[.

Not only that, but it isn't even original. I've seen about 10 different people suggesting that mouse/rat/hamster owners feed their pets to a snake. It's getting incredibly annoying.

My second question is, are unhelpful answers like this a reportable offense?

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You can try to get an offending answer removed by reporting it. I don't know if Y answers keeps a running count of how many times the same posters keep doing it, but in the pet section I see the same jerks again and again. I don't mind differing opinions but I hate the people that are just trying to get a rise out of the others.

I also kept mice and rats and I think they make good pets, too. I kept snakes as well- I think everything is here for a purpose, and everything's gotta eat, but there's no reason to deliberately hurt someone's feelings because they care for an animal that you yourself dislike. (I don't particularly like spiders, but I don't suggest to tarantula enthusiasts that they step on them, either)

Why are there so many rude answers in the Pets category? And, are these reportable?

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Why are there so many rude answers in the Pets category? And, are these reportable?

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I dont why, i think there just trying to be funny, but their not! It's mean and insulting. Their maybe reportalble.
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Click on the flag and report them. Maybe they wont think it's funny if they lose their yahoo acct.

I agree. It's not funny.
You can report just about any answer.
I think it's because people don't really care. Personally I hate those type of answers. What you can do is next to the name is a flag: it will say "repot abuse", click on it and then give the reason why. It's really quite easy.

The second is: they could be, but just ignore them it's faster and easier!

Good Luck!
Honest answers get reported.
The people who answer the questions like that either just like to see their own writting ( Kind of like the sound of thier own voice), or they probably think that they are beeing funny.

The other option I can think of is that they are just trying to get points, so they answer a question about something they know absolutely nothing about.

It is absolutely a reportable offecence since they are not actually contributing to the community at all. I usually report them then give them a thumbs down.

I hate those types of people.
I usually just ignore those types of answers. They are not worth my time and no-one should take them seriously.

I am more disturbed by some of the bad advice given by perhaps well-meaning folk who know not what they are talking about, and it's pretty obvious they've never done research!
i know! tell me about it people act so....uhhhh! yes report em!
After having Mice for years I must agree to feed them to the snakes or your Ferrets. It is natural for them ~ They are carniverous creatures. They will not survive without MEAT.

When there are mulitple mice in a cage they will eat each other so whats so wrong with feeding them to a natural preditor?

Shooting anything with a BB Gun is just cruel, but Children will be Children.

Oh. My 22 foot long Blonde Pythons, they eat Bunnies !!!!
Yeah, they're just trying to be funny %26gt;.%26gt;

You could always report them but it's not hard to make a new account on here so I don't think there's anyway to permanently stop it, also as you said there's tons of answers like this.

The best way is to just ignore it IMO.