Why do people reply to a thread with "Who Cares?"

[Wetzelbill]

I have never understod that. Or they reply to a thread and say: "You should be worrying about something important.... like the war in Iraq."

Like we all can only function by doing one thing at one time. :)

What I'm curious about is, if the thread's topic was so unimportant, so absolutely beneath them, then why the hell would they choose to click on it in the first place? Let alone take the time to make a comment?

Oh well, who cares. :)

[GOPisEvil]

1. My pet peeve are those who come into threads to defecate on them.

For example, I post that I like something and ask others who like it to discuss it. Maybe someone who doesn't know about it will come to like it. Invariably, someone will come in and take a big, steaming dump on the thread. If someone posts something you don't like, avoid the thread and just move on to the next one.

[Wetzelbill]

4. yeah, I have never gotten that one

I was wonder why the hell they decided to jump on the thread in the first place. It is a pet peeve of mine too. Or the "This should be in the Lounge" or "The is not LBN" type remarks. Dude, let the mods decide!

Seriously, all they have to do is stay away, I don't click on threads that I have no interest in. :)

[Flaxbee]

6. lol!

It's horrible, I agree. What's the point, really, of being nasty? I stay in the Lounge just because I want to be with friends / make friends, not belittle someone or be snarked at, or told I'm an idiot.

[Cannikin]

2. I've asked myself the same question many times.

:shrug:

[DainBramaged]

3. I was going to say who cares, but that's too easy

you done the dirty deed for me.:banghead:

[Shell Beau]

5. I know! They just want to tell us how stupid we are for caring!

People like that just like confrontation anyway!

[AlCzervik]

7. after today "who cares" would have been preferable over many responses i read.

on various threads.

[Wetzelbill]

8. this is true nt

[Deja Q]

9. If I say what the implied cause for the OP and other responses are, do I get a prize?

B-)

[KG]

10. what i really love are the scolds. especially when the soooo miss the point

how niiiice they have nothing better to do than go from thread to thead and give us a piece of their little minds.

[ChoralScholar]

11. Dear God!! Why do people post threads like this

I swear it's a complete....

Just kidding. You are right on. I posted a very simple thread in GD about this.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=160581&mesg_id=160581

[GoddessOfGuinness]

12. Because they really care about appearing uncaring?

:shrug:

[leftofthedial]

13. Who Cares?

i.e., because it's there.

[HuffleClaw]

20. i thought for SURE the first response would be 'who cares'.

[LostInAnomie]

14. I hate those self righteous "You should be worrying about something important" assholes.

It's like the only reason they join in on a thread is to show their moral superiority and throw indignation around.

A couple weeks ago, there was a thread about some teenagers being arrested for burning a puppy to death in an oven. While most people voiced their disgust at the act and the teenagers, there were a handful of morans that felt that our pity for the puppy for some reason meant that we were indifferent to the deaths of innocent Iraqi children. :eyes:

Some people are too stupid to be DUers.

[terrya]

19. We've seen that the past few days.

Look, some people thought it was just a stupid candy bar commercial. Or they didn't like Anna Nicole Smith and wondered what the big deal was upon the news of her death.

But spare me the "god, why is so much time being spent talking about this trivial stuff" bullshit. The hide thread feature works perfectly fine.

[ForrestGump]

15. Some of them even start threads to state how little they care

about the subject of the thread.

[crispini]

16. Because they are assholes.

Really. They'd never say that to a person IRL in a zillion years. So why do it on the internet?

[KenHodson]

17. Who cares? n/t

[LaurenG]

18. Right, who cares?

I wouldn't say that to anyone but I thought I would try to make light around here as it has been deadly serious lately. :hug:

edited to clarify that I was teasing you about a serious subject.