Are forums a lazy persons way not to research?

djfriedman81

the answer is yes and shouldnt you have researched this question before posting ...lazy

wrests

So, in some ways, for some questions, forums are the easy way out. But with nutrition, there are so many conflicting opinions, and so much 'common knowledge' that it can be really easy to get lost. At times, it's best to stand on the shoulders of others. They KNOW what works, they have b&a pictures, and can be seen as authority figures in this 'journey'.
In other ways, it's totally irritating to see people who have bypassed all of the FAQ's and come to the forum to ask if vegetables have calories. And sadly, these people are often the ones that won't weather a plateau, and will jump ship after a short while. But I try not to assume they're all like that. I try to assume that they're exactly where I was when I first started, lost and needing a direction to be pointed in and maybe in need of someone to say, for the first time, that they CAN do it, but they don't know how to ask so they lamely post a topic asking if vegetables have calories.
Ultimately I think I feel like forums are a more social person's way of asking for help and navigating the mines of weight loss. More irritating to me are the gross old people on the chat forum that come just shy of cybering and overuse this emote : :drinker:

Aw, hon, I was with ya until ya called out the old people. Seeing as I'm one of em (and I'm on your friends list lol!)
I probably do use the :drinker: emoticon too much. It's my version of a "thumbs up" for stuff I like, sometimes.

As for the rest of your post, I agree.

Lol maybe I should have phrased it differently! I just used it as a catch-all for the 'single or not, flirt with the poster above you' thing..makes me think of my dad hitting on women on their facebook photos :grumble:

KenosFeoh

Some of us like one-on-one human interaction and at least the illusion that someone cares.

Warchortle

Even though this was phrased as a question it's mostly rhetorical in the sense it was a vehicle to express frustration.