Do you answer the OP's question, or do you just go off on your own rant?!

[Cutter8]

I just saw the biggest squirrel that I've ever seen run by my window.

That’s a bit vague. It was the biggest squirrel you have ever seen and you saw it as it ran past your window, or it was the biggest squirrel that you have seen run past your window?

 

[chuck65]

I try to be helpful when I can . I will share any knowledge that I may have on the subject, and also opinions and experiences.
Sometimes, it’s just better that I type slower than I think !! LOL!

 

[John Webb]

If it ain't about me why should I read it?

 

[lfmn16]

I have so much to do tomorrow I just bought a new wheelbarrow and a garden shed even going to try and go get a haircut ...Oops sorry.. went off the rails

And there are some clouds following me around; very suspicious.

What was the question??

 

[DeepHz]

I tell them what I'd do & if people have a problem with that, I spend the rest of the day defending my position on the subject!

Now that is Hilarious!!!

 

[Zooberwerx]

In some threads, the OP's prelude is so insufferably long or overly-detailed that I give up before the actual question rolls around.

Riis

 

[Claymore]

Pistachio is really good but I also like Cookies & Cream.

 

[swink]

What's an OP?

 

[Michedelic]

What's an OP?

 

[TheMaynorD]

You forgot shamelessly advertise your amp for sale in the classifieds or check out my band's new single, Asparagus Bowl. I did neither here, You're Welcome.

 

[Michedelic]

I'm wondering what a bum says after being fondled

“Hey buddy, have you have a dime?”*
And the beat goes on, on, on, on, on.


*not adjusted for inflation

 

[lark_z]

I know you don't want to hear this, but I think the problem is your technique.

 

[cheapbasslovin]

I'm just a straight cable to amp guy. I don't really do effects except for my on-board octave and my collection of fuzz, all of which is always in my signal path.

 

[Bunk McNulty]

 

[Rib 13]

Because I dont have a lot of disposable time, I have read thread titles and answered those without reading the OP to complete the idea........

 

[bassdude51]

I try in some way or another to answer the OP's question and I am aware that I should. But, I'm bad for going off into tangents. Rants? Unless if I can post a somewhat humorous rant, I don't rant. Rants are kind of uncool, generally speaking. But some rants can be informative and a "life lesson".

 

[Gustopher]

Yes and yes.

 

[fretno]

Prolly gonna be hot again today, just like yesterday.

 

[murphy]

Please fondle my bum.

actually it's buttocks

 

[JRA]

How often does your response to a thread actually answer the OP's inquiry

- directly = 86%
- indirectly = 8%
- derails = 5%
- joking = 50%
- totally lost = 20%
- NBDs and member recordings = 100%
- tangential aldous huxley quotes = 0%

i voted "it depends on the day" (which it does!) but it also depends on the thread/post. some threads aren't inquiries in the first place, e.g., many "rant" posts are really just 'whining-in-front-of-an-audience'....

per the OP: i try.