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Yahoo Answers, one of the longest-running and most storied web Q&A platforms on the Internet, is shutting down forever on May 4th. So we at Bored Panda decided to pay our respects to this iconic online project and take a look at some of the funniest and weirdest posts people made there.

To do so, we turned to Yahoo Answers Now, a subreddit where people share all the interesting stuff they find on the platform. And there have been plenty of them. The best part of scrolling through these ridiculous questions and answers is that you never really know if the person is kidding or they're actually a prime example of humanity's biggest flaws.

Continue scrolling and check out the screenshots for yourself.

Yahoo, which is now part of Verizon Media Group following the company’s sale to the telecom for nearly $5 billion in 2017, announced the change at the top of the Yahoo Answers homepage. The message links to a FAQ page, which details the timeline of the shutdown—starting April 20th, the platform will no longer accept new submissions.

Users will also have until June 30th to request their data. After that, it will be inaccessible. That includes "all user-generated content including your Questions list, Questions, Answers list, Answers, and any images," Yahoo said, but "you won't be able to download other users' content, questions, or answers."

Given the circumstances, you could say Yahoo Answers Now is about to become a precious time capsule.

A note sent to active Yahoo Answers members provided them with a little more detail as to why Yahoo is shutting down the platform, saying that "it has become less popular over the years" and that the company "decided to shift our resources away" from the product to "focus on products that better serve our members."

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"We launched Yahoo Answers sixteen years ago to help people around the world connect and share information," the message said. "With you and millions of other users, we built the best place on the web to ask and answer questions on a variety of topics, creating a community of global knowledge sharing. While we could not have been prouder of what we accomplished together, we are reaching out today to let you know that we have decided to shut down Yahoo Answers on May 4th, 2021."

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"I don't know if I have the right to remain ignorant, but I refuse to find out" --- Calvin

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"While Yahoo Answers war once a key part of Yahoo’s products and services, it has become less popular over the years as the needs of our members have changed," the message continued. "To that end, we have decided to shift our resources away from Yahoo Answers to focus on products that better serve our members and deliver on Yahoo’s promise of providing premium trusted content."

"Starting on April 20th you will no longer be able to post any new questions or answers. However, you can still view any posted questions and answers until May 4th. On May 4th the site will be shutting down. If you would like to download a copy of your questions and answers you have posted, you can do this by signing into Your Privacy Dashboard and requesting a download. You will be able to do this until June 30th, 2021 after which your Yahoo Answers data will be securely deleted and no longer available. The closure of Yahoo Answers will not affect your Yahoo account or other Yahoo services. For further information and instructions on how to download your data, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions."

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"Thank you for contributing to Yahoo Answers — we’re proud and honored to have helped you connect with and learn from the Yahoo community these past sixteen years. If you’d like to provide feedback, please feel free to reach out to our team."

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That must be wrong. My cousin's name is also Rob and he is not from London.

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As The Verge pointed out, the fact that Yahoo Answers has become a meeting place for far-right individuals may have also contributed to its demise.

Whatever the true reasons are, it's hard to argue with Justin McElroy, a co-host of the comedy podcast 'My Brother, My Brother and Me,' who said that Yahoo Answers was a place for people to put questions they were too embarrassed to ask the people they knew in real life. "The weird, the dumb, the truly, truly demented: it all found a place on Yahoo Answers."


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DKS 001
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

time for a new boyfriend who has a clue how the human body works?

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Inclusion2020
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Give him a cutely framed photograph of your prettiest poop when you get there. That way he can learn that you do indeed poop, and he can have a nice picture to keep next to bed in case he forgets.

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Marianne
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She poops? Disgusting! Next she tells that her farts don't smell like flowers.

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Legen ( wait for it ) dary
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I need a update on this, pleaseeeee. But I'm guessing she is 6 months pregnant now and the boyfriend is trying to figure it out how come that she have no more periods.

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Jeremy K.
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If he leaves you 'cause you poo - Then your love was just not true

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Hollysmom
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why would you want to be involved with som who didn't un basic bodily functions? I'm assuming these are adults since they are "going away together for a week". I weep for humanity

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Michelle C
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Use a butt plug...preferably one with a rainbow tail so he continues to think that only magic comes out of there

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Paradise
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, maybe if you don't hide it he will find out and will learn something he should have learned as a preschooler.

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blugeagua
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Save yourself the trouble honey and just don't date him at all.

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meow point1
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe he thinks women absorb all the stuff and convert it all to nutrients? Then again, if he's that stupid, I doubt he knows what nutrient absorption is.

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Piet Puk
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tell him you are actually a man and take a s**t while maintaining eye contact to show dominance.

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CORLEONE
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The more I read these idiots the more angry I get.

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Jonathan
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hope they didn't/don't have a baby together, the world is already too full of stupid people.

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Adam C
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Telling him girl poop will kill him. Not telling him will kill you... tough choice

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Mohsie Supposie
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Break up with him first, then he can't break up with you.

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Billy The Kid
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Good job you're not married or you will be holding it in for years!!!

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Jill Tremblay
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A "LITTLE" ???? Immature? Maybe neither of you should be dating yet....

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MAKtheknife
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's a little book out called "Everybody Poops" buy him a copy.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She should see a doctor. Everyone knows that ladies don't poop.

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Robert Robi Z
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is he ever going to have sex with you? He might be surprised that your private parts don't look like his hand.

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Katherine Watson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

1. Holding all that in is bad for you. 2. Him not knowing that people of the oppositw sex have the same biological funtions is just- I. I don't know who's more stupid here.

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Anne Leonard
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wait.. he thinks girls DON'T POOP.. and you're wondering how to HIDE THIS from him.. well looks like you two are PERFECT EACH OTHER

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backatya
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tell him the truth. The truth will set you free and so will finally pooping

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Bent. O. Jensen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just wait till he sees what happens with the tampon when she sneezes while bending over.

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Bonnie Edwards
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My Grandfather was convinced that Mama didn't fart.. even after 50 years of marriage. rofl.

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Shinomi Chan
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Easy. Just become a robot. Or a unicorn. You either poop bolts or rainbows and he has no fucken idea what you're doing

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Jenifer Riggs
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Girl do not let his stupidity continue. Sit him down and have "the talk" about human body functions.

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Kim Bush
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She thinks he is "a little immature" but doesn't see anything extremely immature with how she's handling the situation?

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Livy Gallant
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mom and stepmom have been married for 6 years, together for 10. My mother has my stepmom convinced that she doesn't poop to this day.

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Nyneva Kyte
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Assert dominance by taking a big dump while maintaining direct eye contact.

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Robert Thompson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is why you should not live with your partner BEFORE marriage.

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Sergio Bicerra
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just poop and show him, and tell you just gave birth to his kid.

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pusheen buttercup
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Explain to idiot all living creatures must poop and then break up with him because you deserve better?

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François Carré
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's a real shame nobody ever answered that really important question.

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Tanya Palik
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ask him if he really thinks she's related to Kim Jung-un. Once you explain he might have a slight chance if getting it.

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Clearly sunny
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Toilet spray, don't eat any spicy food! Find a mature man.

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Anthony Nizza
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But there is t a response, I want a response to this one!! Lol

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Johnny
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Poop under his pillow and blame it on the cat or dog.

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pebs
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The only solution is a cork, hoping that the gases don't blow it out at an inopportune moment.

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BlockDog02
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wait. Idk if it's something people think, but I've NEVER before heard of someone not knowing that girls poop. Like wth?

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Sophia Atkinson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just dump if he is that much of an idiot if he thinks girls don’t poop

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Sac Shim
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I must thank whoever wrote this question because in the situation we’re all in, I need daily dosage of laughter and this surely provided it

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Natalia
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I didn't know that being aware of our body's functions was a matter of maturity 🤔😌

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I I
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i think he knows , but then again he might be as dumb as you so,,,,,,,.........

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wasn't the Lion King based on Macbeth? Which, admittedly, is not a brilliant piece in terms of historical accuracy...?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yes! NASA is actually a secret organization that has been around for thousands of years. Some say even before there were humans on earth. They control everything!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not a cannibal if it eats another species. Cannibals are e.g. mother bunnies devouring their babies when stressed. But yeah inevitably that cat will become a maneating lion.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

oh wait! Ssshhhh ... lemme listen .... *listens* .... He says that your brain is like one hand clapping. There's nothing there but air.

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