Or you could just answer the pope question. It is not unreasonable someone would have no idea how a pope is determined.
It isn’t unreasonable not to know, but it may be unreasonable (or, at least, silly)to ask something that a 10 second Wikipedia search would answer for you in abundant detail.
Add to that the fact that diggleblop already had a reputation for asking stupid questions at that point. If a brand-new guest had popped up with that question in GQ, (s)she probably would have received a few polite answers, as well as a link to a Wiki or catholic.com article. We have to consider the source, right? 
The first bloody reply answered the pope question! What more do you want?!
While not formally against the rules, this sort of question is against posting guidelines for GQ, as stated in the very first sticky in the forum:
Bolding mine.
As has been said, people wouldn’t be so annoyed if it were a Guest or other newbie asking such a dopey questions. However, diggleblop is quite flagrant about ignoring GQ guidelines. That he does it so persistently and defends the practice, even after he has been Pitted for it and warned by at least one moderator, to me verges on being in violation of the “don’t be a jerk” rule.
I was going to stay out of this, but diggleblop’s most recent thread just won’t let me continue to do so: What is the purpose of hispanics who have wide noses?
Sad part is, the basic question, if worded differently, would be a decent question. Something like “Some races have wider noses than others - what are the evolutionary advantages, if any, of this?”.
Can I amend the title of this pit thread to “diggleblop, you ignorant racist fucking moron”?
Why does he still exist?
I was just coming to mention this myself. It has earned him another warning:
I almost began to answer the “real” question, but fortunately decided it woul dbe pointless given the idiotic thread title.
He reposted it, rephrased. Please, as a favor to me, don’t answer it, 'kay? Maybe if enough of his threads die out, he’ll go away?
I know. I’m dreaming sigh
I replied only to invite him to participate in this Pitting. I doubt he will show up.
He didn’t rephrase it, at least not as far as I can see.
:smack:
Yes, he did-never mind!
Sorry, trying to split my time between the boards and the Steelers-Browns game.
‘You people’, indeed. Just for that, I’m never going to start a thread. You want some ketchup on that order of humility? 
And yeah, diggleblop is a jackass, but I can’t help but feel sorry for the guy. Apparently, not even Google will be his friend.
Sorry, I don’t read the pit threads, so I missed this one. If you people think I’m the only one who doesn’t search google before posting, you’re wrong. Here is one example that i pointed out. I could post at least thirty more, but am in no way going to waste my time doing that.
Calling people names and being condescending only shows your ignorance and will never further your goal, whatever that may be in this thread, as it seems to have gotten lost in all the holier than thou posting.
So instead of calling people “moron”, “idiot” and the like, stop and explain to me the problem, I’ll listen. I don’t do it on purpose. I like this place and would like to stick around, I enjoy reading the posts and learning. Please email me if you see me do something wrong and I’ll fix it. diggleblop at comcast dot net
True enough.
But…
don’t ya think maybe it should be? …
Lucy
On a side note, mr. jp’s reply to the OP of that thread made me laugh out loud, mostly because I’m pretty certain he was kidding.
The problem seems to be that these things have been explained to you, and yet you persist in committing the same blunders. These good folks can teach you (and have tried), but they can’t learn this stuff for you.
Have you even read the very first sticky in GQ? The one I quoted from above? Sure, people do post without searching Google, but this is against stated posting guidelines. Just because others do it on occasion, doesn’t give you carte blanche to do it as well. And you do it far more than any other single individual who is currently posting, which is why you are getting flak.
Beyond this, you have a habit of phrasing your questions in what is either a deliberately provocative, or else an exceptionally stupid way. This particular question is a case in point. Your actual question was not the one you asked in the original thread title. Why, exactly, did you do this? Clearly you know how to ask the question correctly, since you did so in the original OP and the second thread you started as well.
You have been warned by moderators and criticized by other posters in your threads. You can’t claim to be totally unaware of the problem. You have continued to ignore this feedback. If you don’t want to be called names, I suggest you pay attention to it and change your posting behavior accordingly.
Well, sometimes after I get an answer in one of my threads, I don’t go back to it. so someone may come in the thread and state that I posted something wrong and I just don’t see it. That, I’m sure, doesn’t help me, so maybe I should start doing it a little more often.
Other times, I may not go into a thread because I know it’s all flaming (such as this one) and I don’t have the time to sit here on the internet arguing with a bunch of bandwagon followers trying to explain my point to someone who already has their mind made up no matter what I state.
Anyways, I’ll be sure to be more careful since my posting offends all of you guy’s delicate sensibilities.
Have you ever heard of a question with two parts? If you could look past wanting to flame someone for any little thing, maybe you guys would see that. I mean, there are questions out here like “Why is the sky blue? is it because of the ocean?”, that’s a two part question that can’t be asked in one subject line. Which is why I do that sometimes.