R.I.P. Yahoo Answers and Its Glorious Repository of Strange Questions and Confusing Answers
Apr 7, 2021 • Ina Louise Manto
What’s the first things you do when you need information or help? You ask the internet. Question-and-answer sites have been around for decades, and at one point, Yahoo Answers was the internet’s most popular Q&A site. It holds over a decade’s worth of very… interesting queries and answers that’d often leave you more confused.
Sadly, its glory days are over, and it will be shut down forever on May 4 — 16 years since the site launched in 2005. No archives or anything! The site has been a meme goldmine for years now, and this is the end of a historic internet era. To commemorate it, here are some masterpieces from Yahoo Answers that the internet will always remember:
Choose violence
In memoriam of the eventual shutdown of Yahoo answers, I present to you the one Yahoo question that I quote at least twice a week. pic.twitter.com/JITHD9M3Jo
— Tobias Nook (No relation to Tom) (@tobynook) April 5, 2021
When all else false, just go ape shit.
Which song is it?
The beat question that was ever asked on Yahoo Answers pic.twitter.com/L9KbxRcysY
— James Halcrow (@james_hlcw) April 6, 2021
Pretty sure it’s “The Love Club” by Lorde.
Eat the rich
will miss some of these users https://t.co/XTMDY7BQvB pic.twitter.com/jimdv8OdA5
— LEONARDO🏜️ (@d0bolchis) April 6, 2021
We wish it’s that easy too. To the rich, don’t be shy. Open your purses and let us have some.
Monica?
RIP Yahoo Answers pic.twitter.com/22XkRln8o5
— Silky (@TheSilkiest) April 5, 2021
Try saying it five times and you’ll know the answer.
The greatest philosopher
the greatest philosophers of our time were found on Yahoo Answers pic.twitter.com/S3SIpdcODj
— Getter Donkus (@poondonkus) April 6, 2021
When you think about it, it’s literally the simplest answer to differentiate the two.
What’s up, Thog?
yahoo answers shutting down goodbye childhood pic.twitter.com/TgD7maMvWh
— 🤓er (@InternetCommas) April 5, 2021
Stale or not, a chip is still a chip. A guilty pleasure dusted with MSG and it’s good any day. Be like Thog – he’s a simple man.
Try to read this
Devastating that Yahoo is closing down Yahoo answers, since it’s taking down the internet’s Mona Lisa with it. pic.twitter.com/uqlDzQdFqu
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) April 6, 2021
Reminds me of my college days where one of my professors used to ask us to write a five-page handwritten essay about a vague topic I know nothing about. As long as I hit the page count, I’m out.
How the internet works
With Yahoo Answers going away, I figured I’d also commemorate with my favorite image from there pic.twitter.com/axDrmb4zwZ
— Retrotype (@Retronnity) April 6, 2021
If there were a lot of Brandons on the internet then maybe it wouldn’t be such a chaotic place. I hope you’re having a nice day Brandon, wherever you are.
What are your favorite Yahoo Answers memes? Share ’em in the comments!
