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Why do so many popular answers on Stack Overflow consist of nothing other than some form of the question "why would you want to do that?"

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What is a "stale" git branch?
Mar 18, 2015
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Turn a string into a valid filename?
Oct 18, 2017
43
What are the existing build targets for MSBuild?
Aug 30, 2019
34
What keyword arguments does setuptools.setup() accept?
Oct 24, 2019
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Making abstract property in Python 3 results in AttributeError
Jun 23, 2022
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Python 2.7 Combine abc.abstractmethod and classmethod
Feb 12, 2020
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What are the existing build targets for MSBuild?
Aug 30, 2019
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Loaded nib but the view outlet was not set - Swift edition
Sep 26, 2014
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Making abstract property in Python 3 results in AttributeError
Jun 23, 2022
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Source Tree Crashing a second after start-up
Feb 7
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Why does the vacuum even have permeability and permittivity?
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How to install the nano CLI editor on Windows 10?
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Where in space would the Earth and Moon appear to be the same size?
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What is the largest fraction of Earth's sky that an astronomical object could take up (visually) before ripping Earth or itself apart?
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Why would a dragon's underbelly be so vulnerable?