Perhaps, but entertaining the masses is less likely to get called 'spam', when compared to someone complaining about jokes.
That's fair. Hear me out though. I get it, I look through the thread and like ever fourth or fifth post is someone asking something they could've figured out themselves. It gets old. But then if you look back, you'll see that almost every time, someone replies with something smart ass. Then someone like me points that out, then someone like you points out the they pointed it out, etc etc. Right?
Okay now. If folks are gonna take time out of their busy day to smart off, they could just as easily have answered the question in the first place. Then at most you get a "thanks" and the exchange ends in about half the number of posts. Someone still had to take the time to reply but they were going to anyway, and these questions aren't going away no matter how much you shame people for them, so isn't the most efficient response a simple answer?
Granted, as you point out, it's less fun I guess, but it does give me the opportunity to hit you with this pseudo intellectual bullshit as I enjoy my morning coffee.