text: why do some people answer your questions like you are stupid and they know everything? some of the questions i ask i already know a little about what i'm talking about and yet people give you these answers like i'm stupid.  like my other question what foods help raise your good cholesterol levels?  i'm wanting to raise my hdl levels and lower my ldl levels and i get these answers to eat more fatting foods to raise my entire cholesterol some of these people don't know that there is a "good" and a "bad" cholesterol.  you want your good to be high and your bad to be low. unfortunately, some people are just jerks.  they try to be mean to others to feel better about themselves.  sometimes, though, people ask questions that are just asking for a smart-mouth response like "what is 2+2?" or "where is the question mark key?", but your cholesterol question is not one of those.