This bothers me too. I often tell people to Google it. Maybe they're just lonely.
People that can, but don't use Google are either lazy, or just too 'lost' that they don't know how to use it, so they need someone to do it for them. Have you not seen people coming here asking how to do something with their own account? They can't use the site or figure out where to find their profile, settings, preferences and so on.
They need someone to do it for them, step-by-step. I think people are too fragile here to go and use Reddit. There is far less politically correct nonsense at Reddit, so you are more free to voice your opinion there than here at Yahoo Answers where you would be reported for even the slightest infraction, which I think hurts the site.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.