I know this is really old, but just read it again and wanted to reply... My question wasn't focused on gaming, true, it was phrased about a concept outside of gaming. But it's still of practical interest to some gamers, for the reason you demonstrated in your example ("'it seems like framerate is an issue, but I can watch movies just fine, why is this a problem?'"). I just phrased it more succinctly by addressing the central confusion that most people have about it. And the answers could obviously inform a better understanding of graphics settings, so they do help solve a an implied problem.

OK, so if I said... “What does framerate mean in a video game?”, and then in the message body I said, “I know what framerate means in films, but I'm confused that the standard values are so much higher in games; what's the difference?” ...would that be OK? I think my question asks roughly the same thing, but it's phrased to address the core of the confusion directly. And I've demonstrated that the subject is of practical interest to gamers. And it's an interesting question. So why do you feel so strongly that it should be removed?

I asked the question to clear up a very specific confusion I have about game graphics (and one that many other people apparently share). How does the above argument not apply to the question I asked?