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When you’re learning at school or university, teachers and professors constantly encourage you to ask them questions and follow that with adding that there aren’t stupid questions. But deep down we know that stupid questions exist and some people aren’t afraid to voice them.

Maybe the person who came up with that phrase really underestimated how stupid and clueless people can be. But Twitter user Pey didn’t. She wanted people to tell her what are some stupid question that they have ever received. And there were some ridiculous ones in the thread that were so bad they were hilarious.

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We all ask stupid questions from time to time so let’s just have a good laugh from this list. Also, we would be interested to hear what stupid questions people have asked you? If you’re feeling brave, you can share the questions you asked and realised where not necessary.

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Vicky Z
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Personally i talk to my thermos but sometimes it does whatever it wants!

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The Twitter user who asked the question to receive more questions is Pay and she is a mother and a certified fitness trainer and a nutritionist. Pay explained that she asked the question because she was thinking of how people always ask where she last put an item she is searching for and can’t find. Because if she knew where she put it, it wouldn’t be lost. The tweet didn’t blow up but it got some pretty funny responses and we wanted to show you them.

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J.L. Martin
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

*ignorant. Can easily happen if one isn't exposed to other cultures.

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M M
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can relate to this one. Never had any contact with a person with braids. How can one know? I only know of braids that hold for a few hours. Not this permanent kind. I just happen to live in an all white community. You ask and you learn.

I' Gomez & Morticia's kid
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly same, as a kid I was always confused about how do they have such long and thicker hair whenever I see Box braids

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P.A.B.
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m so confused. Would you think this was “one honest question” if the kid with braids was white? The kid was ignorant but not striving to be offensive. Can’t say the same about you. 😅

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MyOpinionHasBeenServed
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tbh, I used to think that before I knew better. And then I met someone from Africa ( I don't recall which nation), when I was 12 and she had extension but the kind painfully tarred or melted on her head. I'm dead serious. I then thought some people with that nationality couldn't grow hair and that's how they all get their hair. I later learned. I can see it being an annoying, offensive question, though.

Cherries and Lace
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Excusable if it was early elementary school, cuz they haven't figured a lot of things out yet. They think teachers live in the school. But older? Yikes

Stephanie Keith
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not really. We learn at any age. It's okay to not know something and it doesn't make anyone dumb to not know and want to know.

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Steph
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The child didn't know any better and naively asked. I suppose it was first or second grade... would help to know in order to judge. How many educated people don't realize the simplest facts? The other day a PHD in Psychology was astonished to find out milk cows had to get pregnant to give milk. She was 32 with a degree! And she lives in Austria, it's not like there aren't any cows there!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm 37 and I just learned that from you. A PHD doesn't give you the knowledge about everything there is to know about everything in the world. Psychology is a specific field. Farming and animal biology is another different field. I'm sure there are things that are common knowledge for some and not you. Have some understanding. We learn something new everyday for our whole life.

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ZooMom
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you want to insult yourself and identify as a demeaning slang word feel free, but don't speak for others.

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BasedWang
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

the stupidity - Well ignorance. I was a white boy in a majority black school, so I guess thats why this seems dumb to me........ Maybe if she put what year (of education) this was it'd be more in context lol

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So you brag and complain about going to an all-black school. I remember your previous comments.

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Autumn Artemis
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was six I thought the same thing- I was such a dense little child

L.a. Williams
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes they do. Then change your hair the next day. Imagine she would probably ask something like are you related to you. Because her hair grows out in braids. Clearly you have different hair. Yes I'm playing off the you all look alike.

Zalzany Games
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That isn't stupidity that is child innocence, or ignorance. A ton of kids say just blunt honest things, and if they never seen or talked about somehting of couse they know s**t all. I mean half the s**t I "learned" about african american's was from a racist dad, so yeah first time we had one in school most kids were "oh f**k if half that s**t is true were f****d, wait why is nothing adding up way my dad told me it should..." Like only thing that almost stuck was "they smell like lotion," turns out you use lotion you smell like it who would thunk, rest was just b******t we had to learn was wrong while not pissing off that poor kid who got stuck with our asses who were pumped full of missinformation

Nicole
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m so sorry. It’s so ridiculous that it’s kind of funny and it’s sad, however, it does you give the chance to educate people that are curious and brave enough to ask

Keley Babs
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, might be benevolent innocence and curiosity of a child.

backatya
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

what your hair can't do that. You must see a doctor, that's unheard of

Riley Quinn
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Primary school kids might not know that individual hairs each have their own follicle, but by middle school this should be known. Dumb question? Depends on the age of the asker.

Eric S.
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well yeah Princess Leia was born with those dumb buns on her ears, too. At some point being white is no longer an excuse for being stupid.

Yelena Yardeen
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or, when your hair is a buzz cut one day and the next you come in with long braids. "How'd your hair get so long?" Every. Single. Time.

Morgan
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We need an age for reference. Is the asker 5 and it's a a case of lack of knowledge or 15 and it's a case of lack of brain cells?

DC
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, they do, and therefore, you're a natural braidsmaid.

Nicole Tomme
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you were there and you are not white it was not an all white school. Majority.

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Wise beauty
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It’s pointing out what the school is. They aren’t saying anything rude they are just pointing out that the school mostly had white students

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Alicia Topping
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My first year at a black high school and I was asked if I bathed in milk.

Gini Sarver
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

they were living an extremely sheltered life 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

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Sorry, this one is so full of "fergawdsake you really think anyone will believe that crap"? Even "white" people wear braids.

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Yes, but only if you sleep in the right position

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As mentioned, teachers often tell you that there are no stupid questions. By saying that they want to encourage students to don’t be afraid to show that they don’t know or understand something. They try to convince them that seeking knowledge is always a positive thing. 

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Another common phrase people say is that there are no stupid question, only stupid answers shifting the unwanted quality from the person who asks to the person who needs to answer. But all in all, the phrase is there to make sure a person seeking knowledge is not being punished for not learning the information yet.

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Carl Sagan who was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science communicator and certainly an intelligent person entertained the idea. He wrote in his book The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark: "There are naïve questions, tedious questions, ill-phrased questions, questions put after inadequate self-criticism. But every question is a cry to understand the world. There is no such thing as a dumb question."

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However, there are people who would argue with that. For example, the genius mind himself, Albert Einstein once said, “Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.” The physicist leads us to believe that the universe may have limits, but people’s lack of intelligence will never cease to surprise.

That could be applied to our today’s topic. If human stupidity is infinite then logically stupid questions do exist because people come up with them.

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Friendly piece of advice: don’t call me at 3 am if you want to keep those legs of yours

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And the proof is in the pudding. The questions people in this list ask are really unnecessary and you don’t always understand if they are being serious or you’re getting trolled. Maybe it could be fine if children were asking them but it should be unacceptable for grown adults. 

At the end of the day we can agree that stupid questions do exist but we shouldn’t be too mad at people who ask them. Maybe they genuinely don’t know and you can be the one to explain an important thing a person should have the knowledge of.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To be fair I often mix the words for elevator and bus in my language.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Reminds me of that XKCD comic where completing Mavis Beacon unlocks capital numbers.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A friend of mine could just pop one out and have a gander at it. Rather alarming when you find it out the first time.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What a dumb question. Everyone knows they don’t have birthdays in Korea. They just sort of slowly appear and it’s hard to tell the beginning date

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had a coworker whose religion banned tattoos. Every two weeks she went to someone and had a new henna design drawn on because she loved body art. They were often multicolored because she loved flowers. Depending where the question was asked, it may have been a legitimate query.

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Claire Stanfield
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There was a strange phase in the early 2000s where girls who could see fine would buy non-prescription glasses from Claire's to look smart.

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Guy MacGregor
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have no idea how the USA's army work but yeah.. You are on the army, but which one? Air army, Sea army, Ground army... or whatever it is said in English

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They were alternative hip hop with many considering them jazz fusion. It would be like someone reading a flyer saying there would be rock music so you show up expecting "Metallica" and you get 'They Might be Giants". Tribe Called Quest turned hip hop into art. If you've only seen "Dog's Playing Poker", its hard to understand Jackson Pollock.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nothing wrong with this. You ask in order to find out where you last remember having had it and work from there. It totally narrows the search.

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Vicky Z
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Scrolling doesn't necessarily mean that you will decide what to see before you fall asleep

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For many people, riding a bike is a means of transportation, not a hobby. So what they are doing is not riding a bike, its delivering newspapers, headed to my girlfriends, or going to soccer practice.

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Ryan Deschanel
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe a french person ? We have only one word for "grape" and that's "raisin", so we say "raisin sec" (dried grape) when we mean "raisin".

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I mean people escape from north all the time so it's a valid question...even though it's common for people to call south just korea and north north korea

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