Where do babies come from? ...you're 21?

[Live in Color]

My friend the other day: "What's the paper you put on a wall?"

Perfect example of a stupid question.

 

[Dawn]

The only way a question can be stupid is if it serves no purpose, really.

 

[Sewzie]

Stupid questions definitely exist.
I sometimes tend to ask them myself -- just little slip-ups like that.

 

[Percy Thrillington]

I'm against the idea of a stupid question. Questions are just a thirst for knowledge or to satisfy curiosity. Asking in-depth questions about quantum physics and asking your parents if they'll definitely pick you up after school when they've reassured you three times already are the same thing; questions. Neither of them are stupid. The intelligence of a question cannot be measured and if it is, it's a subjective measurement.

Asking questions at the wrong time or in the wrong situation is a different story completely though.

 

[Honest]

Yes, I do believe there are such things as stupid questions. They can get frustrating as well. ;;

 

[AuraAshley1990]

I hear people all the time say, "There's no such thing as a stupid question." But I hear just as many say there is.

What do you think? Do you believe there are stupid questions, or do you think that curiosity cannot be stupid?

theres curiosity and then there are stupid questions.

 

[Elite Overlord LeSabre™]

Stupid questions do indeed exist. I like to ask stupid questions just to annoy/amuse my friends.

Example:
Buddy: "I'm studying overseas next semester."
Me: "Would studying in Mooresville be considered studying overseas?" (Note: Mooresville is about 25 miles away.)

Stupid questions exist, and I know how to use them :P

 

[Kura]

The question isn't stupid.. it's the circumstance that is. Depending on who asks it/ what was said before/ what knowledge there is surrounding that question etc.

 

[Master Bait]

One of those stupid questions is "Does God exists?" We've been fooled so many times.

 

[Sammi]

I think obvious questions can get pretty stupid at times... and I am the master of this. 8) My brother-in-law calls me out on them all the time.

Me: Are you playing video games?? (asks while very obvious he is doing as I've asked.)
Brother-in-law: No.

Sad thing is that this is bad habit, at this point, so I ask these kinds of questions all the time.

Overall, though, I don't think most questions are stupid. Even the ones that seem silly, most of the time, at least have some purpose. And as long as it has some sort of purpose behind it, I hesitate to call it stupid. If that makes any sense at all. D8

 

[Hybrid Trainer]

Well since the birth of Google for me stupid questions have become extinct.

You will be missed :'(

 

[Ryoutarou]

I don't think there is anything that can really be considered a stupid question, it's really all contingent on the situations surrounding the person asking and who is being asked. To think there's such a thing as a stupid question would suck since it stops people from learning.

 

[Stellar]

Curiosity itself isn't stupid, but asking the wrong person is. I'm not gonna answer you if you ask me something that can easily be figured out through Google.

 

[Aquacorde]

Generally if a person should know the answer to the question they asked, I deem it a stupid question.

 

[Charizard★]

I feel that there are stupid questions, but you'd have to ask a really dumb question. Also, it depends on the age of the person who is asking the question.

 

[Murmansk]

There aren't stupid questions; just stupid people.
Better yet, people who ask a question in a very misguided way, be it intentional or not.
Most unfortunate.

 

[Spinor]

There is no such thing as a stupid question.... Until you ask it.

Couldn't resist. Anyway. There really isn't such thing as a stupid question. Let me explain now.

There is a difference between a question and ignorant interrogation. A question is a result of the desire of knowledge of the brain. What might be deemed a "stupid question" is actually just a minor forgotten detail or a true detail that was missed for a long time. Which is definitely possible. And deeming such questions as "stupid" is seriously offensive because it was never the asker's intention to not know or to forget. A 21 year old asking where babies come from is still possible. But a lot of things have to go wrong or the asker must have had a special ed need which impaired his or her ability for curiosity until such age.

Ignorant interrogation is of course meant to be sarcastic, ignorant, or annoying. Including when the asker already knows the answer, or is a Jolene, in which case it's an attempt at sarcasm and annoyance. Not a result of curiosity. "Can I bang your sister? Why did your mom have you? What is inside that empty head of yours?" and of course, "Where do babies come from?" by some random dude on the internet in an adult forum.




tl;dr: Read the freaking post you lazy bum