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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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2 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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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. 

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.

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

Because a lion is significantly more badass mount than a camel. That or they just read the Chronicles of Narnia.

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

As a Canadian I would often get asked about having dog sleds to get around and living in igloos. Search 'Talking to Americans' with Rick Mercer on Thos Hour has 22 minutes for more examples. Fun fact, Rick Mercer had manage to convince that our prime ministers name at the time was Jean Poutine. He was regularly called that on diplomatic visits.

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

As a born and raised Alaskan, same. I've never seen an igloo in person and the only dog sleds I've seen in real life are when I go downtown to watch the start of the Iditarod.

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

Well, i'm from Texas, and I never rode a horse to school.

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

When I traveled to Canada on vacation once, I got asked so many times if I owned a gun and rode a horse when people found out I'm from Texas.

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

Sounds like op is the slow one who hasn't figured out yet that it was a joke?

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

My family moved to CA from England when I was 10. My firs day at school, a teacher sad I speak English very well for someone not from America

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

At college, we had a fellow studnt from Mongolia. Some people asked him if he went to school on a camel. Perfectly serious, he replied: "No... we actually have horses too."

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

OMG - I don't want to know where your friend was from - but I am afraid I am guessing right.

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

Don’t be silly, we ride camels to school. Lions are exclusively for weekend night outs.

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

That's like asking someone from Texas if we go to school on a tractor. The answer of course, is no.

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

It's easier cause cats won't let you😅😅😅😅😅

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Like when people ask me if I ride a horse to school. I live in Texas

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

Yes almost everyone has one. They wander the streets after they've been trained.

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

Sooo, not only unaware that Egypt has various forms of transportation, but also unaware that lions not only don't roam the area, but shun the idea of being the local Ubers.

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

I've been asked if I rode zebras instead of horses. The ignorance is strong!

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

Jeasus, people should have more stereotypes like that about other people, so cool

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

I lost count on how many people asked me if I ride a horse on daily basis. I usually answer them yes since I'm from Mongolia :)

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

that's like saying that because im american i use a gun to do everyday things

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

Some people think that kangaroos follow Australian children to school and the children keep their books in the kangaroo's pouch...

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

I would have played up to that. Well until my mother found out anyway

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

I hope you answered "Yes, I'm an Egyptian goddess/god".

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

I was asked, if we have wild polar bears in Denmark. Only in the zoos, mam, only in the zoos.

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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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2 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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2 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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2 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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2 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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2 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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2 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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2 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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