Are there no stupid questions?
Is there such a thing as a stupid question?
Ladamesansmerci
31-03-2006, 00:50
Is there such a thing as a stupid question?
that's a stupid question.
Fleckenstein
31-03-2006, 00:51
there are no stupid questions, just a lot of inquisitive idiots.
Pythogria
31-03-2006, 00:51
There is. Really, a question like "What is an A?" is a stupid one.
that's a stupid question.
Yeah, well, you're just stupid :p :D
Frangland
31-03-2006, 00:53
yes, there are stupid questions -- a question is stupid when the asker already knows the answer...
but imo if the asker genuinely does not know the answer and really wants to know it, then the question is not stupid.
The Infinite Dunes
31-03-2006, 00:55
There's no such thing as a stupid question. Just stupid answers. A question might not be relevant, but that doesn't make it stupid.
The Infinite Dunes
31-03-2006, 00:55
yes, there are stupid questions -- a question is stupid when the asker already knows the answer...
but imo if the asker genuinely does not know the answer and really wants to know it, then the question is not stupid.Someone doesn't like it when people use rhetoric.
Ladamesansmerci
31-03-2006, 00:56
Yeah, well, you're just stupid :p :D
then I shall stupidly resent that, stupid! :p
There is. Really, a question like "What is an A?" is a stupid one.
not if they are learning English.
BLARGistania
31-03-2006, 00:57
There are no stupid questions. . .only stupid people who ask questions.
Eutrusca
31-03-2006, 00:58
Is there such a thing as a stupid question?
I've always heard that "the only stupid question is the one you don't ask." I feel compelled to add that, unless you're a lawyer, knowing the answer to a question you ask makes that a stupid question as well.
yes, there are stupid questions -- a question is stupid when the asker already knows the answer...
but imo if the asker genuinely does not know the answer and really wants to know it, then the question is not stupid.
it can be seen that the questioner is testing someone or looking for confirmation when they (questioner) ask something they already know the answer to.
Pythogria
31-03-2006, 00:59
not if they are learning English.
Well, you're correct there.
Cape Isles
31-03-2006, 01:03
Most questions asked in the world are good basic Questions however you do come across some Questions which have very, very, very Obvious answers.
Unfortunatly I cannot think an example right now.
Ashmoria
31-03-2006, 01:06
my sister had half of her stomach removed due to complications from gall bladder surgery....
a few years later the husband of one of her friends, a man who had a son of his own, asked her
"this may be a stupid question but you cant have a baby with half a stomach can you?"
she told him that that was the most stupid question she had ever been asked.
IL Ruffino
31-03-2006, 01:12
Is there such a thing as a stupid question?
It said I quoted you.. hahahahaha.
What?
Do these stretch marks make me look fat?
I've always heard that "the only stupid question is the one you don't ask." I feel compelled to add that, unless you're a lawyer, knowing the answer to a question you ask makes that a stupid question as well.
unfortunately I need a lawyer to confirm this, but for a lawyer to ask a question that the answer is known to the lawyer means it's to get the answer down onto the court records.
but I agree... the only stupid question is one you don't ask. and I'ld like to add...
"and when the reason you don't ask it is because you think it will make you look stupid."
Do these stretch marks make me look fat?
that's a question best answered by another question.
"What stretch marks?"
IL Ruffino
31-03-2006, 01:18
that's a question best answered by another question.
"What stretch marks?"
:p
"Why do you ask?"
Native Quiggles II
31-03-2006, 01:21
...only inquisitive idiots.
The Jovian Moons
31-03-2006, 01:25
Most questions asked in the world are good basic Questions however you do come across some Questions which have very, very, very Obvious answers.
Unfortunatly I cannot think an example right now.
I can. True story, when I was in 8th grade some girl was giving a presentation on Appallo 13 (not the movie) and said something to the effect of "they turned of the power to conserve energy." A girl in the class raised her hand and asked, "if they turned off the power how did the ship stay up?" There was about 5 seconds of silence, and most of the class just looked at her and though you are stupid. There were a few who thought she had asked a reasonalbe question. This was in 8th grade! Mein Gott some people are stupid... :headbang:
:p
"Why do you ask?"
then the proper response is.
"I don't see any stretch marks."
I can. True story, when I was in 8th grade some girl was giving a presentation on Appallo 13 (not the movie) and said something to the effect of "they turned of the power to conserve energy." A girl in the class raised her hand and asked, "if they turned off the power how did the ship stay up?" There was about 5 seconds of silence, and most of the class just looked at her and though you are stupid. There were a few who thought she had asked a reasonalbe question. This was in 8th grade! Mein Gott some people are stupid... :headbang:
Well, it is pretty stupid how you misspelled Apollo :D
Steinbrech
31-03-2006, 02:23
A person vomits, coughs, and sneezes while sitting on a toilet (the "Double-Ended Spew Combo," but that should be another thread...) and some person asks, "Oh, are you sick?"
The mile wide asteroid strikes twenty feet away and in an instant, split-milisecond, the guy asks, "Am I going to die?"
Other examples are many... And I know a few people that Glock would come in handy with...
DOUBLE-ENDED SPEW COMBO!!! IDIOTS!!!
"There are no stupid questions, only stupid people" has a good deal of truth to it. There are no stupid questions; this is because any question can be intelligent or relevant depending on the person. To use an earlier example: asking "Am I going to die?" when someone is pointing a gun at you, is not a stupid question because you are not entirely sure of their intentions. However, if you ask that same question after being shot eight times in the chest, you are being pretty damn stupid. You see, the question cannot in itself be stupid but the person asking it might be a moron for asking it in that particular situation or they might be a moron for not already knowing the answer, but this does not make the question stupid.
Eutrusca
31-03-2006, 02:46
unfortunately I need a lawyer to confirm this, but for a lawyer to ask a question that the answer is known to the lawyer means it's to get the answer down onto the court records.
Which is why I specifically listed lawyers as the exception to the corallary. :)
Eutrusca
31-03-2006, 02:49
Murphy's Law: Whatever can go wrong, will, and at the worst possible moment.
NS General Corallary to Murphy's Law: If you post something which addresses "n" number of possible exceptions, there will be at least n+5 exceptions raised by other posters. :D
Zatarack
31-03-2006, 03:04
"What's a mollusk?" by high schoolers
Death is too good for it.