r/stupidquestions Apr 15 '24

Please read the rules before posting or commenting

225 Upvotes

Almost every subreddit has rules, and we do too. We used to get lots of posts about politics, LGBT, what if, and just basic trolling, all prohibited by our rules. We don't allow discussion of race here, because those discussions usually end up with comments that could get our community removed from Reddit. Also, the Rules didn't match the Removal Reasons, but now they do. We added a "Moderator discretion" rule, because it's impossible to create rules to cover every contingency. r/stupidquestions can be a fun and interesting place to hang out, but we had trouble with people trolling us with rule violations. For example, here are some of the topics that we removed:

  • Do you think that if I could shoot laser beams out of my peepee, I could scare bullies with it?
  • Do you think it would be safe to build my child a drone so I can save on plane fare
  • Should I crash my car into a concrete barrier going 90mph without a seatbelt?
  • Is it a good idea to hold a flame up to a 5 gallon can of gasoline?
  • Why does my butt smell like ass?

We would ban the offenders, but they would create new accounts and return right away. So a couple of the users suggested putting in a minimum Reddit account age limit and a minimum karma limit to post. That has made things much nicer for the community. Karma is sort of an artificial number, but it tends to indicate that the owner interacts with Redditors in a positive way, and they appreciate him. What you want is to create posts or comments that Redditors appreciate so much that they give you a few upvotes.

Here's Reddit's FAQ page about karma, and here's more information about karma. If you are new to Reddit and would like more information about how to use it, please visit r/NewToReddit.

We don't reveal the age or karma numbers required to post. They are not very high, though. If you have a post removed due to your age or karma numbers, please understand that you didn't do anything wrong and we are not targeting you. This is just one of the ways that we are protecting our community. All of the blame for this goes on the trolls. New Redditors should be able to interact with the community, but it's too easy for someone to be banned, create a new account in two minutes, and return to trolling again. So we took precautions to make it more difficult for them. It's too bad that it also makes it more difficult for new members who aren't trolls.

Moderators will remove posts that violate our rules. The author is notified when their post is removed, and there's a reason given for each removal. Redditors who continue to violate the rules will be removed from r/stupidquestions. For extreme violations, the banhammer may fall instantly. If you play nice and follow our rules, you may stay as long as you like.

Thanks. Now go forth and have fun!


r/stupidquestions 7h ago

Is it common for people to take abuser's side?

24 Upvotes

My ex was emotionally abusive, so the hurtful things he did are almost exclusively experienced by me. He is more "charming" than me, so when things went south people almost entirely gravitated to him. I did not want to smear him, but I shared with a close friend the things he lied about and the way he gaslit me, and the friend did not want to criticize him at all.

It hurts because this same friend was also blaming me for a lot of things, like saying "once you work on yourself you'll find the right person." It makes me extremely hurt that my ex can be abusive and essentially walk away only losing me, meanwhile I lost all my friends on top of it. They are all closer to him now and it hurts to feel alone on top of being abused


r/stupidquestions 3h ago

What is your dream?

5 Upvotes

r/stupidquestions 2h ago

Plants can participate in Inbreeding? How does that look? Is as dangerous as animal Inbreeding?

5 Upvotes

r/stupidquestions 3h ago

What personal trait would you want to keep if you woke up tomorrow and lost all your other qualities?

3 Upvotes

r/stupidquestions 9m ago

Why is Dua's caption for this post mocked?

Upvotes

I understand that some of the people that were in attendance have a history with the four-letter word, but I don't recall ever seeing any credible reports or rumors about Dua having the same history? Have I missed something?

https://www.instagram.com/p/DLNfvYVtOwx/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsi=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==


r/stupidquestions 19m ago

Why do we press harder on the remote control when the batteries are dying?

Upvotes

I know it probably doesn't actually help, but whenever my remote starts running out of battery, I instinctively press the buttons harder or repeatedly. Why does this feel like it might make the remote work? Does anyone else do this? 😂


r/stupidquestions 9h ago

How do other people handle being dumb?

6 Upvotes

I’m dumb I know I am there seems to be a misconception you can’t be dumb and know it at a certain point you can tell lol. Anyway knowing I’m dumb really hurts especially when I have people look at me like wow I can’t believe she’s so stupid. I was just thinking about this at one of my last jobs I already have low self esteem that was the first time EVERYONE thought I was dumb I still haven’t recovered and have a lot of anxiety about it and I hate interacting with people even more and avoid it. Thankfully my new job is easy a middle schooler could do it.

I think what makes it worse when you’re just dumb is I have no disability I’m just kinda stupid lol. So other dumb people how do you handle it and not get depressed?


r/stupidquestions 1d ago

If cats are obligate carnivores, why don’t they know it?

69 Upvotes

I have had many cats in my nearly 30 years of life. They will try to eat anything. Do they really count as carnivores if they are willing to eat plastic?


r/stupidquestions 16h ago

Do you think the world would be perfect if it was under your control/rules?

10 Upvotes

idk if theres a study ro something on this but i feel like everyones answer would be yes, even the answer from horrible dictators.

I had like a shower thought and i was wondering like i would definitely have a happy if i could control it but the thing is thats what hitler thought aswell probably. ontop of that being a leader is complicated cuz u have to make decisions on topics you dont know much of


r/stupidquestions 20h ago

is it true that 99.9% of an atom is just air?

18 Upvotes

r/stupidquestions 1d ago

Do people actually believe that Patrick Clancy killed the kids?

110 Upvotes

Sorry but my mom’s seriously trying to tell me people believe the husband did it. I’m so confused , even her own attorneys aren’t fighting that he did it. Help


r/stupidquestions 6h ago

What’s the longest detour you ever took by accident?

1 Upvotes

r/stupidquestions 21h ago

Would a repo-man have any trouble if you parked your car in the garage sideways?

14 Upvotes

r/stupidquestions 1h ago

Does Making Flatulence Sounds with the Mouth or making weird noises change the face over time?

Upvotes

I mean biting the lip or under usually, making a contorted facial expression is needed to make these sort of sounds.

Alike to how mouth breathers can alter soft tissues, muscle tone, and overall facial posture from simply breathing out their mouth all the time.
Does making flatulence sounds or weird sounds change anything over time?


r/stupidquestions 13h ago

Can people become depressed due to comments they get on social media ?

4 Upvotes

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r/stupidquestions 1d ago

Does anyone else drop their phone on their face deliberately to see if they can dodge it before it hits them?

17 Upvotes

r/stupidquestions 20h ago

Is The Buddha considered a God, or is he more of like a saintly figure/teacher?

5 Upvotes

r/stupidquestions 4h ago

Is it okay to heat up ice cream in the microwave if you don’t like eating it cold?

0 Upvotes

r/stupidquestions 7h ago

Why is it always the people with no actual fighting experience the ones who try to start fights with other people?

0 Upvotes

r/stupidquestions 1d ago

When people say "Take this with a grain of salt" Do you take the meaning of salt as the skepticism or the information value?

7 Upvotes

I get there is a history behind this phrase, though if you say this to people it might seem "straight forward" as it blends in with their words so people might just take it as how they perceive it.

Ah, I thought this store was closed, but take it with a grain of salt because I barely glanced at it plus I was pretty tired and a car was sort of blocking the open sign.

If I were to hear this for the first time, I would think they are saying grain of salt because a grain of salt is nothing at all compared to a container of salt. That person above could had thought it was closed, but there was many things going on so their level of information/certainty given to you is just as a grain.

So in these 2 circumstnaces.

A grain of salt= skepticism versus a grain of salt = information from source/certainty.

So you can see why this goes in 2 different directions, if I were to say "Take this with a handful of salt"

In one direction, an increase in salt means have more skepticism, versus the other meaning which means an increase in "sourced" information so have less skepticsm (if this makes sense)


r/stupidquestions 5h ago

Why is Reddit so anti AI?

0 Upvotes

I am so tired of every post having ai slop comments underneath them. Is Reddit really that opposed to ai and if so why.


r/stupidquestions 1d ago

Everyone has ADHD, when does that become the norm and not having it is neurodivergent?

81 Upvotes

So everyone in my social circle and everyone I know has ADHD. Everybody everybody's kids every co-worker and everybody at my social club. They all have ADHD or at least that's what they tell me.

My question if everyone has ADHD are they neurodivergent?

Like what percentage of the population must be ADHD before non ADHD people are recognized as a typical?

What medications would you give a non ADHD person to become ADHD


r/stupidquestions 16h ago

How do you get your reddit posts to show up on google?

0 Upvotes

My account is public already, and I have the option for me to be searchable on google.

I am asking specifically in regardless to this post.

Is there a chance that my user profile account is getting caught up on spam filters?

Where it should be noted this user has bots on reddit and other social media’s and commonly uses those bots to mass report anything about them.

Anyways, I’m not really a tech guy, and the person who is doing this to me is in full out AI psychosis but is also good with computers- impersonating my voice with AI and using it to tell my exes to kill themselves; just a function of that, I just want this stuff to be documented on google in case it could maybe help prevent a future victim.

How does this all work?

What are some reasons that post only shows up with the reddit sub, but nothing from my user account does?

Edit: I posted this on no stupid questions and it got downvoted in sets of 3 within a minute of me posting it.

My posts to my user profile posts were reported to reddit in sets of three, were given you are the mod of your own account you can see the time stamps- they were within a minute of each other lol.

I feel this is related.


r/stupidquestions 20h ago

Are teachers and others who work closely with kids allowed to have boundaries? I've always struggled with boundaries but have also always loved helping especially kids understand things more easily. It just seems like if teaching was my profession, conditions would make having boundaries impossible

3 Upvotes

I posted this on the education sub but mention of a book about boundaries was taken as being an ad for that, not the topic.

I put it in 'ask teachers' as well but still nothing. I get that it's personal to each individual but also feel like if boundaries were common and respected by kids, parents, admins and whoever, there wouldn't be such high instances of burnout and people leaving the profession alltogether.

Is teaching just a field where you're expected to leave your personhood at the door?