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some_guy ,

“Why am I being arrested?” from a lot of people on police bodycam videos on YouTube. In almost every single case, it’s been explained to them multiple times and they’re actually just angry as opposed to not understanding. Especially the DUIs.

dQw4w9WgXcQ ,

I’ll have a go at this.

“No stupid questions” is something I think is applicable to any attempt at gaining knowledge, insight or perspective. “How big helicopter would you need to hoist an ice cube to the sun to extinguish it?” Though absurd, there might be a disconnect of knowledge, and the question reveals other things which could be explained.

To me, a stupid question would be some kind of rhetoric which doesn’t seek information, but instead attempts to redicule and push own standpoints or beliefs. “Have you gotten over that religious faith yet?” or “Do you realize how dumb your political views are?”. These are examples of ineffective and condescending and will likely just leave the other person with reinforced standpoints in addition to annoyance. I find that to be a stupid approach and thus a stupid question.

I don’t really know, but it’s my gut feeling.

Nikls94 ,

Well…

“Do women also shake off the fuel hose after they’re done or is it just male habit?”

  • would be a stupid question
Xeroxchasechase ,

But do they also unzip before?

xmunk ,

You unzip? Maybe that’s why I go through so many pants every day.

Kalkaline ,
@Kalkaline@leminal.space avatar

A stupid question is something like “why can’t we just follow the teachings of Ayn Rand and live in a libertarian utopia?” because everyone with a brain knows she is just a bad romance writer without a grip on reality and a basic understanding of how government is necessary to do things like safely build a skyscraper or acquire enough continuous land for a railroad. We don’t want stupid questions like that because obnoxious Ayn Rand followers will start spouting off nonsense.

kionite231 ,

followup question: how is it different from AskLemmy community? (is this question stupid?)

hemko ,

I think asklemmy is more like “what do you guys think” and nostupidquestions is for “how do bumblebees fly when they’re so fat”

kionite231 ,

Thank you for pointing the difference out!

SolOrion ,

To first clarify this community, it’s not “don’t ask stupid questions” its “there are no stupid questions”. In other words, ask that thing you’ve wanted to know but feel dumb for not knowing. It’s fine- there’s no stupid questions.

AskLemmy is more centered on asking other (lems? Lemians? Lemmers? I have no idea what we call each other.) questions specifically. A question for asklemmy would be something like, “How do you all feel about x?” It’s more of a general question and answer forum where the question is sometimes less important than the discussion that it causes.

unmagical ,

What about “Lemons?”

AmidFuror ,

You shouldn't ask a stupid question on AskLemmy.

JeSuisUnHombre ,

People have already correctly answered that in this community there are no stupid questions, you’re supposed to be able to ask anything without ridicule. But if you want to permit the general existence of stupid questions, here’s the definition I’ve always used.

A stupid question is one you can easily answer yourself.

As in, any question due to real lack of knowledge is not stupid, but if you can answer your own question just by thinking about it for a second, then it wasn’t necessary to ask and therefore "stupid”.

Quill7513 ,

The only stupid questions are the ones you don’t ask. The full name of this community should be understood to be “[There are] no stupid questions”

ivanafterall ,
@ivanafterall@lemmy.world avatar

But if that’s true, aren’t there infinite stupid questions, by definition? Because there are infinite unasked questions.

AmidFuror ,

Then we're going to be here a while.

Quill7513 ,

Yup. So go out there and make the world a smarter place by asking about things you don’t know about. Just don’t use this as a license to be a JAQ-off

andrewta ,

Thank you for a good answer

just_ducky_in_NH ,

Good joke, you made me laugh!

ininewcrow ,
@ininewcrow@lemmy.ca avatar

I don’t think there are any stupid questions … from the time we are children who learn to speak, we will ask millions of questions about everything because that’s how we learn.

The problem is not in asking stupid questions or the right questions but in receiving absolutely dumb answers.

ivanafterall ,
@ivanafterall@lemmy.world avatar

I’m of the belief that there are no dumb answers, except the answers you don’t give. I credit this approach to my becoming a doctor in such record time.

Bougie_Birdie ,
@Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

The name of the community comes from the idiom, “There’s no such thing as a stupid question.” The idea is that as long as the person asking the question genuinely wants to learn, then there is no question they can ask that would make them stupid because they’re trying to educate themselves - one of the least stupid things you can do.

Some people feel shame at not knowing something, so they’ll often talk down to themselves and call it a stupid question. This is particularly true if the asker feels it’s something that they should already know or everyone around them seems to already know.

This community offers a place where you can ask a question, no matter how small or basic, without fear of being made fun of. In a sense, you might say that the community welcomes stupid questions while at the same time reassuring the questioner that the question is not actually stupid.

snooggums ,
@snooggums@midwest.social avatar

Along the same lines, ignorance shouldn’t be seen as a negative unless it is willful. There is just so many things that not everyone experiences or has received conflicting information about to say being unaware is a negative until the person refuses to learn.

Nikls94 ,

You’ve definitely not been in my latest work-related course. Dayum, people are able to ask some really stupid questions. (Subjective opinion)

BackOnMyBS ,
@BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place avatar

In general, a stupid question is a question is one that allows a group to shame whomever asked it, often for wasting most people’s time and mental energy either by distracting the group or for asking something that was just explicitly answered. For example, if someone asked, “What does this community have to do with stupid questions?” as a response to my comment. That’s an example of asking something that was answered. Another stupid question in response to this comment could be, “Whhy do men have nipples?” It would be distracting because it is irrelevant to the topic at hand.

Thus, I think the way it is used in this community, “no stupid questions” means that no question will be considered stupid. In other words, users are to feel free to ask anything without fear of being ridiculed for asking it as long as it was in good faith. Moderators will be especially vigilant for anyone shaming an OP for asking a question. Users that subscribe to this community will be extra accepting of all questions.

NeoNachtwaechter ,

Is the Pope a Catholic?

marcos ,

Somebody should ask him.

I’ve met a lot of Catholics that think he isn’t… somehow. I’m not sure how this works.

Contravariant ,

At some point even the pope disagreed. Or well, one of them did. It was complicated.

lvxferre ,
@lvxferre@mander.xyz avatar

[Personal view] A stupid question is typically one that has a built-in assumption or fallacy. For example, your question in the title isn’t stupid, until we include the body of the post; the body of the post contains an assumption (that this comm is against stupid questions, when the name of the comm instead conveys “no questions are stupid”), so it makes the question stupid.

So, oddly enough, the part of the question that might make it stupid is not the question itself.

Side note every bloody body does some damn stupid questions once in a while. So don’t take this “you’re question is of stupid!” as personal criticism. i.e. I could be the one asking the stupid question instead and I’m aware of this.

borf ,

I’ll take this question in the spirit of the community you posted to. “No stupid questions” refers to the saying “there is no such thing as a stupid question,” which is an aphorism meant to destigmatize expressing ignorance. This is supposed to be a place to ask the questions you might be afraid to ask because you assume everybody else already knows.

The other posters are responding a bit comedically at the notion that this community is fundamentally opposed to asking “stupid questions” when it’s traditionally been a space for “I’ve been afraid to ask, but are you supposed to use shampoo or conditioner first?” type questions.

14th_cylon , (edited )

which is an aphorism meant to destigmatize expressing ignorance

teacher of mine expressed it in the form of “there are two types of questions - smart ones and those you shouldn’t be ashamed to ask”.

Alice ,
@Alice@hilariouschaos.com avatar

Ppl take lemmy too seriously. You remember all that negativity from reddit?

Yea, that’s mostly here on lemmy now. Reddit has become much more pleasant since they’ve moved here.

Reddit is not without its issues. Only saying the difference is noticeable for sure.

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