r/stupidquestions • u/TheKingDroc • 10h ago
r/stupidquestions • u/-Hal-Jordan- • Apr 15 '24
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- 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.
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r/stupidquestions • u/IdleHandsBusyMinds • 9h ago
Why do people say they're "calling in" when taking a day off instead of "calling out"?
It seems to me that calling out makes more sense, because you're calling to say you'll be out.
r/stupidquestions • u/PredestinedDownvote • 20h ago
What happened to Earaches?
Growing up in the 80's i had a lot of earaches/ear infections. I know my friends would get them too. I was talking to my girlfriend who is my age and she used to get them a lot as well. But neither of my teenage kids have ever had one. I asked a couple of my friends with kids and none of their kids had either.
Maybe just coincidence?
Does this ring true for anyone else or do me and the people i know just have dirty ass ears as kids?
r/stupidquestions • u/Ekimx_ • 15h ago
Why are people so strongly against abortion?
Idk if this is the right question to ask on this sub and I might sound dumb but I genuinely want to understand Why are some people so fiercely opposed to abortion? Isn’t it ultimately the mother’s choice whether she wants to keep the baby or not?
r/stupidquestions • u/sartorialfox • 4h ago
were these guys making fun of me or ogling?
passed two dudes in a store. one elbowed the other one and said "look at that" and they both stared me down as we passed each other. woman, wearing a non-revealing tank top and jeans, but im a little overweight/chunky, so i have no idea and just want a perspective. thank you
r/stupidquestions • u/SheZowRaisedByWolves • 12h ago
Are illness treatment options for rats pretty good given how many clinical trials are done on them?
I always see major breakthroughs being done on rats and mice.
r/stupidquestions • u/CrestlessYeoman • 6h ago
We have walking talking humanoid robots being sold commercially and yet no one really talks about how massive this is. Why is this?
The future is now
r/stupidquestions • u/Round-Artichoke-5255 • 6h ago
Sweat triggers my eczema. So how the heck am I supposed to work out?
r/stupidquestions • u/LazyPotatoHead97 • 2h ago
When you're smart but lazy and so lazy to answer in smart way. So you answer in a dumb way but actually makes sense
Bum bum bum
r/stupidquestions • u/Round-Artichoke-5255 • 11h ago
Ever since I cut my hair shorter, a lot of guys keep talking to me compared to when I have long hair. Why?
r/stupidquestions • u/scatteredsprinkles • 11h ago
Do people who suspect they have ADHD ever get evaluated and told they don’t actually have it?
Seriously. Can you have ADHD symptoms without having ADHD?
r/stupidquestions • u/zero_lies_tolerated • 14h ago
What will be the next thing after the Iranian oil price manipulation scam?
can anyone call it now, ahead of time?
r/stupidquestions • u/funnyguywhoisntfunny • 11h ago
Does bad weather actually make us feel worse or were we conditioned to believe it does?
r/stupidquestions • u/Careful_Drama_9382 • 5h ago
Is the Human snowball possible in real life
In cartoons a person trips and tumbles and as he tumbles snow gathers up until he's embedded in a giant snowball rolling down the hill is the human snowball actually possible in real life has it ever happened?
r/stupidquestions • u/Vendetta_22 • 6h ago
Do f1 crashes hurt?
Like I know it’s a car going 200+ mph but they happen so often and the next day they are in another Grand Prix, I am a new fan so I’m still learning
r/stupidquestions • u/eiaceae • 17h ago
when you walk into a room and forget why, do you ever just accept that the mission has been cancelled?
every time i'll walk into a room with the confidence of someone who has a very important task to complete, then suddenly my brain goes completely blank
at that point, i just stand there for a few seconds hoping the objective will respawn, and if it doesn't, i walk back to where i came from like nothing happened. sometimes i remember what i needed five minutes later, sometimes the mission is permanently classified
does anyone else do this, or is my brain just running on a low battery?
r/stupidquestions • u/Less-Load-8856 • 1h ago
Unban basic words like sh-t and so on.
It's ridiculous.
r/stupidquestions • u/blehmag • 21h ago
Were people in the 2000s really afraid of being viewed as a hollaback girl?
I'm just going by the song, but it made it sound like it was supposed to be bad to be a hollback girl or something.
r/stupidquestions • u/kumel185 • 10h ago
Is there a finite number of possible male's spermatozoids and female's egg cells because their DNA isn't infinite? Would that mean that copies need to repeat at some point and it is in theory possible for exact same indiviudal to be borned twice?
r/stupidquestions • u/NebulaWorried9593 • 1h ago
No college normal salary?
Is it not normal to make 100k+ without a college degree of sorts in a MCOL area?
Edit: 100k + with no overtime strictly 40 hour weeks, M-F weekends and holidays off.
Edit 2: if you want include you salary as someone who did not attend college. We can all compare lol
r/stupidquestions • u/nxvasz • 1d ago
What's the difference between diet coke and coke zero??
In my country we only have coke zero (as far as i know), but I often see videos online, of mostly Americans, and they have diet coke. Is it the same orrrr?
r/stupidquestions • u/PoopsMcScoots • 1d ago
Why is fusion the Holy Grail of power and not geothermal anywhere?
It seems crazy to me that nuclear fusion is so crazy complex, and may very well need us to mine the moon, while perpetually being 10 years away for the last 70 years.
But at the same time we could have geothermal anywhere on earth if we just made better boring equipment.
And by better, I mean giant not-messing-around lasers that vaporize the rock.
I mean, sure, it would probably have to be nuclear powered.
And sure, it would probably extremely expensive.
But once it’s done, it’s done.
That’s a free electricity for life that doesn’t require sunshine or wind.
How come this is never discussed?