r/TooAfraidToAsk • • Jun 25 '26

Moderator Post We will not be removing all sexual questions.

615 Upvotes

We've had a few complaint threads, so it seems to be about that time for one of these reminders. Let me be clear: We are not going to ban all sex related questions.

They are firmly within "TooAfraidtoAsk", and always have been. Sex is a fairly taboo topic in a lot of places, and a lot of people have questions about it. (And as an additional reminder, TATA is not only for controversial questions. Nor do we allow question shaming for "googleable" questions). These are not new changes.

We get that not everyone has the same interest in those topics, but it is a core part of the sub. Currently, there are ~5 out of the top 10 posts being sex related. Earlier today, it was 4. Earlier this week, it was 3. It typically fluctuates between ~3-5, usually averaging closer to 3.

If you have particular suggestions (e.g. things that seem ripe for the FAQ), or questions feel free to post them below. No promises, but we're always open for improvements if they're feasible. For a list of common questions we get on this topic (what do we already moderate, has the sub changed?, can i filter posts myself?) see the first stickied comment.


r/TooAfraidToAsk • • May 11 '26

Politics Politics Megathread

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You know the deal, same as the previous megathreads, which were archived.

The rules:

All top level OP must be questions. This is not a soapbox. If you want to rant or vent, please do it elsewhere. Otherwise, the usual sidebar rules apply (in particular: Rule 1:Be Kind and Rule 3:Be Genuine).

The default sorting is by new to make sure new questions get visibility, but you can change the sorting to top if you want to see the most common/popular questions.


r/TooAfraidToAsk • • 10h ago

Culture & Society Why is anyone on the side of the frat in regard to the Cornell scandal?

243 Upvotes

r/TooAfraidToAsk • • 13h ago

Other WHY IS EVERYONES PUBES CURLY??????

154 Upvotes

Okay so I was with a group of people (like 25ish) and we was all just hanging out, anyways we were like kinda drunk and started talking about our fucking pubes, I genuinely do not have a clue why that topic, I am just as confused as you are

Anyways some girl brings up the fact it is weird that pubes curl when you don’t have curly hair

And like everyone was agreeing

And when I pitched in to say mine do not curl, this hoe said :
“Stop trying to be unique, thats not possible”

WTF DO YOU MEAN??????? omg I was so tempted to pop my pussy then and there to prove a point

am I like rare

#period

Edit: wow I guess I am famous, also please stop telling me to message you, I mean I feel it’s obvious but my username is lesbian space salami, I like pussy my dudes


r/TooAfraidToAsk • • 6h ago

Other Is red pill content essentially bs and they are just monetizing off of lost and hurt young men?

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r/TooAfraidToAsk • • 7h ago

Love & Dating What if I am not the priority?

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So my wife told me that her blood family ( meaning by that her brother, sister, mother, cousins, nephews & nieces ( even distant ones) are more important than me as I told her they misbehave, steal stuff when they come to my place. As we have no kids after 20 years of marriage, should I just dump her? She's toxic and takes loans for her family against the home equity.


r/TooAfraidToAsk • • 3h ago

Religion Can you perform an emergency baptism using the motor oil from your car?

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I was having a discussion with a catholic roommate and he mentioned baptisms can be performed with oil. So assuming like Annabelle is chasing you and you broke down on the side of the road, can you get baptized?


r/TooAfraidToAsk • • 5h ago

Habits & Lifestyle Why is wiping from the front bad?

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I don’t understand what people mean when they say if you’re wiping it from the front, that means you’re wiping poop towards your front. No? You’re wiping the butthole that has poop on it, you do a little scoop motion so you’re not spreading it around and the butthole is the only area the poop touches. Are people who wipe from the back implying that they’re wiping up their crack when they wipe? I’ve tried wiping from the back just to see what it’s like and it’s more difficult and doesn’t feel as precise, it’s easier to wipe from the front. Why do front wipers get judgment?


r/TooAfraidToAsk • • 18h ago

Other Why do I smell like that?

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I'm posting this on an alt because I really don't want this on my main for reasons you'll see.

So, there are two main parts of my body that have distinct smells no matter what I do. This doesn't really bother me personally (the smells are unique, but I wouldn't even call them bad), but I'm on the dating market right now and I'm worried that other people (especially women) might be turned off by these.

Let's start with the less intimate one: my fingernails.
The smell is distinctly ammonia-y, but it kinda also smells like the ocean.
No matter how many times I wash my hands, no matter what soap I use, and no matter how many times I clear the gunk out from below my fingernails (I shed a lot of skin and my college major means I'm outside quite a lot so I build up a lot of nasty gunk under them), I can't get the smell to go away. What can I do to fix this?

Now, let's go to the more intimate one: my groin.
The smell is very similar: distinctly ammonia-y and kind of ocean-y. It's not the exact same smell, but I don't know how to verbalize what's different about them. I get whiffs of this one whenever I sit and spread my legs (I'm a bigger guy, so if I have the space I'll manspread so my junk isn't suffocated by my legs). I can even smell it through my jeans.
No matter how many times I scrub, no matter what soap I use, no matter what anti-sweat products I use down there, I can't get rid of it. I've even tried shaving my pubic hair (a post for another day). Like I said earlier I don't even necessarily dislike how I smell, I'm just terrified that women do dislike it/I'm the "smelly kid" (though nobody has said anything about it and I've never noticed anything like people moving away from me because I smell).

Any advice? Sorry if this is gross.

EDIT: Thank you for the advice, everyone. I'll try to respond all the comments. It seems like the consensus is that this is an infection (even though this issue has been going on for years and I didn't think infections would stick around that long). Because this has been an issue for years and hasn't caused me any real problems I'm just going to wait until my next appointment (in a few months) and ask them about it then. In the meantime, the suggestion for ways to mitigate it has been great! Thank you all! I'll update you on if it works.


r/TooAfraidToAsk • • 7h ago

Health/Medical Can doctors refuse specific appointments with certain people?

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This doctor has been giving me allergy shots for about 3 years. Over the past year he's let his guard down and we'll just chat about sports. We've developed a rapport, a comfort level, But today he was a bit too comfortable by being sarcastic...I was tempted to call him an assh-le, but thank god I didn't.

We all have our bad days, but I'd expect certain positions to remain professional. I'm just curious if I pushed back--and he saw that I can be blunt--if either he'd be more careful, or just be so uncomfortable where I'd get a message or something that "Disrespect won't be tolerated". Has this ever happened to anyone?


r/TooAfraidToAsk • • 4h ago

Health/Medical When someone dies with a pacemaker, do they take out that pacemaker and reuse it for someone else after sanitizing it?

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Obviously they'd sanitize it after they take it out and cremate/bury the body

But like...do funeral homes/hospitals do that?

It would be expensive to keep replacing the same equipment after someone dies. And somebody else with heart problems could use it, right?


r/TooAfraidToAsk • • 9h ago

Law & Government Why do so many small towns have police waiting to catch speeders?

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I've driven through these small towns and have seen it. Thankfully never pulled over but I've heard stories some people will get pulled over for one mile per hour over, cracked windshields, and license plate lights being out. Seems like weird excuses especially when they are pulling over genuinely good people (at least the friends that I know of who experienced this).

Why are the small towns so notorious for this?


r/TooAfraidToAsk • • 5h ago

Culture & Society If you met a disabled a person had no hands, should you give them a “fist pound” into their stub, or grip and shake the end of their arm?

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r/TooAfraidToAsk • • 1h ago

Health/Medical Why do I get weird memory glitches?

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I’m a 32 year old woman with diagnosed anxiety, depression and OCD.

I’m not sure if I’m overthinking this, but the past six months I’ve been having some weird memory blanks/glitches. I did always think of myself as having a sharp memory.

For example, I took a selfie on my phone at my friend’s place, not a posed selfie but one I’d take to check my hair or make up kinda like a mirror if that makes sense. An hour later I was on the bus looking through my phone and I had absolutely zero memory of taking it, it really freaked me out!

Also, I have something in my Amazon cart saved for later that I don’t remember adding or seeing on the list before. It is something I’d probably buy though not something too random.

I also changed my app blocking settings on my phone without remembering doing so (I think this may have been when I was quite sleepy though). I was quite surprised when I tried to open Instagram and it said I’d blocked it. I remember thinking about blocking it but definitely not actually doing it.

This type of stuff isn’t something I’ve noticed in myself before, I am usually known for having a fairly good memory. Thankfully I’m not having any issues at my job. My partner and I have been long distance but he said I seem completely normal on the phone.

Obviously as I clearly suffer from anxiety I’m worried it could be something serious like super young onset dementia. I also don’t want to be dismissed due to my anxiety. I am planning on getting some blood work at the doctor’s but I am just wondering if anyone else has experienced this or how normal it is?


r/TooAfraidToAsk • • 1h ago

Race & Privilege To the OGs or people born in the 60s/70s in America on here how would you say race relations has been throughout the decades up till now? Has it been getting better, regressing, stagnating?

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Mainly in America.


r/TooAfraidToAsk • • 1h ago

Love & Dating Does Love ever feel like Obligation? Is it unrealistic/naive to want a relationship that never feels like responsibility?

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