40 Of The Dumbest Questions People Have Ever Asked
People thought they were joking, but they were actually serious. You can't make these things up.
Human beings are known to be the most intelligent creatures on Earth, or to speak in technical terms, the smartest animals in this world. Given the exponential growth of technology, it is likely that we will never be comprehensively surpassed by any other intelligent species, no matter how alien.
Intelligence is not just a matter of solving difficult problems or memorizing facts quickly, as some would have us believe, but also involves reasoning and perspective. However, it must be said that humans are not always on the right side of things—we are not always correct, but we are almost always right.
Nevertheless, there are moments in our lives that lead us to think we are, in fact, quite stupid in our own little ways (or even in larger ways, for some people). Even though we are essentially the most intelligent creatures to walk this planet, it is no secret that almost all of us are bound to make foolish mistakes, and many of them, mind you, at multiple points in our lives.
Because of that, we are also bound to ask some silly questions, too—like the ones featured on this Reddit thread after someone asked, "What’s the dumbest thing you’ve ever been asked by anyone?"
Check out the most hilarious responses below!
1. At least they weren't insisting that the Earth is flat
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3. Sir, that is called a reflection
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4. Please go back to grade school
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5. Time to change doctors now
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6. And the winner for the dumbest question goes to...
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7. You might be mistaken
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8. Newborns and bananas
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9. No, this is just a Halloween costume, except it's not Halloween yet
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10. Imagine hearing someone say they thought you were extinct
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11. Biology at work
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12. Like pierced ears
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13. It was just fire
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14. They were just confirming
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15. Which one is it?
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16. The answer is: very deep
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17. Stop asking this question
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18. It's actually a dog
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19. Milking male goats
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20. This is actually a great retort in arguments
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21. Honestly, I didn't know
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22. Some people just couldn't accept that they were wrong
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23. Sometimes
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24. Their brains were still developing...at a much slower rate than middle schoolers
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25. An afterlife later
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26. Why would you do that?
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27. To start or to stop?
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28. There is, in fact, soy in soy sauce
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29. Well, you have to learn something new every day...
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30. Seriously, stop it
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31. If you want your wife to die, just say it
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32. Moving in
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33. Thoughts like that come out sometimes
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34. Why can't they?
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35. Is it?
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36. No, I stole it
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37. Better not ask
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38. Ice cream ones
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39. Maybe because they're from apples? Just a thought.
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40. Wouldn't it be cool if they were?
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Let's face it, we have had many moments in our lives when we said or did something foolish, and while it may have been embarrassing back then, it certainly is much more hilarious to remember it now. Just don't make a habit of it; we have the "smartest creatures on Earth" title to uphold!
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