40 Of The Dumbest Questions People Have Ever Asked

People thought they were joking, but they were actually being serious. You can't make these things up.

Sophia

• Published in Funny
• February 28, 2022

Humans 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 question of getting through difficult problems or memorizing facts quickly, as some would have us believe, but reason and perspective. But it goes to say that humans are not always on the right side of things—we are not always right, but we are almost always right.

However, there are just some moments in our lives that lead us to think that we are actually somehow very stupid in our own little ways (or even in larger ways, for some people). Even though we are basically the most intelligent creatures to walk on this planet, it is also not a secret that almost all of us are bound to make stupid mistakes, and lots of it, mind you, at multiple points in our lives.

Because of that, we are also bound to make some stupid 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 forcing the fact that the Earth is flat

2. If only it works that way. Kidding!

3. Sir, that is called a reflection

4. Please go back to grade school

5. Time to change doctors now

6. And the winner for the dumbest question goes to...

7. You might be wrong

8. Newborns and bananas

9. No, this is just a Halloween costume, except it's not Halloween yet

10. Imagine hearing someone saying that they thought you were extinct

11. Biology at work

12. Like pierced ears

13. It was just fire

14. They were just confirming

15. Which one is it?

16. The answer is: very deep

17. Stop asking this question

18. It's actually a dog

19. Milking male goats

20. This is actually a great retort in arguments

21. Honestly didn't know

22. Some people just couldn't accept that they were wrong

23. Sometimes

24. Their brain was still developing...at a much slower rate than middle schoolers

25. An afterlife later

26. Why would you do that?

27. To start or to stop?

28. There is, in fact, soy in soy sauce

29. Well, you got to learn something new every day...

30. Seriously, stop it

31. If you want your wife to die, just say it

32. Moving in

33. Thoughts like that come out sometimes

34. Why can't they?

35. Is it?

36. No, I stole it

37. Better not ask

38. Ice cream ones

39. Maybe because they're from apples? Just a thought.

40. Wouldn't it be cool if they were?

Let's face it, we have had a lot of moments in our life when we said or did something stupid, and while it could have been embarrassing back then, it certainly is a lot more hilarious remembering it now. Just don't do it on a regular basis though, we got the "smartest creatures on Earth" title to uphold!

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Sophia