What is the stupidest question ever asked?
Post your answer in the LEAVE A COMMENT section below. I’m not the boss of you, though. Don’t write anything for all I care! It’s stupid for me to even ask that of you.
. . .here are my thoughts.
What is the stupidest question ever asked?
In the most literal of senses, this is the question. Realistically, though, it’s used as an attention-getter—nothing more than a preface to the real query. I trust you see the logistical problem, the tautology, the circular reasoning. A question has literally been asked in the questioning of whether a question can be asked. The real quandary one’s burdened with is how to answer if they’d prefer a follow-up question of unknown depth and complexity not be asked of them. They can’t readily respond “No,” since it’s just been proven that a question can, in fact, be asked. The conversation inevitably proceeds like so:
“You just did.”
“Okay, can I ask you one more?”
“You just did.”
“Okay, fine … this one and one more.”
“Technically, that wasn’t a question.”
“You know what—fuck you! I don’t remember what I was gonna say anyway.”
“I think you mean ask.”
It’s much better to just lead with a statement of intent: “Let me ask you a question.” Even better, simply ask the ultimate question. We live in a free country (for now, at least)—stop asking for permission.