Get it out of your systems, I'll wait...
"Like this one?"
Ok, now that that's done, let's clarify. I don't mean all questions. Many are honest inquiries into the mindsets of others. Ignorance can be excused in many cases, as we are here to dispel that ignorance (hence asking questions). But when people try to make a point with a question, as we are often wont to do, is glaring ignorance to the point of stupidity really forgivable?
Another way of putting it, if dozens of people mock your question, at what point do you stop being insulted and say "maybe it WAS something I said"?
Is it too much to expect at least SOME honesty with one's self? That yes many are quick to comment, but perhaps sometimes rank ignorance COULD be the excuse for why you don't understand the other side's point, and thus should ideally reserve judgment rather than deride the other side's point?
2007-12-17 04:02:47 · 19 answers · asked by Skalite 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
(I'm not posting links to specific questions as that would be insulting, though I was sorely tempted. Feel free to post your own.)
2007-12-17 04:03:17 · update #1
My grandfather had a saying that just about covers the subject:
"If one person tells you that you're a jack@ss, ignore him. If two people tell you that you're a jack@ss, consider the idea. If three people tell you that you're a jack@ss, go buy a saddle."
2007-12-17 04:09:17 · answer #1 · answered by Wolfeblayde 7 · 8⤊ 0⤋
Over in the Politics Section, I received a violation for telling somebody it was a stupid question. They said it was for insulting another participant. I think that if people are going to be that sensitive, they shouldn't be asking inflammatory questions. I stick by my guns that it was a stupid question and I pointed out why. I also think that Yahoo! Questions disproves the teacher's old saying, "there are no stupid questions" .
BTW if want to see glaring ignorance to the point of stupidity by some people trying to make a point with a question, check out the politics section. It makes R&S look like a friendly and respectful discourse.
2007-12-17 05:07:59 · answer #2 · answered by wyldfyr 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Fat crayons will not "dumb down" your daughter. Honestly most children that age have a hard time working with the small crayons. They don't have the fine motor skills, even if academically they are advanced. It is two different kinds of development and they don't necessarily coincide. Teachers usually prefer the fat crayons. You have to remember that they aren't just having her color with them. They are trying to teach her the proper way to hold the crayon, pencil whatever so she can learn to write her letters correctly. It is easier for small children to hold the fat crayons correctly - again related to fine motor skills. Ultimately, you can do whatever you want. Personally I would just do what the teacher asks. Typically teachers prefer for the kids to all have similar supplies (hence the supply lists). This eliminates some of the conflicts that naturally arise when one child has something none of the others have. Your daughter can always still use the regular crayons at home.
2016-04-09 21:47:03 · answer #3 · answered by April 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In most sections I would agree with you. This however is R&S and is dominated by opinions not knowledge, I have seen genuine and interesting questions ripped apart here by specific groups(everyone has done this at some point) simply because it proposes something foreign to the majority of users or they are not willing to contemplate the question.
2007-12-17 04:15:21 · answer #4 · answered by Link strikes back 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think the "no stupid questions" claim applies only to questions whose purpose is seeking knowledge.
For example, a question like "someone told me that evolution says people came from monkeys, is this true?" would not be a stupid question if the questioner asked the question for the purpose of actually understanding the theory of evolution.
On the other hand, a question like "Evolution says we came from monkeys. How stupid do you have to be to believe that?" would not fall under the umbrella of the statement "there are no stupid questions" because the goal of the question is not to seek knowledge, but to ridicule.
2007-12-17 04:08:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
For some person's questions their perception is so badly tainted that only stupid questions can be produced. Such persons should be pitied.
I find the intelligent questions that are "spun" deliberately to cast negativity in a certain direction even more offensive.
2007-12-17 04:13:22 · answer #6 · answered by PrivacyNowPlease! 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
My sister was the type of person that if someone told her, that there were no stupid questions.
she would set out to prove them wrong.
I personally believe that there are a lot of people like my sister.
2007-12-17 05:26:10 · answer #7 · answered by Hannah's Grandpa 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Seems like it from all sides....
But we all know that stupid questions were really entertaining in school.
Nothing funnier in Math class in 9th grade, than waiting for the teacher to ask if there were any questions, and raising your hand and asking where babies came from....
Hilarious.
2007-12-17 04:07:58 · answer #8 · answered by ɹɐǝɟsuɐs Blessed Cheese Maker 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I'll bet that any teachers who happened to have seen Yahoo Answers never say that to their students anymore.
2007-12-17 04:26:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
The questions I hate are the ones where they already have a predetermined answer. If they already think they have the answer, why ask?
2007-12-17 04:08:33 · answer #10 · answered by plastik punk -Bottom Contributor 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋