Apparently there must be some stupid questions.

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[–] 11 points 5 days ago

If they don't contribute to good conversation.

"Stupid questions" i.e. questions that reveal you are missing some basic common knowledge, are actually generally downvoted on No Stupid Questions. Along with any that intentionally agitate people or are otherwise bad faith, bury the lead or otherwise strawman The Correct Side in an unpleasant way.

There needs to be something at least marginally interesting about the conversation the question generates. If it's just annoying/tedious/aggravating, people will downvote.

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