Apparently there must be some stupid questions.

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[–] 6 points 5 days ago*

"No stupid questions", in this community at least, does not mean "stupid questions are bad! We don't want them! Go away, stupid people!"

It comes from the phrase teachers say, "Remember, there are no stupid questions!", to encourage discussion and curiosity in the classroom. When question-asking sorts of communities formed, they shortened it to just "no stupid questions" (context is lost if you do not know the phrase, a little ambiguous)

This community prioritises discussion and curiosity, so questions that are against that (e.g. attacking individuals or groups, personal arguments, unfounded conspiracy theories) are not what we want (so yes, the score number will become more negative)

As for me, I updoot the questions that I think are worth asking. Topics I'm not as interested in or am not familiar with I ignore, but if somebody is being unkind or generally awful, downdoot for them.

I swear to god if you're that canal guy again...

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