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fubarobfusco comments on Stupid Questions Open Thread Round 3 - Less Wrong Discussion

8 Post author: OpenThreadGuy 07 July 2012 05:16PM

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Comment author: fubarobfusco 08 July 2012 01:50:08PM *  5 points [-]

"Basic questions", "background questions", "simple questions" or even "Explain Like I'm Five" would all get the point across without "stupid".

Comment author: vi21maobk9vp 09 July 2012 11:57:53AM 2 points [-]

"Simple question" makes you wonder whether your question is simple.