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Where can I ask a basic “stupid” everyday question?

An anonymous everyday Q&A room for practical questions you feel silly asking — with bans on medical advice and several sensitive topics.

r/NoStupidQuestions is for ordinary questions that feel awkward to ask elsewhere. Answers are not guaranteed to be correct, and some topic classes are not allowed.

Where to ask

r/NoStupidQuestions

Best for: Practical everyday questions that are not specialized medical, legal or crisis topics.

Why it fits: Its public description: “Ask away! Disclaimer: This is an anonymous forum so answers may not be correct.”

Members in our directory: 7.6M

Rules to know before posting:

  • Search the subreddit for your question first.
  • No medical-advice questions.
  • No trolling or joke questions; be nice.
  • No suicide or sexual-assault disclosure questions — use appropriate help resources instead.
  • No self-promotion, shilling or begging.
  • No illegal/unethical subject matter or disguised rants.
  • Top-level comments must be genuine human-written attempts at an answer.

Read r/NoStupidQuestions’s current rules on Reddit

Before you post

  • If the topic is medical, legal, veterinary or crisis-related, use the dedicated where-to-post pages instead.
  • Ask the actual question in the title when you can — it gets better answers.
  • Treat replies as starting points; verify anything important.

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Rule summaries are paraphrased from each community’s published rules (public archive copy retrieved 7 November 2026; original snapshot date unavailable). Current rules may differ — check the community’s rules before posting. A good fit does not guarantee a reply.