Most stupid personal question you've been asked?

[Ljs1121]

"Are you gay?"

I've been asked this by about 6 different people, including my mother. Apparently not having a girlfriend and believing that homosexual couples should be allowed to marry equates to being attracted to males. Who knew?

 

[Snydeclyde]

Similar to Monochrome's comment, i get asked my name alot (in spoiler tag, lots of text)

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{To explain, i live in Peru atm which is a spanish speaking country and has alot of other Spanish customs, such as naming, where a person will have 2 fist names, and the last names of both their parents, so for example someone might be called Jose Ricardo Sanchez Gonzales officially but will just use the name Ricardo Sanchez in general (this is from what i understand, feel free to correct me if im wrong)

The confusion comes when i tell them my name (Joshua Michael Gray) which consists of a first, a middle and a last name, and people can't decide if my middle name is one of my last names or is my first name. So i often get referred to as Michael Gray, and whats worst is that they can't pronounce Michael and instead pronounce it Michelle. Combine this with the fact when i tell someone my name's Josh they usually just assume its a weird way of prononcing George, leading to me having the nickname 'Bush' within my girlfriends family.}

Also being colourblind i always get the 'whats this colour' 'oh so everythings black and white' or the 'why did you pick the (insert colour) instead of the (insert similar colour)'
also every eye test i go to they do the colourblind book test when if they ask i can just tell them yes i know im colourblind.

 

[AdmiralMemo]

'oh so everythings black and white'

My dad tried to "prove" that I see in black and white and was just guessing at colors. I proved him wrong, but he doesn't want to admit it and still believes I see in black and white.

 

[CrimsonBlaze]

I would say, "Why don't you smoke [cigarettes]?"

Aside from the obvious health problems that I'm certain to encounter in the mere future, I don't like the smell of smoke (not even from incense, since all I smell is the smoke). Having it come out of my mouth or nose might constitute as a form of personal torture, to be honest.

 

[Colour Scientist]

Once, a girl noticed I was left-handed and asked "Is it hard to write like that?"

YEAH, I just CHOOSE to write this way because I just LOVE getting lead all over the side of my hand.

Or having to try really hard not to smudge your writing when you're using pens. I used to get really frustrated when I was 6 or 7 because everyone else had neat writing while mine was blurry and most of my ink ended up on my hand.

 

[UnderCoverGuest]

"What steroids do you take?"

 

[cathou]

Actually, I've been asked two question somewhat similar that puzzled me, an that was so idiotic that I could only throw back the question.

I'm left-handed, and I was working in a store, I was filling some paper and my boss was watching me, when he suddenly asked : "how can you write with your left hand, it seem so unatural !"

The only thing I could say was : I don't know, how you write with your right hand, it feel so unatural to me...

And my mom asked me when she found out I was a lesbian : why ? Can't you try to like boys instead ?

Again : I don't know can you try to like girls instead ?

 

[tautologico]

It would have to be "What´s your name again?"
So my real name is Garcia Tavares Antonio, typical portuguese names. Except it´s reversed.
For perspective, it´s kinda like being called "Doe John". So when introducing myself I always say "Garcia, pleased blah blah courtesy blah...". Sometimes they ask me immediately if that is my first name, and I really do appreciate that so we get that outta the way. Other times, they ask me after a very long time. On my finals, this kid, whom has spent 3 years under the same building as I(not to mention other hangouts), is on the same room doing the exam (Room E to H) and tells me "Wrong room mate, you´re supposed to be in the A to D group".

But the most stupid and annoying thing isn´t the questions, lack of attention, auditory acuity or the stupid look in their faces. It´s the whole process of dealing with another human being that wishes to know your identity in order to fill out forms or any other bureaucracy. Those interactions always tend to be a bit like this:

Full name please.
Garcia Tavares António.
So that is "António Garcia Tavares" or "António Tavares Garcia"?
Garcia Tavares António.
Really?
Yes!
Ok. We just need this information in case someone has a similar name.


Normally I answer that bullshit excuse from their lack of common sense and hearing by replying: I have no first-borns yet. And even after his birth I doubt he will share my first name.

Wow, if you said me your name I would too think you had it reversed And this even though I have a girlfriend with a last name that's much more common as a first name. So I don't think the questions about your name are really "stupid", it's just your name that's "unintuitive"

 

[Dalisclock]

I transferred last week to a new workplace and arrived with two other guys. They're married, I'm not. Every other person we met asked "Are you married?"

And when I was the only one to say no, occasionally I get the "Why not?"

I've just started responding "Because I'm not" because I really shouldn't have to explain it anyway.

 

[LarenzoAOG]

Every time someone shakes my hand they turn my arm and pull it within three inches of their face and ask "Is that a real tattoo?" Every time without fail, my high school english teacher has done this three times. THREE TIMES! It didn't just get less real since the last time you saw me.

Forgot one, I'm just barely an adult, but I often express my hope that I will find the right girl and get married, and people always ask me why.

Why are people so surprised when I tell them that I enjoy the idea that I might one day find true and everlasting love, it's like "Finding a person who loves you unconditionally and will make you happy for the rest of your life? That's weird."

 

[Cyfu]

When a girl asks "What are you thinking about?"

Infuriating. What am I supposed to say? What I'm actually thinking about (Breasts, spaceships, etc.)?

My problem is that the second someone asks me that my thought run away like scared squirrels.

OT: "Why do you like videogames?" or "Why do you spend so much time on your computer?"
BECAUSE IT'S FUCKING FUN!

 

[bauke67]

There aren't a lot of questions I find stupid bacause I can you usually sort of see what they mean, but I have been getting that "Are you gay?" quesion that seems to be so popular on this thread a lot lately.
That I'm really bad at being a heterosexual doesn't mean I'm gay.

 

[Clankenbeard]

For starters, there's never a need to react out of rage to a stupid personal question. Most people are asking them out of ignorance and not personal malice. When they find you are different, they wish to explore and understand that difference so that it can be homogenized into their paradigm of reality. We fear what we do not understand.

I am coloblind. Not badly, mind you--just red/green (heavy on the green part). So the question I get asked most is "Isn't that weird, seeing things the wrong color?" Obviously, if they had taken a few extra seconds to consider their question, they would have realized that my way of seeing is normal to me. It's all I've ever known.

Recently, a co-worker showed me one of those circles full of multi-colored dots in which you are supposed to see a number or a letter. I didn't see anything. I confirmed with another co-worker that it said "Fuck the Colorblind". I hadn't seen that one before, and I think it's pretty damned funny.

 

[R0cklobster]

Here's two, from the same person: "Why do they test atomic bombs?" or "What's a recount?"

 

[bluepanda 492]

"You know you look like a very amused Hitler when you read" - Sister's Friend 1
(She thinks Chaplin was in charge of Germany)
"Why are your cd's so stupidly big" - Sister's Friend 2
(Records)
"When did you Become Amish?" - Sister's Kid
(Wearing a hat of any kind makes you amish now)
"I need a floppy disc to fix my laptop do you have one" - Sister

There's probably more but all their questions are amazing

 

[Dangit2019]

'oh so everythings black and white'

My dad tried to "prove" that I see in black and white and was just guessing at colors. I proved him wrong, but he doesn't want to admit it and still believes I see in black and white.

How could you simply "guess" the colors if you (hypothetically) see in black and white? That's like someone who can't taste being able to guess what everything tastes like.

 

[Dangit2019]

"Can you speak Australian to me?" ~ Asked by, what I think was, a southern middle-aged tourist when I was visiting New York City.

Also I love the guys who ask for the time while wearing watches. If you're actually wearing a purely decorative watch we're not going to get along

Holy crap, isn't there a beer ad campaign that makes fun of how ridiculous that assumption is (exp. 'Beer. Australian for Beer')? It's amazing how stupid people can be when they don't put their mind to it (c wut i did thar).

 

[rangerman351]

ok, so I'm full Italian and have a very Italian name. I wear an Ireland shirt because, why not and instantly "Oh are you Irish?"

 

[AdmiralMemo]

'oh so everythings black and white'

My dad tried to "prove" that I see in black and white and was just guessing at colors. I proved him wrong, but he doesn't want to admit it and still believes I see in black and white.

How could you simply "guess" the colors if you (hypothetically) see in black and white? That's like someone who can't taste being able to guess what everything tastes like.

That was half the thrust of my argument, and when I passed his color test well enough, he still didn't admit he was wrong.

For starters, there's never a need to react out of rage to a stupid personal question. Most people are asking them out of ignorance and not personal malice.

Well, part of the issue is that I'm offended by stupidity. Now, ignorance in itself is fine, but willful ignorance is what I hate.

 

[robot slipper]

I moved to Canada from Britain when I was about 8, and I was constantly asked:
"Did you ever meet The Queen?"
Yes, of course, every British citizen has tea with the Queen on a weekly basis...

One question that was more rude-persoanl than stupid-personal, was when I announced that I was pregnant, several people asked me "Was it planned?". I just found that..kinda rude and personal, especially as it was coming from colleagues who didn't really know me that well. Basically, it's like they were asking "Did you mean for this to happen, or were you just being irresponsible?". Which is something I would find acceptable coming from my parents or something, not people I see at work and only say Hi to at the coffee machine.