For the uninitiated, Quora is a platform where users can ask questions about anything they need answers to. And as long as people adhere to the guidelines, you can pretty much bring up absolutely any topic you have in mind.
This has led some people to ask some of the most unhinged questions you will see on the site. Just look at these examples from the Insane People on Quora subreddit. The name itself offers no further clues about what you may find here. It also provides a sneak peek into the dark recesses of some people’s minds.
As always, Bored Panda sifted through some of the wildest posts. Check them out to see how things go off the rails.
#1 We Get It. You Hate Millennials
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#2 How To Make Your Child Grow Up
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#3 The Frick Kind Of Question Is This?
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Some of the wildest posts from the subreddit are people sharing things about their lives that they shouldn’t. Some include overly personal information about family members or themselves.
Experts say a person’s need to divulge information is rooted in survival instincts.
#4 Delete Your Account
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#5 His Sins Shall Not Go Unpunished
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#6 Poor Kid
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As behavioral researcher Erin Carbone explains in a 2023 study she co-authored, disclosing information helps regulate emotional responses to intense situations and improves collective survival by increasing a group’s access to information.
Carbone further noted that oversharing and gossiping can also discourage unwanted social behaviors and contribute to cultural evolution.
#7 How To Stop A Wedding
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#8 Classy S**cide
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#9 As An Autistic Person, What The Fuck?
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“We as people seem to be hardwired to share information with others, and it might be that we evolved this need as a benefit to the group,” Carbone said in a 2024 interview with the Association for Psychological Science. “We disclose information and experience a visceral desire to disclose information even if it no longer serves that original evolutionary purpose.”
#10 Suing Bees Is Logical
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#11 I Wonder Who Is Mentally Unstable Here
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#12 Butt Out
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Platforms like Quora also offer anonymity. And with the option to conceal one’s true identity, many people can play different versions of themselves. Ultimately, this lets them act loosely and ask wild questions they likely wouldn’t in a formal setting.
According to researcher and educator Dr. Janneke Schokkenbroek, this is the “online disinhibition effect” at play.
#13 Okay.. I Feel Bad For His Condition
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#14 He’s Going To Be A Year Behind All The Others Who Started At Age 4!
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#15 I Would Say Just Accept Yourself. What About You?
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“Online, you can be anyone you want. That’s part of the appeal. Most people might tweak their profile a little—a more flattering photo here, a tiny age adjustment there,” Dr. Schokkenbroek wrote.
“People feel freer to act in ways they maybe wouldn’t offline. For some, it’s a chance to escape reality and experiment with a new version of themselves.”
#16 Who Tf Comes Up With Questions Like This?
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#17 Can You?
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#18 How To Not Be Creepy
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#19 All Women Were Lesbian Before The Invention Of Baby Bottles And Formula!
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#20 They’ll Never Take Me Alive!
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#21 How To Self Treat The Corona Virus Without Alerting Your Doctor
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#22 He Just A Little Old Fashioned
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#23 And The Mother Of The Year Award Goes To
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#24 Imagine Deleting Someone’s 4 Year Old Minecraft World
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#25 Must Be A Karen
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#26 Yes
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#27 This Kids Life Sounds Horrible
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#28 This Is A Tough One
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#29 Do They All Live In Chernobyl Or Something?
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#30 Celestials Are The Master Race??
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#31 Wow
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#32 Most Normal Question In Quora
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#33 Insane In The Brain 2000iq
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#34 LOL
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#35 Such A Delusional
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#36 Everything Is Woke
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#37 Who’s Gonna Tell Him?
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#38 When A Terrible Parent Doesn’t Grasp How Legal Stuff Works…
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#39 Genius!
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#40 Maybe To Be Considered In The New Defence Review
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#41 Interesting Taste In Romance
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#42 I’d Choose The Date Thank You
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#43 Huh?
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#44 Okay But That Comment Is Fire Though
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#45 Welp, There’s Only 123 Transgender Seats In The Us Now. Better Claim Them Before They Run Out
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#46 You’re Literally Dyïng? Better Correct Your Grammar!
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#47 …permission???
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#48 Rage Bait? Maybe. Plausible? Also Maybe
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#49 What
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#50 Scientific Racism Revisited?
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#51 I’m Praying To Christ That This Is Actually Rage Bait
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#52 Wow…
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#53 God Wouldn’t Tolerate A Steak Like That
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#54 Cigarette Stock
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#55 I Genuinely Can’t Tell If John Is 12 Years Old Or 65 Years Old
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