Seems you’re the one who doesn’t understand what a rhetorical question is. Hint - it’s not what you retrospectively call a question when you get called out on your laziness.
Nor is it rhetorical when you ask a question and then spend several lines going on about it, and making it clear that you really did want to talk about an answer.
it’s not what you retrospectively call a question when you get called out on your laziness.
Didn’t happen.
Nor is it rhetorical when you ask a question and then spend several lines going on about it, and making it clear that you really did want to talk about an answer.
Why are you asking me? I’m not the one accusing others of “nOt rEaDiNg dA tHrEaD bEfOrE u AsKeD a qUeStOn”. My top level reply was on-topic. No one has actually provided an on-topic reply to it yet.
14th_cylon@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I dont think you understand concept of rhetorical question
Ilandar@aussie.zone 8 months ago
It sounds like you still don’t understand what a rhetorical question is.
smeenz@lemmy.nz 8 months ago
Seems you’re the one who doesn’t understand what a rhetorical question is. Hint - it’s not what you retrospectively call a question when you get called out on your laziness.
Nor is it rhetorical when you ask a question and then spend several lines going on about it, and making it clear that you really did want to talk about an answer.
DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyz 8 months ago
Schrodinger’s rhetorical question is when you decide whether your question was rhetorical or not based on people’s reaction to it.
Ilandar@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Didn’t happen.
Also didn’t happen.
jarfil@beehaw.org 8 months ago
What does this thread add to the discussion?
(this is not rhetorical)
Ilandar@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Why are you asking me? I’m not the one accusing others of “nOt rEaDiNg dA tHrEaD bEfOrE u AsKeD a qUeStOn”. My top level reply was on-topic. No one has actually provided an on-topic reply to it yet.