The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 1 month agoMr. Popularlemmy.worldimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1506arrow-down11
arrow-up1505arrow-down1imageMr. Popularlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·1 month agoWhy would anyone spend time with people who don’t like them?
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 month agoI mean that’s the first step to making friends
minus-squareTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down12·1 month agoA rhetorical question is a question asked for effect or emphasis, not expecting an answer.
minus-squareundefined@lemmy.hogru.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 month agoI see this a lot: why post then? If you don’t want anyone to answer you then why engage in the first place?
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoThere are other possibilities like empathy, to convert, maintaining power, and even tolerating someone because they have similar interests. A rhetorical question with a lot of possible answers isn’t a very rhetorical question.
minus-squareHolla@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoUse a ⸮ then if you don’t want answers
Why would anyone spend time with people who don’t like them?
or at a church?
I mean that’s the first step to making friends
Conformity.
A rhetorical question is a question asked for effect or emphasis, not expecting an answer.
I see this a lot: why post then? If you don’t want anyone to answer you then why engage in the first place?
There are other possibilities like empathy, to convert, maintaining power, and even tolerating someone because they have similar interests. A rhetorical question with a lot of possible answers isn’t a very rhetorical question.
Use a ⸮ then if you don’t want answers