Rhetorichal questions are annoying.
Having to listen to me answering it seriously is fitting punishment.
this post was submitted on 08 Mar 2026
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Yes.
isnt the comment you replied to complaining about ~~esoteric~~ rhetorical questions?
edit: for some reason i forgot to write the rh, accidentally added so after the e, mistook e for o and missed the al
5 years later:
Ohhh.... that was rhetorical.
Just because a question was posed rhetorically doesn't mean the answer is as forgone as the asker assumed.
I mask by answering them in my head and not out loud.
Rhetorical questions are implicitly statements. If those implied statements are wrong, then you correct them by answering the rhetorical question as if it were a real question.
Bro I once answered a rhetorical question when I was watching a play in a theatre. Not making that mistake again
That is an autistic trait?
Severe ADHD here and, uh, if it's autism, it's also ADHD. heh
edit: Hi. I have severe ADHD and I do the thing in the image. So if the thing in the image is an autism thing, it is also an ADHD thing, because I do the thing in the picture. <3
I don't think I have autism, probably ADHD though.
Are you implying that all autistic people have ADHD?
No.
I said I have severe ADHD and was saying that if this issue is an autism thing, it's also an ADHD thing, because I'm in this picture and I don't like it.
I don't know how not to.
Also: Any sort of verbal interaction started with a rhetorical question is bound to suck extremely. Very likely to send me into a negative spiral TBH.
It needs to be stated clearly!
Wow, I am not alone!
I think this is one reason I'm frequently labeled a reply-guy.
yeeeeeep this is me