ackshually horizontal questions are often appropriate as they give the opportunity for the respondent to answer either the question explicitly asked and so maintain their boundaries, or to expand in the direction implicit in the question https://twitter.com/theorangealt/status/1289240292516753408 …
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implicit in the first choice is the questioner giving the questioned the opportunity to gracefully not fucking talk about whatever the questioner wants to talk about and thats beautiful in the example given they are being extremely rude by not taking the hint, of course
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if you want to drag an answer out of someone regardless of whether they want to answer or not by all means use vertical questions, sometimes this is appropriate, like if they show up with a couple of black eyes they got from falling down some stairs
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eigenrobot @eigenrobotimplicit in the first choice is the questioner giving the questioned the opportunity to gracefully not fucking talk about whatever the questioner wants to talk about and thats beautiful in the example given they are being extremely rude by not taking the hint, of courseShow this thread0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Yes but the polite thing if you're not is to notice immediately when someone else is and adapt your behavior :)
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