Is thinly-veiled political whinging really a question just because you used a question mark?
Submitted 1 day ago by Bgugi@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 1 day ago
Contramuffin@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Thanks for calling this out. I keep seeing political posts where the intent is clearly not to obtain answers but to obtain agreement. It makes me think that these people are attempting to karma farm.
Back on reddit, wasn’t there a rule that questions had to be genuine? ie, rhetorical posts (like we see now) are not allowed? Perhaps it would make sense to start enforcing such a rule
andrewta@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Are there really people getting upset about a ?
Really!?
People can get a thicker skin ?
I mean people need to relax a little ?
Or I might get petty ?
lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
No, fuck no. It’s so annoying and I’ve been wanting to call it out, but technically that wouldn’t be answering the question.
Donjuanme@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Whinging eh? I read that similar to whinching or winging though I know you mean whining. If we’re tossing in question marks?
ReCursing@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Whinge is a perfectly reasonable word
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Shhh, you’ll confuse the Americans who have never bothered to understand the culture of one of their most ideologically similar allies who literally speak the same language.
Apepollo11@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’m not entirely sure I read your comment correctly, but it sounds like you’ve never heard the word “whinging” before.
For the avoidance of doubt, it’s a real word. It rhymes with “hinging”.
tuck182@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
And in the UK at least it’s a distinct word and meaning from whining. In the US I think we just use “whining” for both meanings.
spittingimage@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
The question mark specifically turns it into passive-aggressive political whinging.