Sometimes you ask a question that’s a sincere attempt to solicit an actual answer, but everyone assumes it’s a rhetorical question. Like no, I’m actually asking.
I usually use /gen
We need a tag like /s but for non-rhetorical questions
Submitted 3 weeks ago by agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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peridinium@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
This feels, prescriptively, like the correct answer
davidgro@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
There’s [serious] - it started on Reddit (I think) but doesn’t need to stay there.
6nk06@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
It already exists. It it
/s^H^H/sandra17@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Maybe /genq (genuine question) XD
normalexit@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You could say “I actually want to know… {{question}}?”
If someone starts making up new abbreviations I’m probably not going to take their question sincerely /!s
guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip 3 weeks ago
I’ve always seen /srs as short for “serious”, I imagine most people would understand that
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I like /srs, but /gen is growing on me