Specifically the habit of asking or thinking things like “Are you saying completely ridiculous thing #24626772?”.
The answer is yes fairly often, which gives a lot of info cheaply.
You’re right, I was imprecise; the bad habit is asking it and halfway-assuming the answer will be ‘yes’ instead of asking it without the presumption of nonsense.
Yes, being polite is good, and rhetorical questions can easily go the other away.
The answer is yes fairly often, which gives a lot of info cheaply.
You’re right, I was imprecise; the bad habit is asking it and halfway-assuming the answer will be ‘yes’ instead of asking it without the presumption of nonsense.
Yes, being polite is good, and rhetorical questions can easily go the other away.