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I finally realized exactly what about a work colleague that I find so irritating. The best word I can think of to describe him is "nincompoop". He's a clueless twit, but constantly tries to disguise this by jumping into discussions with irrelevant nonsense. I spotted that early on, but I finally realized that he nearly always does this by asking rhetorical questions to disguise his stupidity and that's what really annoys.
So it's not rhetorical questions you dislike as such, it's your work colleague who happens to use them...
Is he the only person in your workplace with a flawed character?
How much longer will this injustice continue?
Is he the only person in your workplace with a flawed character?
No. We're mostly lazy slobs, but he is just universally loathed for his pretentious nonsense.
In my entire life I've never used a single rhetorical question. How cool is that??
Was that a rhetorical question? 😃
Serious answer: Depends. Context! delivery, reason/s for employing a rhetorical device. All of those things will inform my reaction/judgement.
Someone who just uses it will-nilly as a conversation-filler can be annoying. Aren’t they? Isn’t it? Don’t you think?
Does he ask himself a 3 question sandwich then fascinatingly answer each one as if he's discovered the meaning of life each time? No? Now that I find irritating...🙄
Was that a rhetorical question? 😃
If I'm being 100% accurate, it's actually a joke I pinched off the Internet.
Every time he uses a rhetorical question, provide an answer enthusiastically.
Is the Pope a Catholic?
YES, YES, YES HE IS!
Every time he uses a rhetorical question, provide an answer enthusiastically.
When I was a student, I had a friend who did this, he loves pissing people off for fun. We went to a talk by a social activist who was promoting a book about injustice. The speaker kept introducing examples from the book, then asking, "So what do you think happened?" My friend had read the book so he kept yelling out the answers. The people who knew him were pissing themselves laughing. Everyone else wanted to lynch him for ruining the talk.
Let me answer that with a question.....
Who cares?
Who is the Pope?
What sort of idiot would ask a question like that?
I can't work out whether you actually want an answer to this or not.