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Oct. 14th, 2022 09:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
There’s this thing one of my mutuals does.
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Mutual M: Nobody ever responds to my question about subject S. It’s a major social issue, and I ask what can be done to solve it, and people just avoid the issue.
Random stranger: I have an answer. [Something that sounds reasonable when I read it].
M: That’s not actually an answer, because [reasonable-sounding explanation of how the stranger is missing the point of the question.]
Other random stranger: My answer is [sounds reasonable].
M: That’s also not an answer, because [sounds reasonable].
Third random stranger: I have an answer. [Sounds reasonable].
M: Nobody is answering the question I asked! That’s not an answer, because [sounds reasonable].
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All of the answers seem to me like they do answer the question, but when M explains why they don’t, it always makes sense why he would say that. But if all these different answers from all these different people don’t answer your question, maybe the problem is on your side.
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Mutual M: Nobody ever responds to my question about subject S. It’s a major social issue, and I ask what can be done to solve it, and people just avoid the issue.
Random stranger: I have an answer. [Something that sounds reasonable when I read it].
M: That’s not actually an answer, because [reasonable-sounding explanation of how the stranger is missing the point of the question.]
Other random stranger: My answer is [sounds reasonable].
M: That’s also not an answer, because [sounds reasonable].
Third random stranger: I have an answer. [Sounds reasonable].
M: Nobody is answering the question I asked! That’s not an answer, because [sounds reasonable].
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All of the answers seem to me like they do answer the question, but when M explains why they don’t, it always makes sense why he would say that. But if all these different answers from all these different people don’t answer your question, maybe the problem is on your side.