Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Asking Questions and Answering Them Yourself

Do people ask questions and answer the question themselves?  Well, yes, they do it all the time because otherwise someone who actually knows the answer might respond.  Is this the most annoying non-conversational dodge ever invented?  Well, no.  Not if you include trying to sing "Jingle Bells" by farting.



Have journos adopted this technique as well?  Of course as a journo will take any literary technique and use it as badly.  Is this how Jessica Valenti got a column on The Guardian?

Do I amuse myself with this?  No.  Do I loathe this mealy-mouthed conversational technique?  Yes.  Do you care what I think?  No.  Will you keep asking questions and answering them yourself?  Indubitably.  Tip:  don't light a match while you do it.

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