Let's ignore the pic, the link Corne gave is a good ol' reliable in programming/support communities where people ask questions in the open, not for someone in particular, or when asking for help to colleagues.Achromalia wrote:
i would agree;; it often is a compromise made for social anxiety and the intent to make sure someone is prepared to actually invest their time into a possibly intense/sensitive question. it does seem plausible this is a case of intending something like "this resembles a joke with a bit of truth to it", and not necessarily any kind of anger/complaint. that doesn't deny the validity of your point though imo, i might've done something similar for similar reasons as wellPatatitta wrote:
honestly this feels like a weird thing to get mad about?, or at leaast complain, sometimes asking to ask is correct since the question may lead to a really long answer or conversation and the other one may not have the time, that is at least why when I ask someone something important I ask if they are available firstCorne2Plum3 wrote:
https://dontasktoask.com/sametdze wrote:
"don't ask to ask"Can I ask you just one single question? You don’t have to answer it if you aren’t comfortable with it. It’s…kind of a personal question. I know I just asked you four of those, but is it okay if I ask you just this one very personal, very important question? Is that okay? Please be honest when you answer my question— which is, to say, the very personal, very important question I have. Will you be honest? Do you promise? Do you really, really promise? Okay, I’m going to ask the question now. ...Can I ask you a question?
also, social anxiety kinda plays into this too, sometimes I've asked to ask because of that LMAO
It's good practice to not waste people's time when they're volunteering to help you.
For personal stuff it doesn't exactly work though.
