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by GFK_of_xmaspast 3756 days ago
So in other words "questions are a burden and answers are a prison for oneself".
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Regardless of their nature, questions are definitely a burden. However, I think the way some questions are put can cause a disproportionate amount of burden when they contain hidden meanings or agendas.

If someone is having issues being direct and use techniques to "hide" how they feel about something in a question, they effectively load the question with intent. I think sometimes those questions can be viral in nature, causing angry memes like what they mention in "This Video Will Make You Angry": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE3j_RHkqJc

Logic would dictate that we should learn to avoid questions which cause excessive amounts of processing with little return in their answers. A simple way to filter on these is to ask if the question conflicts itself when answered in a given way.