We need a tag like /s but for non-rhetorical questions

Sometimes you ask a question that's a sincere attempt to solicit an actual answer, but everyone assumes it's a rhetorical question. Like no, I'm actually asking.

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guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip · 22 pts · 247d (1 reply)

I’ve always seen /srs as short for “serious”, I imagine most people would understand that

agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 247d

I like /srs, but /gen is growing on me

peridinium@mander.xyz · 12 pts · 247d (1 reply)

Around me people usually use /gen for "genuine."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_indicator

agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 247d

This feels, prescriptively, like the correct answer

6nk06@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 247d

It already exists. It it /s^H^H /s

davidgro@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 247d

There's [serious] - it started on Reddit (I think) but doesn't need to stay there.

andra17@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 247d
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normalexit@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 244d

You could say "I actually want to know.. {{question}}?" Or "Sincerely, ..."

If someone starts making up new abbreviations I'm probably not going to take their question seriously /!s