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.
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
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
Around me people usually use
/genfor "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/sdavidgro@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
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