Example:

Blur or Oasis?

Me: Pulp

Valid opening up of a Q into broader territory, or spineless copout?

Slint.

Whether snark or an alternate take, they rarely deliver.

penningtron wrote: Thu Jul 14, 2022 9:49 am Whether snark or an alternate take, they rarely deliver.

+1

I usually find it annoying. Just make a choice.

Exception:

Responder, either intentionally or unintentionally, answers question with a “yes” instead of making a choice.

Example:

“Would you like soup or salad?”

“Yes.”

copout.

answer the question, then add a third if you feel like it. but, answer the goddamn question.

enframed wrote: Thu Jul 14, 2022 11:38 pm copout.

answer the question, then add a third if you feel like it. but, answer the goddamn question.

Connect the goddamn dots!

A_Man_Who_Tries wrote: Thu Jul 14, 2022 8:44 am Example:

Blur or Oasis?

Me: Pulp

Valid opening up of a Q into broader territory, or spineless copout?

I picked "not crap" because a snarky third answer can inadvertently lead to someone discovering/trying something new--maybe there's someone out there who has heard Blur and Oasis, but not Pulp and checks them out because of the snarky response--I think that is always a good thing.

The addition of "snarky" makes it crap. My experience of this is usually some form of exhaustion technique. Like a Gish gallop.

Honestly refusing to accept a binary because the framing underlying it is questionable, and having a good faith discussion as to why = never crap.

brephophagist wrote: Sun Jul 17, 2022 2:14 pm The addition of "snarky" makes it crap. My experience of this is usually some form of exhaustion technique. Like a Gish gallop.

Honestly refusing to accept a binary because the framing underlying it is questionable, and having a good faith discussion as to why = never crap.

This is interesting to me, because I hadn't entertained the idea that a third answer could be anything but snarky.