Don't you hate it when people feel a need to answer rhetorical questions?

Don't you hate it when people feel a need to answer rhetorical questions?
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Nope. I kind of hate it when people ask rhetorical questions. What’s the point of opening your mouth if you didn’t want a response anyway? But I think we all do it, but I’m more on the side of not asking them than hating that they were answered.
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