this post was submitted on 17 Feb 2025
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[โ€“] pebbles 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What does worked mean? Usually gotcha questions don't convice people from my experience.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

That's not really the point of a gotcha question. The point is to score a (valueless) point over the victim and let the victim know you're (not you commenter) an arse.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

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Fucking gotcha of my life, right there. Took a while before they knew it was a gotcha question though.