alt Hacker News> if you must ask questions, imply the correctness of your originally held position by wording your question suggestively
I don’t really understand this, what would an example look like?
> if you must ask questions, imply the correctness of your originally held position by wording your question suggestively
I don’t really understand this, what would an example look like?
If my position is that we need to pass the regional transit funding measure in the Bay area then I might say:
What do you think of the regional transit funding measure? Seems like it'd be a real disaster if BART stops running at 9PM.
In that way you're signaling your support and they'll probably just continue the conversation in the same direction.