this post was submitted on 08 Oct 2023
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All "excellent question" usually means is they either know the answer or have heard the question asked before or have asked it themselves. A good novel question that catches them off guard likely won't get this response, but it may still be a really interesting question.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

People say this ALL the time when they’re stalling for time.