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> > Side note: Gish-gallop-style questions are note a conducive way of inviting conversations around a topic.

> Thanks, I didn't know that term before. I used a string of blunt questions formatted in that way to be as clear as possible, and because it mirrored the form of the OP's comment.

It's also a mis-use of the term. It's for live debates when you just dump a series of questions on the opponent without giving them time to respond, trying to make them look stupid to observers. Doesn't really apply to text like here, when you can take as long as you need to type of the reply.




It totally does apply here and has the same effect. The dwell time between responses makes the questioner look correct to casual readers.




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