Is a non answer an answer?

[Anonymous]

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In regards to asking question, if they dont answer the question but respond otherwise you should read what theyre not saying correct? ie: Am i attractive? Rather than give a yes or no they tell you you shouldn't post pics of yourself unless you have thick skinned which i interpreted as no, you're ugly

[Zack-Bann]

Telling you that you shouldn’t post pics is not a “non answer” it’s a passive aggressive one


A none answer would be:
Q: Am I attractive?
A: attraction is subjective.


Here the person answering made a statement instead of actually giving you the info you asked for which is a yes or no regarding your own attraction


Another form would to answer with a rhetorical question


Q: am I attractive?
A: how does one measure attraction anyway? Aren’t we all attractive?


Something like that. Still dodging the question

[Asker]

Passive aggressive sure. i saw it as avoiding to directly answer and instead saying you should have thick skin was her way of saying that i am ugly and didn't want to offend. Also since i got little to 0 response from women would indicate that i am ugly as they only would engage with someone they find attractive

[Zack-Bann]

To be faire there’s nothing more unattractive to a woman than a guy who asks if he’s attractive

So if it’s something you do regularly Im not surprised women walk away from you

[Asker]

Im trying to get a understanding of where I stand. you're a handsome guy im sure you get positive confirmation

[Zack-Bann]

Thanks.
And yes I do get told that often.
But it’s not as useful as you think in terms of dating

When you’re “handsome” women expect you to be all kinds of charming and dominant and assertive and have all the answers

I was very shy growing up so I would turn off women very fast because they see me and start picturing the idea guy they want me to be

So in the end the level of physical attraction becomes a small part of the equation and it comes down to understanding women and social dynamics
That takes practice for all of us

[Asker]

Yeah well im either called a f***** by women or disgusting so they have always treated me poorly and look down on me.

[Zack-Bann]

If f****** means “fuckboy” you’d be surprised how many women consider that a compliment

[Asker]

No f***** means f a g g o t

[Zack-Bann]

Oh damn
Well that’s a different kind of problem

If this is the impression you’re leaving on girls then you clearly are miscommunicating something in your presentation

Either your style, your hair, your body language.
Something is painting that picture
It has nothing to do with genetic facial structure

[Summeroflove]

If they aren’t answering the question then that’s against GAG policy as far as I know. So just report it if someone isn’t answering or remove it on your end.

Sure there are questions people ask that are obviously trolling it’s better to just report it and move on. I know because I’ve done it too and ended up getting it removed. Which is fair enough. Because it really isn’t a answer

[Nikki1989]

There is the nonsense/irrelevant thing you can report for but that is rarely enforced on here along with all the other stuff they ignore, spamming, trolling, offensive and the biggie explicit. Explicit filth is posted every day on here, but it gets a free pass.

[Effably]

Silence speaks the loudest. Sure.

That said, people are prone to interpret things wrong. It might be obvious to me someone is or is not attractive. When asked, I could decide I do not want to answer. Telling someone pretty they are pretty because they asked feels forced, telling someone ugly they are ugly feels pointessly forced too.

So what my silent but long answer is meaning to say is, a non answer is an answer. But you'd be a fool to assume for certain what answer it is.

[slatyb]

For example? I often answer questions with questions. That is a kind of answer.

[NicholasRedone]

A cryptic answer is.

[Asker]

Reported and blocked

[BarryLiverstone]

Well