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* '''Defied''': "I am going to say a sarcastic phrase with a rhetorical question for the sake of getting some stress out of my chest—so for the love of God, ''don't'' answer it."

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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"I am going to say a sarcastic phrase with a rhetorical question for the sake of getting some stress out of my chest—so for the love of God, ''don't'' answer it."
** "Are you too stupid to understand what I'm saying? Don't bother answering that, I know the answer already.
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* '''Straight''': Alice asks, "Can this day possibly get any worse?" after suffering a HumiliationConga, and Bob says "Yes - for example, [[FauxHorrific your least favorite song could play on the radio]]."

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* '''Straight''': Alice asks, "Can this day possibly get any worse?" after suffering a HumiliationConga, and Bob says "Yes - for "Yes—for example, [[FauxHorrific your least favorite song could play on the radio]]."



* '''Defied''': "I am going to say a sarcastic phrase with a rhetorical question for the sake of getting some stress out of my chest -- so for the love of God, ''don't'' answer it."

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* '''Defied''': "I am going to say a sarcastic phrase with a rhetorical question for the sake of getting some stress out of my chest -- so chest—so for the love of God, ''don't'' answer it."
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* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???"I am going to say a sarcastic phrase with a rhetorical question for the sake of getting some stress out of my chest -- so for the love of God, ''don't'' answer it."
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* '''Subverted''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': ???Alice asks a strange question, which Bob jokingly responds to. However, this was a legitimate question she needed an answer for, and Bob's response gave her an epiphany.



* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???
Alice has to ask a weird question and get a response from someone to save her soul from a demon, but can't explain the situation. She asks Bob, the local DeadpanSnarker, who gives his response and inadvertently saves her soul.
* '''Exploited''': ???Alice has a bet with Bob that he won't talk at all for a certain amount of time, which she wins by asking a weird question that [[DeadpanSnarker Bob]] instinctively responded to.
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'''Basic Trope''': A question that isn't supposed to be answered gets an answer anyway.
* '''Straight''': Alice asks, "Can this day possibly get any worse?" after suffering a HumiliationConga, and Bob says "Yes - for example, [[FauxHorrific your least favorite song could play on the radio]]."
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob lists all the possible reasons as to how this day could possibly get any worse.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob simply responds "Yes" to the question.
* '''Justified''':
** Bob is SarcasmBlind.
** Or he did know and is messing with Alice.
* '''Inverted''': Alice asks Bob a question that he's supposed to answer, but Bob doesn't answer.
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Nobody answers any rhetorical questions.
* '''Enforced''': To show how SarcasmBlind (or how much of a DeadpanSnarker) Bob is.
* '''Lampshaded''': "You weren't supposed to answer that, you know."
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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"Is this the link back to RhetoricalQuestionBlunder?"

"No, I think it's a cheese sandwich."
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%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
%% * '''Implied''': ???
%% * '''Deconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
%% * '''Played for Drama''': ???
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???

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