Not Thriving: Is The Answer To This Question Yes

Perfectly good trope, yet it's plagued by a dreadful name and has barely any wicks or inbounds at all since no one bothered to crosswick it.

Adding the crosswicks doesn't need a TRS thread.

The description is good, there are plenty of examples. The name could be better, I guess, but it's not bad. What sort of repair do you think it needs, besides crosswicking?

edited 24th Feb '12 12:59:26 PM by Madrugada

It at least needs some intuitive redirects, because having so few wicks and inbounds is evidence that the title is not search-friendly.

Wow that title is clunky.

It's a form of Rhetorical Question that is only meant to emphasize a "yes", not point to any real kind of truth. Since this is the case, I suggest Rhetorical Intensifier.

. . . why is Rhetorical Question not a trope?

edited 24th Feb '12 1:38:21 PM by RickGriffin

Not having wicks is a problem, but it's one that can be solved quite easily by crosswicking the numerous examples that are already on it without Repair Shop permission.

Low inbounds is a different problem, but one that often goes hand-in-hand with low crosswicking.

Rhetorical Intensifier Question would be a decent redirect. It's got two of the terms that I think would probably be used as common search terms

edited 24th Feb '12 1:42:37 PM by Madrugada

Surprised to see this one back in TRS. This had already got a name change in an old thread (circa 2010, if memory serves me correctly) wherein the current name was, by far and wide, the most popular suggestion. I can't find any record of the old name (it doesn't have any listed redirects), but I think the original name had "trope" in the title.

I think this trope name misses the point.

See, if you ask "does a bear crap in the woods" or "is the pope catholic" then the only valid, true answer is obviously "yes".

However, if you ask "is the answer to this question yes", then "no" is a perfectly valid answer, and true too. No, the answer wasn't "yes", it was "no". Self-reference is funny that way.

while its not a question. the oblivious person responds to it as if it was a question. so is it close enough? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVinP2Y0iLQ

It is a question, just a rhetorical one. The oblivious person would be committing a Rhetorical Question Blunder.

That's however not an example of this trope. The oblivious person (Wheatley) is not answering the question with a question.

Its not a question at all. Its a statement that is responded to as if it was a question.

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