{"id":1739,"date":"2013-03-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/35.224.237.165\/index.php\/2019\/02\/25\/kid-behind-me-wont-stop-answering-rhetorical-questions-in-class\/"},"modified":"2019-02-26T04:58:23","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T21:58:23","slug":"kid-behind-me-wont-stop-answering-rhetorical-questions-in-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/16\/kid-behind-me-wont-stop-answering-rhetorical-questions-in-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Kid Behind Me Won\u2019t Stop Answering Rhetorical Questions in Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\" \" \/><\/p>\n<h6>By <a href=\"\/search?author=Jacob Johnson\">Jacob Johnson<\/a><\/h6>\n<h6>Nov. 8, 2016<\/h6>\n<p><insert class=\"ins cts-1\" data-cid=\"4\" data-time=\"1478564536616\" data-userid=\"23\" data-username=\"Jacob Levin\"><\/insert><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would anyone, for any reason, answer a rhetorical question? If you answered that question in your head just now, fuck you- you\u2019re part of the problem.\u201d -Albert Einstein <\/p>\n<p>At approximately 12:47 pm this Tuesday afternoon, resident Ralph Lauren enthusiast Jared Barbosa decided to raise his hand upon hearing his sociology professor ask the question \u201cwhat more could a person ask for?\u201d. Barbosa then idiotically proceeded to provide a long, in-depth list of other items one could request besides life, liberty, or the pursuit of happiness, which mostly consisted of brand-name food products. <\/p>\n<p>After nearly five minutes of this had elapsed, uneasy glances were exchanged around the room. Jared\u2019s mind-numbingly stupid answers to the rhetorical question showed no sign of stopping.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, at first I was glad Jared was taking up discussion time,\u201d remarked Beth Overdier, a fellow student in the class. \u201cBut eventually<delete class=\"del cts-2\" data-cid=\"2\" data-time=\"1479177384021\" data-userid=\"28\" data-username=\"Nik Varley\">,<\/delete> it got really, really weird. Like, okay, Jared, we get it. Shut up<delete class=\"del cts-2\" data-cid=\"3\" data-time=\"1479177391316\" data-userid=\"28\" data-username=\"Nik Varley\">,<\/delete> already.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This was certainly not the first time Barbosa had infuriatingly answered a rhetorical question. Other phrases, like \u201cAre you kidding me?\u201d, \u201cDoes a bear shit in the woods?\u201d, and \u201cEt tu, Brute?\u201d were met by Jared with responses of \u201cNo\u201d, \u201cYes\u201d, and \u201cMaybe?\u201d, respectively. <\/p>\n<p>At the time of this article\u2019s writing, Jared had answered no less than fifteen separate rhetorical questions in the hour-and-a-half class. In this reporter\u2019s opinion, Barbosa should be permanently banned from all discussion participation until he can get his shoddy, ignorant, rhetorical-question-answering life together.<\/p>\n<p>\t Jared, if you\u2019re reading this, what\u2019s it going to take for you to stop, huh? Never mind. I know you just answered that. Fuck you. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jacob Johnson Nov. 8, 2016 \u201cWhy would anyone, for any reason, answer a rhetorical question? If you answered that question in your head just now, fuck you- you\u2019re part of the problem.\u201d -Albert Einstein At approximately 12:47 pm this Tuesday afternoon, resident Ralph Lauren enthusiast Jared Barbosa decided to raise his hand upon hearing his sociology professor ask the question \u201cwhat more could a person ask for?\u201d. Barbosa then idiotically proceeded to provide a long, in-depth list of other items one could request besides life, liberty, or the pursuit of happiness, which mostly consisted of brand-name food products. After nearly five minutes of this had elapsed, uneasy glances were exchanged around the room. Jared\u2019s mind-numbingly stupid answers to the rhetorical question showed no sign of stopping. \u201cI mean, at first I was glad Jared was taking up discussion time,\u201d remarked Beth Overdier, a fellow student in the class. \u201cBut eventually, it got really, really weird. Like, okay, Jared, we get it. Shut up, already.\u201d This was certainly not the first time Barbosa had infuriatingly answered a rhetorical question. Other phrases, like \u201cAre you kidding me?\u201d, \u201cDoes a bear shit in the woods?\u201d, and \u201cEt tu, Brute?\u201d were met by Jared with responses of \u201cNo\u201d, \u201cYes\u201d, and \u201cMaybe?\u201d, respectively. At the time of this article\u2019s writing, Jared had answered no less than fifteen separate rhetorical questions in the hour-and-a-half class. In this reporter\u2019s opinion, Barbosa should be permanently banned from all discussion participation until he can get his shoddy, ignorant, rhetorical-question-answering life together. Jared, if you\u2019re reading this, what\u2019s it going to take for you to stop, huh? Never mind. I know you just answered that. 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