# i was just asking so don't get angry you see you're just not listening disclaimers to avoid accountability for the reaction it provokes a way to mask criticism a disingenuous manipulative tactic who me nooo i was only asking - and yet oddly refuse to stop just asking in fact i keep asking again and again while agressively telling you i'm 'just asking' in fact i never stop just-asking until i get the reply i want and they angrier you get the more i tell you see you never listen to what i'm saying - sorry i mean asking i'm always just asking so innocently // republic of bob