Comment by rgoulter

> Part of the problem is it lazily puts the onus on everybody else to explain why the proposal is a bad idea at zero intellectual cost to the proposer.

This sounds like "ask vs guess culture" is at play.

As with the OP, I think context matters a lot. I can imagine environments where it should be okay to ask questions without thought, or environments where some understanding or consideration is expected before asking a question.

What you describe does sound annoying: guessing a simple solution without putting effort into understanding the problem (which everyone else understands). And the opposite extreme would be only 'asking' questions only for confirmation/verification of an answer.