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Comment by nkrisc

11 hours ago

I’m an asker, but I’m not going to waste my day asking everyone for $1,000 because I know it’s unlikely anyone will.

“Asking” is for things you don’t already know the answer to, and “no” or “I don’t know” are acceptable answers.

>I know it’s unlikely

That sounds like something a guesser would say. I'm only going to ask for something I'm already likely to get (going back to the original MetaFilter thread).