A person who asks questions to what seeminglycan not be answered. Reasons for these can be:
A. They wish to incite questioning within their conversation partner.
B. They genuinely are curious, stupid and/or foolish.
The word is a reference to the greek philosopher Socrates, who was known to question every answer he got.
Nobody knows if he was secretly being next level or if he was just being a dumb shit.
Either way, everyone got tired of his bullcrap.
A. They wish to incite questioning within their conversation partner.
B. They genuinely are curious, stupid and/or foolish.
The word is a reference to the greek philosopher Socrates, who was known to question every answer he got.
Nobody knows if he was secretly being next level or if he was just being a dumb shit.
Either way, everyone got tired of his bullcrap.
A.
Adam: "Why are you a christian?"
Dave: "Because i believe in god."
Adam: "Why do you believe in god?"
Dave: "I see what you're doing here, Adam. Quit being such a Socrates and get back to work."
B.
Kjetil: "Who put my name on urban dictionairy
Steven: "Stop being a fucking socrates, dipshit."
Adam: "Why are you a christian?"
Dave: "Because i believe in god."
Adam: "Why do you believe in god?"
Dave: "I see what you're doing here, Adam. Quit being such a Socrates and get back to work."
B.
Kjetil: "Who put my name on urban dictionairy
Steven: "Stop being a fucking socrates, dipshit."
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NOUN
a person who responds to every question with another question, often to elude.
a person who frequently uses the Socratic method, often in a elusive or annoying or excessive manner.
NOUN
a person who responds to every question with another question, often to elude.
a person who frequently uses the Socratic method, often in a elusive or annoying or excessive manner.
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵—𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸.
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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵—𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸.
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