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Re:What you give up by moving into engineering management by xnorswap on Thursday April 13, 2023 @05:44AM (#35553118)
It's a culture thing, I had a similar experience after the company I worked at was bought out by an American company.

In any exchange with the US, any question asked was responded to with, "That's a great question!".

It was probably just filler but definitely came across as incredibly patronising to our ears.

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Re:What you give up by moving into engineering management by JohnFen on Thursday April 13, 2023 @12:28PM (#35558000)
It's certainly filler, but it's usually meant to mean "I'm taking your question seriously, but I don't know the answer at this moment".
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Re:What you give up by moving into engineering management by singleshot_ on Thursday April 13, 2023 @04:51PM (#35561885)
Not super relevant but I’ve noticed recently that when I ask someone a question, they start their answer with the word “absolutely” even though the question was not a yes or no question.

Is this a time-filler like “that’s a great question” for extreme people pleasers? Or just an agreeability signal? To me it makes the answerer seem overeager to share. It could just be regional culture.

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