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@ericjmorey @b0rk It's possible, but this is actually an extremely chronic and common pattern, spanning in-person and remote methods of communication, and so I'm not likely to consider it the common case. And it has certain clusters around demographics and personality traits.

Given that the "solution" in "why don't you just..." is often a simple one, the entire construction is trivializing. "Has <x> worked for you?" or "What about <x>?" or "Did you find <x> didn't work?" are better questions.