Why Questions

This cluster captures comments repeatedly asking 'Why?' in various sincere, curious, or questioning forms, seeking explanations, motivations, or justifications for statements or events in parent threads.

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parentheses question just asking just wondering asking snarky genuinely curious disagreeing trolling agreeing

Sample Comments

zzleeper Aug 28, 2022 View on HN

Is there a reason for "why"?

koyao Oct 30, 2015 View on HN

But ... Why? What's the point?

Why? What's your justification?

sebastianconcpt Oct 25, 2019 View on HN

Why? What's the motivation?

Wonder why? why wud they do this?

schwap Jun 5, 2014 View on HN

Why? (Not snarky, genuinely curious)

syspec Oct 10, 2019 View on HN

Why is that? (Sincere question)

haberman Feb 13, 2014 View on HN

Why? (For those of us who have never heard of it)

MichaelZuo Sep 21, 2024 View on HN

Because...? Of what underlying reasons?

burnished Jan 5, 2022 View on HN

Is 'Why' not a question?