#What happens if I ask only questions for a day?

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green bison
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Is this a good concept or a dead one? Genuine question and would love multiple responses as I tried looking for something that's already been done and there's NOTHING, not even similar so either I'm sitting on a novel idea or one that's dead in the water and that's why it's never been uploaded. Thanks.

Asking only questions for a day

No statements like "yes" or "no". Only responding or engaging with questions.

Put myself into scenarios that would usually require statement speaking and engage with only questions. This will have me tripping over words and sounding daft as I try to figure out the next sentence/reword casual phrases.

Situations like camera introduction
Chatting with a mate
Explaining what we're working on for the day
Reviewing a movie we watched
Ordering a drink from the bar
Saying goodnight to someone

Title Options:
24 hours asking only questions
I asked only questions for 24 hours
Did I spend 24 hours asking only questions?
Speaking in questions: 24 hour challenge
Living a day in questions
What happens if I ask only questions for a day?

What's been done before (already posted)?

There is a 24 hour english speaking challenge but that is a video dedicated to non-english speakers learning how to understand phrases not someone asking only questions for a day. A YouTube and Google search of my titles and phrases bring no similar results.

What's my spin (unique to me)?

Putting myself in situations that require statements like meeting new people and networking, going for a drink, socialising, and ordering at the bar, recording a video, directing a workout.

What's the veg (the takeaway/feel good moments/lesson?

Living out the socratic method to its extreme. Can I get through social situations without being definitive. Is life anymore clearer or just more difficult. Will it wind me or them up if we can't just say what we mean. Shows how we live so sure of our choices. Will I stumble on any new information/understanding from asking more questions?

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errant creekBOT
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green bison
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Also if anyone has a favourite title please let me know in the comments

red yew
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@green bison Interesting concept. I don't think i've seen anyone do it, so it'd be an experiment, but there's no harm in a fun experiment once in a while, right?

To me, the most appealing part of this video is:

  1. How do people react to this? Funny reactions often come out of confusing interactions
  2. How does he successfully pull this off? It' very hard to answer a question with another question.
  3. Does he achieve whatever he sets out to achieve?

The idea has a lot of potential but whether you want to take a risk on an unproven concept is up to you.

Also, those thumbnails would not appeal to me.

Both look way too AI generated and visually busy, don't convey the "social challenge" format of the video, and don't create curiosity.

I've attached some inspiration for you. Place two characters - you and a stranger - in the thumbnail, clearly having an interaction in which responding with a question violates a social norm. Place the stranger on the left and you on the right. Stranger asks a short question. You respond with a one word question.

Example: Job interview. Interviewer: "Tell me about yourself". You: "Why?"

This is the first example that springs to my mind so it's almost definitely not the best that you could come up with through some more ideation

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green bison
# red yew <@1386295875466432573> Interesting concept. I don't think i've seen anyone do it...

Hi, Kermit, thanks again for getting involved with this idea. I note you have said no outliers on this video idea either but this one appeals more than the no swearing video - any particular reason for the difference?

It's interesting to hear what you thought about when hearing the idea. It is what I hope my general view would be asking too. A worry of mine would be being too good at spinning my answer into questions so it either becomes forced nonsense like answering something daft for the sake of the video or too easy and then it's boring.

Thumbnail wise I must admit those were 2 quickly put together prototypes so you'd be able to have something to look at for potential thumbnails, but I understand your concerns around looking AI generated - they were lol as I drew them on a whiteboard in 5 mins at first 😂
However, the first does more say "lost in questions", the second looks a bit more on the nose but quite tacky.
I like your suggestion as it looks clean, realistic, and would more likely convey the message better once I fix it up with a statement/question version.

Thanks for this input. Can I ask, did you have a preferred title out of the ones I included or any thoughts?

slim turtle
green bison
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red yew
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The second title is my preference 🙂