Your last sentence is one answer to the question you ask in the first sentence.

LoganDark · 2025-12-31T23:01:11 1767222071

That's a common usage of a rhetorical question. You ask it and then you answer it.

andsoitis · 2026-01-03T01:21:01 1767403261

> common usage of a rhetorical question. You ask it and then you answer it.

A rhetorical question is a question asked for effect rather than to get an answer.

If you have to explicitly answer the question it is not rhetorical.