Reply #215: That's a crappy answer

[Nevernose]

I thought of several more clever ways of titling this response, but I decided to go with the most hinset one.

"Because I'm not interested" is neither effective, nor is it honest. You indicated your disinterest when you originally said "no." "Why not?" is just a follow up question. This, then, is the paradox: it's not effective because it's not honest, and it's not honest because you didn't answer the question that was asked.

Why does everything turn all serious around here? If any of us had anything better to do, we'd probably be doing it, wouldn't we?

(And nothing personal intended, but the second person seemed easiest in this case)