What are some of the sites that you’ve found to be selling your email?

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Then that’s on them. If they ask a sincere question they deserve a sincere answer. If you want to play guessing games about their sincerity level that’s your choice but it tends to be a fool’s errand IMO

Unfortunately in my experience 99% of the time people ask if they’re being annoying they’re feeling insecure and looking to get validation that they are not in fact being annoying

I usually go with "It's okay" both confirms that they are indeed annoying while also sounding somewhat casual

If someone is asking if they are being annoying, it's because either A) they don't know because they don't understand how they are perceived by others but THEY WANT TO. B) They know they are annoying and are looking for a pass to keep going.

Either way, just say 'to be honest, yes' and take it from there. In the long run, it's the nicest thing you can do for A, and B hasn't earned the right to have their feelings protected.

Don't mind the feelings, when they resort to asking they probably know the answer already.

They asked, they get the answer.

Humor might soften the blow.

Person: Am I annoying you right now?

You: <laughing> A little bit! But that's why I love you.

"It's not that you're annoying in general, it's just that sometimes you did things that bothered me and didn't seem to realize it."

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Since you asked, it does bother me when "....."

I don't like when "...."

Or if you don't care about the other person just say "yes you're annoying me because....."

Read Ecclesiates. Someone much wiser than I has already written the definitive work on facing the futility of life and the inevitability of death and coming out the other side joyful.

That's great that religion has brought meaning to your life, but it is certainly not just found in jesus.

Look around, you can't not be part of something bigger than yourself. You may not feel important or necessary but you are still part of it. You may not affect 100s or even 10s of people directly but we all affect someone or something with our time here. That effect ripples through time affecting many more people than we will ever know.

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You say yes.

I can't understand why this is so difficult.

"Maybe just tone it down"

Answer if being annoying was an Olympic sport you would win gold.

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say "Yes sweety" and then BOOP them.

It's a good rule for any discussion. Focus on the behavior and your feelings, not being critical of the other person.

But why am I a dick for answering the question? Why is it my fault they asked a question they didn’t actually want the answer to?