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[–] don@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It’s interesting when people make their post “I do X. WHY? Reasons.” when they could just say “I do things because reasons.” The pre-asking “Why?” has always struck me as peculiar for some reason.

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

It's a shortening of "why, you might ask?"

Imo it's a little more "conversational" than just, "here's what I did because this". Might be a leftover from the quirky era.