Rhetorichal questions are annoying.

Having to listen to me answering it seriously is fitting punishment.

5 years later:

Ohhh.... that was rhetorical.

Just because a question was posed rhetorically doesn't mean the answer is as forgone as the asker assumed.

I mask by answering them in my head and not out loud.

Rhetorical questions are implicitly statements. If those implied statements are wrong, then you correct them by answering the rhetorical question as if it were a real question.

That is an autistic trait?

Bro I once answered a rhetorical question when I was watching a play in a theatre. Not making that mistake again

It needs to be stated clearly!

Wow, I am not alone!

I think this is one reason I'm frequently labeled a reply-guy.

I don't know how not to.

Also: Any sort of verbal interaction started with a rhetorical question is bound to suck extremely. Very likely to send me into a negative spiral TBH.