Why do people ask 'Did It Hurt?'

I can remember getting a school paddling and each time when one came away with a burnng bottom and tears in your eyes some idiot (usually a boy) would always ask: "Did it hurt?" Why do people ask such an idiotic question?

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MartinII · 70-79, M

Silly question I agree. But as it happens, when I was aged 9 or 10 I got the slipper twice at school, the two occasions within a few weeks of each other. The first hurt a lot, the second not very much. The paddle can be much worse than the slipper, I know.