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Robin Thicke's #AskThicke hashtag has been brilliantly hijacked by Twitter users

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ROBIN THICKE IS doing a live Q&A session on Twitter today, as part of a promotional deal with VH1.

The gimmick has been heavily promoted by the station, who tweeted yesterday asking users to submit their questions in advance using the hashtag #AskThicke.

Have a burning question for @robinthicke? Submit your ?s for tomorrow's Twitter Q+A using #AskThicke! pic.twitter.com/LwWKWlBysg
— VH1 (@VH1) June 30, 2014

VH1 / Twitter

However, it didn’t QUITE go as planned. It turned out Twitter had a LOT of burning questions for Robin Thicke.

Some people were sarcastic

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Some of them were interested in Thicke’s personal outlook

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#AskThicke Why do you have the stance of a Ken Doll? pic.twitter.com/rdprUWdp3e
— Jamie Jones (@JamieDMJ) June 30, 2014

Jamie DMJ / Twitter

#AskThicke

What's it like being the human personification of a mid life crisis?
— TechnicallyRon (On all the platforms) (@TechnicallyRon) July 1, 2014

TechnicallyRon / Twitter

Some of them had to do with the process of the Q+A itself

#AskThicke will Pharrell be writing the best bit of the answers for you?
— Baz (@bazlyons) July 1, 2014

Baz / Twitter

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Some of them were sneaky

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A LOT of people wanted to know about the thinking behind Blurred Lines

What part of NO don't you understand? #AskThicke
— Rachel McKibbens 🦋 (@RachelMcKibbens) June 30, 2014

Rachel McKibbens / Twitter

What form of sexual or emotional abuse will you be normalising in your next jaunty hit? #AskThicke
— Gabby Hutchinson Crouch (@Scriblit) June 30, 2014

Scriblit / Twitter

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But perhaps the greatest number of people had just one, very simple question.

The actual Q+A is yet to begin.

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Robin Thicke's #AskThicke hashtag has been brilliantly hijacked by Twitter users

Some people were sarcastic

Whoops!

We couldn't find this Tweet

Some of them were interested in Thicke’s personal outlook

Whoops!

We couldn't find this Tweet

Some of them had to do with the process of the Q+A itself

Whoops!

We couldn't find this Tweet

Some of them were sneaky

Whoops!

We couldn't find this Tweet

A LOT of people wanted to know about the thinking behind Blurred Lines

Whoops!

We couldn't find this Tweet

But perhaps the greatest number of people had just one, very simple question.

The actual Q+A is yet to begin.