That’s a plant. It’s not always a bad thing, but generally plants help steer the discourse a certain way.

I assumed that this was a common thing to do, depending on the setting

That's common

Planted questions in research presentations can be irritating for assessors if they're overly rehearsed or unnatural. It's a fine art.

Generally a plant is any of a kingdom (Plantae) of multicellular eukaryotic mostly photosynthetic organisms typically lacking locomotive movement or obvious nervous or sensory organs and possessing cellulose cell walls

It's not common to do it unasked

Damn, and my man won’t even upvote content I post…

Does it forget to mention that she asked her bf tondo it?

I would be so embarrassed if my wife came to support me at work. Just barely better than if my mom would come.

We all know that. And they can help steer the discourse a certain way.