system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Training in asking Socratic questions.

How can I practice the skill of asking Socratic questions? How do I keep myself from bullshitting as I practice? I get the feeling that working with other people in the flesh is 100% required for both of these, and that the Internet is a waste of time for anything (curses!), is this true?
gpt
If you are referring to the Socratic Method as it is practiced in the dialogues of Plato, then reading those dialogues (especially the early, so-called “Socratic” ones) is likely the best place to start. You might train yourself in the Socratic Method the same way the youths around Socrates did, by observing it in action. 

You may also find Gregory Vlastos’ work on the subject helpful. 

That said, the method generally works like this: an interlocutor makes a claim, then “Socrates” proceeds to elicit the interlocutor's agreement to premises that imply a conclusion that is inconsistent with that initial claim- either because the conclusion is the contradictory of the interlocutor’s initial claim, or because the conclusion is itself a contradiction, absurdity, or falsehood derived from the initial claim. 

You can try to put that into practice and annoy your friends and relatives. Have fun!