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"what do you do for a living" and "how old are you" are not riddles. They're barely one step above "Hi, how do you do?" on the social interaction scale.
It's kind of the joke?! Some people are socially awkward.
Asking people what they do for a living is kind of a bad question and shows how capitalism is controlling every aspect of our lives. It's reducing people to what they do to make money, and it's placing them on a social scale. It's a way to evaluate the social capital of a person. People will judge depending on the answer. Consider 'I work at McDonald's' vs 'I work in finance'. Bad question.