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I know this is a stupid question, but I've heard a lot of people saying some sentence like that, like interrogative sentence, but they didn't mean to ask a question.

Damn am I hungry, lets go get some food.

and

Damn I am hungry, lets go get some food.

Is there any difference?

KillingTime
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Natasha Pauline
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Don't forget the comma:

Damn, am I hungry, lets go get some food.

and

Damn, I am hungry, lets go get some food.

In either case, the expression is the same. The first one sounds more exaggerated but both convey the same idea.

KillingTime
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CyberGirl2077
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A question that is asked in order to emphasise a point or make the hearers think, and not to seek an answer, is called a rhetorical question.

As the other answer says, your sentences need punctuation.

Damn [it], am I hungry! Let's go get some food.

Kate Bunting
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  • I'd say it's a parallel construction rather than a rhetorical question. Usually, a rhetorical question is meant to prompt thinking, whereas this seems just an emphatic form (and would never employ a question mark). The article by Andersen and Aijmer does not call these inversions rhetorical questions. – Edwin Ashworth Oct 04 '21 at 16:49