The backward notion of sound production
Grrrrrrrr...I don't understand it. Okay so I know I am a literalist and I know that most people aren't. I understand that this is why I tend to interpret things differently from most people. This is also the reason why, I get many jokes that others don't get, I am terribly amused by puns, and I am utterly confused by sayings that I've never heard of before.
But geez people, listening to a literalist isn't as complicated as trying to talk to one. I say what I mean, unless I am being sarcastic which is generally indicated by an underexpression of the emotion that is generally related to whatever I'm saying. When I joke, I may not necessarily mean what I say completely, but I do express the emotion I am feeling. So if I joke and I threaten to do something mean to you, that would be a warning that some part of me would actually consider it and that you are starting to get me really mad and should proceed to de-arm as some would say. Likewise, if I say I want something, that is what I want, if I say i like something, that is what I like, if I say I don't like something, I don't like it. It's just that simple. If I appear mad in anyway, I AM MAD! It is then just a matter of how mad. Even when I appear jokingly mad, I'm still mad, just that it is small enough for me to shrug off. If I am sad, I am sad. And if I lose an election, don't get a scholarship, or something happens that would extremely disappoint the average joe, and I say it's not a big deal, it really isn't a big deal. Just that easy people! So if I offer you a ticket to a movie, no I am not pulling your leg, no I am not harassing you, yes I have a ticket to a movie that I would like you to have! Sometimes, the game is really that easy.
One of the worst parts about it is that for some reason or another, people fail to believe me when I try to tell this to them. And the less of a literalist they are the harder of a concept it seems to be for them to grasp. I will say that I'm not that disappointed by something, and then 10 minutes later they will try to cheer me up, claiming that I am doing a good job of not letting the disapointment get me down. And if I say something isn't important, it really isn't important. Even if it is important to 18 out of 20 people, yes I am in that group of 1-2 that just doesn't find it important. Yes I am a literalist, so for future reference treat every emotion I express (note exception stated earlier about sarcasm) literally. And if you happen to catch me not literally expressing what I feel, then make sure I get everything in check. It is just a lot easier to make sure that I stay a literalist, then to have the whole world trying to figure me out. They can spend that time on other people in my half of society.
Peace people, and I mean it.
But geez people, listening to a literalist isn't as complicated as trying to talk to one. I say what I mean, unless I am being sarcastic which is generally indicated by an underexpression of the emotion that is generally related to whatever I'm saying. When I joke, I may not necessarily mean what I say completely, but I do express the emotion I am feeling. So if I joke and I threaten to do something mean to you, that would be a warning that some part of me would actually consider it and that you are starting to get me really mad and should proceed to de-arm as some would say. Likewise, if I say I want something, that is what I want, if I say i like something, that is what I like, if I say I don't like something, I don't like it. It's just that simple. If I appear mad in anyway, I AM MAD! It is then just a matter of how mad. Even when I appear jokingly mad, I'm still mad, just that it is small enough for me to shrug off. If I am sad, I am sad. And if I lose an election, don't get a scholarship, or something happens that would extremely disappoint the average joe, and I say it's not a big deal, it really isn't a big deal. Just that easy people! So if I offer you a ticket to a movie, no I am not pulling your leg, no I am not harassing you, yes I have a ticket to a movie that I would like you to have! Sometimes, the game is really that easy.
One of the worst parts about it is that for some reason or another, people fail to believe me when I try to tell this to them. And the less of a literalist they are the harder of a concept it seems to be for them to grasp. I will say that I'm not that disappointed by something, and then 10 minutes later they will try to cheer me up, claiming that I am doing a good job of not letting the disapointment get me down. And if I say something isn't important, it really isn't important. Even if it is important to 18 out of 20 people, yes I am in that group of 1-2 that just doesn't find it important. Yes I am a literalist, so for future reference treat every emotion I express (note exception stated earlier about sarcasm) literally. And if you happen to catch me not literally expressing what I feel, then make sure I get everything in check. It is just a lot easier to make sure that I stay a literalist, then to have the whole world trying to figure me out. They can spend that time on other people in my half of society.
Peace people, and I mean it.