Asperger's and metaphors

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Gee, I always got in trouble for the other meaning.

Nobody understands my metaphors. It's saddening, because I think they should be obvious.

Try telling US some, I'm curious!

Now I have to remember some, haha.

I once said that "this city is a hospital", because to me it seems white, clean and boring. Nobody understood that.

This is from my LiveJournal -- on making recommendations based on a percieved similar interest, and having them shot down because the person doesn't respect my opinion:

"...it feels like they're coming into my house, uninvited, and when I ask them to please sit down and make themselves at home, they pull down their pants and poop on my expensive new carpet."

That one is just weird, though, and I say a lot of things like that and recieve a lot of strange looks.

I can't remember any more, sorry.

The second one sounds straightforward. The first one would be tough to catch, but that's what makes these beautiful.

Maybe they just didn't appreciate it. So, are YOU white? If not, it may be even LESS appreciated.



Again, probably seen with a bit of contempt.



Too bad. 8-( They ARE reasonable and understandable, and I bet they DID understand them. Emphasis WOULD help though. I don't know if you spoke them with such emphasis.

Steve

I often take things too literally, but metaphors are usually pretty obvious; I have very little trouble with them. When someone says "take a seat" I might initially think they mean they want me to choose a chair and do something with it, like take it somewhere... but when someone says, "my head is spinning," I don't think their head is actually spinning around. I will probably picture their head spinning around and around on their neck in my mind and chuckle to myself, but I'm not confused.

I actually make up metaphors like this all the time. All it takes is a little imagination, and applied in the right context, any metaphor like this should be easy to figure out. And the NT’s say WE have trouble with imagination.



See, I didn’t even know that it could mean screwing up. Around here it just means slacking off. Having lived in three very different parts of the country, I have learned that expressions can vary greatly from region to region – and apparently the exact same phrase can mean something different depending on the region it is used in. I have no trouble with metaphors like the one Jolteon mentioned, but ones like this can just be interpreted so differently.

(C# (C Sharp) => C++ (C plus plus) ) :: Programming language => Tablet PC (.net3 's primary language is C sharp)

Free-Economy---> back track to initial post. (Communism) and the missing C via Tzsarchasm. (although still correct as Czar)

so all that has to be done is figure out something for the Duality for C and T, relate it back to Political states, and use the programming langauge as a medium, with usable non technoligcal examples.

I initially take most metaphors literally. then i think rationally what they are trying to say.

most common metaphors and analogies ive learnt. Most I still think make absolutely no sense as i get the luteral image in my head but i just learnt what they mean instead.

I use metaphors occassionally when trying to explain things but normally simple ones comparing old with new.

for example I would explain a coilpack on a car as a modern electronic version of a distributer system on an older car.

or
a Pressurised Water Nuclear Reactor as a Giant kettle with nuclear fission creating the heat instead of an electric element.

Not that kind of "white". White like, white walls.

Sorry. I have been with at least 3 people that remarked about how many white people were in an area. Funny, since at least 2 appeared white, but where jewish! One was a person in a pizza parlour near disney land! ANYONE is allowed in disneyland, and even more are allowed in the pizza parlour.

Anyway, so I always think about that when I hear statements like what you made. Otherwise, I probably would have thought about the color of the rooms. 8-( Still it IS subtle, and hospitals don't generally give one a good clean feeling.

Steve

I like using analogies and I'm really good at making new ones...well, I think my analogies are really good, everyone else think they're really bad.

I have always tried to understand phrases and proverbs but unless the meaning can be directly linked with what is being spoken about I get confused. For example, to kill two birds with one stone makes sense to me because I can substitute the words for what is being spoken about - to do two things (kill the two birds) with one activity (stone), but "a rolling stone gathers no moss" is closed to me. I have no inherent understanding of this and I can't make any sense of it when it is explained to me. Why are we talking about rocks and moss, I thought we were talking about something else?

I don't suppose it helps that when confronted with this mental derailing all I do is stop talking and stare. I'll either try to ignore the item or run it through my head a few times, only to realize that I've missed the next five or six sentences and I've lost the sense of the conversation.

window = lousy microsoft OS

singularity = mono - .Net for non-windows. :&

I can use metaphors, but I have trouble understanding other people's metaphors.

HaHa --> you got me!! ...if only I had of been thinking more Novell!!