I don’t know why, but something got me thinking. Something has happened to a friend and something from my past flashed into my mind such that I had a bit of an epiphany.
I am seriously considering dropping sarcasm from all my communication.
I am a bit of a joker, thriving on dark twisted humour.
But I have noticed when I use irony I am usually way off the mark, particularly in written communication.
Any forum I join quickly becomes a flame war.
People just don’t get it.
Like me, people with autism take things very literally. I really have a hard time with metaphor and tend to take communication at face value.
And then I attempt to use irony, or sarcasm in my own communication with people. It makes no sense for me to do it, when I have no idea what works and what doesn’t.
I usually end up way off the mark, offending people, when all I want to do is be friends. And it is only when people are my close friends and know my motivation in life is love they get there is no malice.
I communicate with Americans a lot. Tours have nearly been cancelled because of me! It is meant to be a British thing, this dark incisive repetoire we Brits cook up between us.
I actually wonder if it works at all…
See you on the other side of the looking glass,
mark ty wharton
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