Do you take things literally?

HandThatFeeds · 27-08-2008, 11:55 AM

I sent an email to one of my bosses yesterday asking what work was on the horizon. He replied 'what's a horizon'. In hindsight this was clearly a jokey reply but I sent him a dictionary definition of 'horizon' with my meaning in bold. WTF, who doesn't know what a horizon is?

I always end up doing stuff like this and feel like a bit of an idiot afterwards

. Just curious…does anyone else do this?

Urethra Franklin · 27-08-2008, 12:03 PM

Hopefully he took it as a sarcastic reply to a crap joke. Yes I tend to take jokes seriously sometimes, if I don't get them.

akita · 27-08-2008, 12:09 PM

very much so.

Mariposa2 · 27-08-2008, 04:12 PM

nope, i don't take anything literally.

HandThatFeeds · 27-08-2008, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Mariposa2

nope, i don't take anything literally.

Now is that sarcasm?

lamestate · 27-08-2008, 06:40 PM

I'm always sarcastic - hopefully my boss would realise if I was being sarky...

I can't believe he'd never heard that expression before!

Stellata · 27-08-2008, 06:58 PM

I take things way too literally, but not in that way, more a kind of emotional-distorted-thinking way. It's hard to describe...

Misunderstood. · 27-08-2008, 07:47 PM

You're boss seems like a jerk. I don't take everything literally. I know someone who takes everything literally and they're difficult to communicate with especially as I sometimes use sarcasm alot but it's hard to tell with my tone of voice and often have a dry sense of humour.

Catherine xxxx

Mariposa2 · 27-08-2008, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by HandThatFeeds

Now is that sarcasm?

uh..no. not really.

Mariposa2 · 27-08-2008, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Crazy Rabbit Lady

*spies an Ami*

I take things literally when written down if its said by someone I don't knwo very well, but if I can hear the tone of voice then it's ok.

who are you? speaking of rabbits. i have one.a mini rex. she's 5 months old.

Mariposa2 · 27-08-2008, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Crazy Rabbit Lady

Would 'cunny' still mean anything to you?

Aw, mini rexes are gorgeous.

hahahahahahahaha! Trace!!! You are here! You left, I was banned and here we are. <3. Yes, she's gorgeous and I'm in love.

Mariposa2 · 27-08-2008, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Crazy Rabbit Lady

*sniggers* Yeh, I heard you were banned. Although apparently not anymore.

yeah, been a year. i came back for things like this. i glad not everyone thinks i'm a ****. heh.

HandThatFeeds · 27-08-2008, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by rageagainstthemachine

You're boss seems like a jerk.

TBH he's pretty good really. On this occasion a smilie on the end would have helped.

(Crazy Rabbit Lady/ Mariposa2) Hijack away - I don't mind (and that isn't sarcasm by the way).

Casper_Fading · 27-08-2008, 11:00 PM

Silly people who think they're funny...

my boss sent me an e-maile asking to me arrange the flowers from larsons... now I was like panicing thinking that i'd forgotten something important and then I was like ahh **** I have to go and ask and i did and he cracked up. he'd forgotten to add conference on the end (it was an undertaking for a young person) and wanted to see how long it would take me to realise >.< smart ass.

Sometimes I do. Sometimes I don't. Depends on how tired I am really :P

Kangaroo · 31-08-2008, 10:09 PM

i take things more literally on the internet as i cant hear their tone of voice, so its harder to tell if they are being serious or not.

blue_cloud · 01-09-2008, 02:23 PM

i do, i often take things the wrong way especially in e-mails and texts as you cant really see if someone is being sarcastic or having a laugh

deadtotheworld · 01-09-2008, 07:10 PM

people always tell me crap jokes which i just dont understand or see how there funny, i normaly end up being like 'are you being serious???'
lol

02-09-2008, 04:31 AM

I doo.. but I don't... at times I do but at times I don't lol..