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Communication breakdown (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/funny@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 16 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Metaphors are hardly a new device. Anyone who knows how to read above an elementary school level should readily understand metaphors and similes.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    …and people who don’t understand things like that automatically but pose follow up questions and ask for help to try to understand are unworthy?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    Strangely combative and leading way to pose your question.

    No, not unworthy at all. But there's also a wide divide between asking questions and actually seeking to understand. It's been my experience that many people have developed a questioning mechanism to mask/cover their embarrassment or willful ignorance, and those people don't care at all to learn the root lesson, they simply want to "win" whatever they perceive as an argument. Winning the conflict is more important than learning the new information. And socially, that process becomes exceedingly tedious.

    As the quote goes, "I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you."

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    It was combative because the OC called the recipient unworthy and you replied that it was because they didn’t understand things that most people who can read at a third grade level do.

    That’s messed up, and I was intending to point out that that’s the implication of your comment so you could rephrase it if it was unintended.

    Some people don’t seek to understand, but this person’s asking multiple questions to figure out what this means, and then wants to talk verbally because they’re not getting it via text. I don’t see a reason to suspect they’re not looking to understand.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Is that what I said, or are you creating your own scenario by cherry picking my response?

    I get the sense you just want to be angry about this post and responses in general.

    I'd prefer not to have this type of Reddit back and forth, especially given you're already adding details and reframing my words to fit your narrative.

    Best of luck to you.

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