Please forgive me if I take things very literally - possibly increased if I fail to pick up the meanings of emojis.Courtenay wrote:I know... I've been writing on forums for years. I was asking the question out of amusement, not bafflement (hence the laugh and wink emoji). :wink:MJE wrote: It happens all the time, at least on healthy forums. I've occasionally come across places where moderators try to police discussion they considered off-topic, and it just creates acrimony and an unpleasant climate and people walking out - probably to go and tell their friends of similar interests, "Don't go there - it's not nice".
I might as well come out (if I haven't done so here before - not sure) and say that, in all likelihood, I have Asperger's syndrome, and one of the things about that (amongst many others) is taking things maybe more literally than many might - especially if I fail to notice a joke, or even if I sense a joke but am uncertain how to interpret it.
I'm sure many here have sensed something a bit different about me - maybe even clues pointing to Asperger's; so I doubt that this will be a very surprising disclosure here.
Regards, Michael.