An NT co-worker who was a very pesky verbal type, came into my office, clearly saw me seated in front of my computer, at work and whined (wait for it):
"Are you on the computer?"
My response was:
"No, I am in front of it"
I don't agree with pigeonholing of aspies as humorless. My comeback may have seemed "aspie literal" at first glance, but believe me, was based on the absurdity of the co-workers question. I think a lot of us see the humor in things.
Did you do that dilebratly or did you really take her question literal?
An NT co-worker who was a very pesky verbal type, came into my office, clearly saw me seated in front of my computer, at work and whined (wait for it):
"Are you on the computer?"
My response was:
"No, I am in front of it"
I don't agree with pigeonholing of aspies as humorless. My comeback may have seemed "aspie literal" at first glance, but believe me, was based on the absurdity of the co-workers question. I think a lot of us see the humor in things.
What you did was sarcasm. Lots of people do it, even NT's
I hate it when people are stupid. Like today my sister kept asking really really stupid questions.
"are we at central yet?"-sis (cleary around campus buildings that say central on it)
"no michelle we are at Michigan state" me using sarcasm.
that was a stupid example but oh well.
That's really smart of you Funkpeilwagen. Your co-worker phrased the question in a stupid way and you gave him/her an accurate response. Was your co-worker able to laugh at the absurdity of his/her question?
I don't agree with pigeonholing of aspies as humorless. My comeback may have seemed "aspie literal" at first glance, but believe me, was based on the absurdity of the co-workers question. I think a lot of us see the humor in things.
Dry wit, irony, even sarcasm. These are the natural raw materials of humor for any wordsmith. A great deal of common humor is essentially witless.