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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gennepher" data-source="post: 2345478" data-attributes="member: 238814">I enjoy reading your responses and 'discussions', because I can resonate with a lot of it. I may not fully understand it, but I can 'see' a place where it is coming from. "Also, things like metaphor, allegory, or non-linear thought can really throw me off. It's why I don't respond a lot to general conversations here, they are often built around normal socio-empathic responses that make no sense to me." Metaphor and Allegory throws me. It may be my deafness that I have not heard that stuff, or that because I lipread I take words literally. People have explained, and I have researched it but still don't get it."The way the general public can treat your deafness at times seems to generate a similar sense of frustration or disconnect so I guess you will understand my type of frustration." Yes it does. Both the frustration and disconnect, as well as your type of frustration."I should probably avoid those type of circular talks and stick to my original plan of just observing <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />" Actually, I am glad you don't just observe (and leap in), because I get to learn and understand more. And I am sure others do too. Observing can be good a lot of the time, and I can put the cat among the pigeons when I leap in on some things...</blockquote>

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