2007-10-29 10:01:08 · 19 answers · asked by TD Euwaite? 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Meteorically speaking.
No!
The of course one may be being factitious.
2007-10-29 12:00:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. Some people answer as honestly as they can. So they don't get the metaphor. Not everyone is metaphorically inclined, remember you are a writer and can use words to mean different things. Some people read words and take them exactly for what they mean.
I guess that sometimes it would be sad if people couldn't look deeper than the surface. A book wouldn't be any good if you didn't. One has to open themselves up to different levels of thinking to understand things metaphorically.
2007-10-29 13:09:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not. It does not matter if I never did have first hand experience of the metaphorical question, It matters that someone out there related to the question . I connected.
I will be able to relate to the answer, and feel the impact of the question.
For all I know it was also only a metaphorical answer and the answerer never experienced that answer.
But as he/she was typing the answer, he/she would have felt and experienced the "what if"...........
You can say it was a creative, mind bonding experience.
2007-10-29 10:15:54 · answer #3 · answered by QuiteNewHere 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No I don't feel sorry for people who answer metaphorical questions with literal answers.
2007-10-29 10:46:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm one of the people you may feel sorry for. I've often been in the position of having somebody tell me "that was a metaphor, dummy" or something equivalent.
Spare me the pity, though. There are compensations to be found in my strange neuronal wiring.
2007-10-29 10:17:01 · answer #5 · answered by Christopher F 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The line between Metaphorical and Literal can be very thin.
My experience on YA.
2007-10-29 10:11:56 · answer #6 · answered by Lost. at. Sea. 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I actually feel a little amused and envious. I'm amused that they take a metaphorical question too seriously and envious that they are knowledgeable enough to provide the facts.
2007-10-29 13:57:39 · answer #7 · answered by nanasethegoddess 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope.
If you aren't prepared for the answer then don't bother with the question.
On a site like this you are going to get a whole slew of different answers and if you aren't prepared for that then don't pose the question.
Leave your sympathy at the P.C. keyboard untouched.
2007-10-29 12:50:28 · answer #8 · answered by the old dog 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A good comparison is the Bible.
It is meant to be allegorical and people take it literally all the time.
I feel more frustration than pity. Simply because I can't believe that they are that ignorant.
But I have been proven wrong.
2007-10-29 10:08:50 · answer #9 · answered by Supai 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No, I feel sorry for myself for answering at all. How is one to judge a "metaphorical" question when it could easily be taken the other way?
2007-10-29 10:06:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
They probably don't have open enough minds and can't "think outside the box." Yes I feel sorry that they can't take things a step further than the facts, but I hope they have fun boring lives.
2007-10-29 10:05:30 · answer #11 · answered by Purplecat 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋