Lack of Metaphor Comprehension & Intelligence | Forum

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Brother Shamus
Brother Shamus Nov 25 '18
A Funny true Anecdote: I once partied with and went to dead cover band shows with the an 'All American' with a super born again perent. This bitch burned its own family so it had to mooch of its ex in-laws family for codependent emotional support.  Apparently through this surrogate family it got to meet the psychedelic rock group, Iron Butterfly. 

Someone said, "Ok this lady is real religious, so keep that is mind"

They went on to convince the tard the song, which translates from Italian as "In The Garden Life",  was about The Book of Genesis.

And being a dumb flat earth Christian with no conception of metaphor it bought it hook, line, and sinker, despite the rather simplistic and carnal lyrics.

Anyway...

After I heard the song earlier on the XM radio, and then remembered this humorous opening anecdote, I decided there may be a topic.

The above song was the sex music of The Free Love Generation. Encapsulating the rejection of the values of 50's America. Like Reverend Lovejoy on The Simpsons, many REALLY ARE stupid enough to think the song was supposed to called, "In The Garden of Eden".

To me the most apparent tell of intelligence is ability to metaphor and satire.  Understanding metaphor requires unguided thinking, and that is as hard to find as someone that doesn't use coincidence and irony interchangeably.  By extension writing used to allude to something other then outwardly intended is an art that left every child behind... much like grammar did to me. 

Then the pound sign became a hashtag and killed off critical thinking for good. 



The Forum post is edited by Brother Shamus Nov 25 '18
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