Stop hinting and say what you really mean.

I don't take hints.

For example: Someone says, "Can the television get any louder?"

I reply, "Yes, it can."

I don't know when you are hinting so you might as well be frank and honest with me. So if you want me to turn the television down, just ask me to, don't try to hint that it is turned up too loud and hope I will divine what you want.

I've mostly given up on trying to figure out when people are trying to drop a hint to me. When I do that I tend to see hints where none exist or misinterpret actual hints. So the way I cope with it now is to ask the person if he is hinting if he says something that otherwise makes no logical sense.

For example:

My partner says, "I'm cold sitting here on the love seat by myself."

I reply, "Are you hinting at something?"

Because, logically, if he's really saying he is cold he would either grab a blanket or ask me to bring one, or go put on a sweater or something, not just tell me he is cold and then do nothing else about it. So, yes, he was hinting that he wanted me to come and snuggle. But now he has learned not to hint most of the time.

Some people will think I'm being mean when I say that I don't take hints in those words so I tend to say, "I don't understand hints so if you would like me to do something, please ask me instead of hinting." So you can make the lives of people on the autistic spectrum (and probably your own as well) easier by not trying to modify their behavior with hints. It seems passive aggressive anyway so maybe it's just a better way to communicate overall?