I dont mean racial slurs or anything like that, just things you wouldn't normally get offended by. Do you agree? Give your opinion and maybe a few examples of certain cases of this.
Do you think people are too easily offended these days?
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Of course! How I miss the days of the middle ages where people didn't take such drastic measures to small things.
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Yes. And its really, really annoying. I remember when I was younger, if you screwed up you laughed at yourself for making a simple mistake, and laughed with everyone at yourself or at the guy who made the mistake, then move on with your live. Now if someone makes a simple mistake and you laugh about it they shout STOP LAUGHING AT ME! I'M TRYING MY BEST!
Thats just most of my experiences, and as I said, they're very annoying. People need to be able to laugh at themselves.
Thats just most of my experiences, and as I said, they're very annoying. People need to be able to laugh at themselves.
Maybe and maybe not. It could just be that our reaction to getting offended is different. But remember that in our parents' day (give or take a generation) you could massively offend someone by implying they were gay, or unmanly, or of questionable parentage, or a whole multitude of other things, and people got very offended indeed about Rock and Rollers and the 'immoral' lifestyles they lived.
So people don't necessarily get more easily offended, they just have different outlets, as in the case of lawsuits, or the internet, so we are more aware of their grievances.
So people don't necessarily get more easily offended, they just have different outlets, as in the case of lawsuits, or the internet, so we are more aware of their grievances.
they always were. it's just that it's now openly accepted to react in a public way, instead of privately, or not at all.
I am VERY offended that you seem so offended! My post not good enough for you eh?!Echer123 said:
I'm in England and i've found that people are offended a lot less. Gays don't mind being called gay, Chavs can have a laugh at themselves, and people are just too lazy for legal action.
People don't seem to be able to take criticism though, I had almost every one of my classmates throw a tantrum all at once because we had a professional give us feedback after one lesson. I don't know what the reaction would have been in other places or other times but it was pretty ridiculous, i was happy to have an experts opinion.
People don't seem to be able to take criticism though, I had almost every one of my classmates throw a tantrum all at once because we had a professional give us feedback after one lesson. I don't know what the reaction would have been in other places or other times but it was pretty ridiculous, i was happy to have an experts opinion.
If seeing lawsuit after lawsuit over trivial things such as an undercooked french fry have taught me anything I will say yes.
Definitely, especially here in america. You can't kick a pebble in the street without somebody getting offended by it.
The things people tolerate today in comparison to a decade or so back is astounding. I think people are always going on being offended, but there is comparatively little that people even react to anymore.
I think that it comes from a sense of entitlement. Ultimately people hate being wrong, and thus hate finding anything that contradicts that idea. Almost any situation where people are claiming to be offended, they are really complaining because they where just made slightly less sure of themselves.
I think that it comes from a sense of entitlement. Ultimately people hate being wrong, and thus hate finding anything that contradicts that idea. Almost any situation where people are claiming to be offended, they are really complaining because they where just made slightly less sure of themselves.
I would say both yes and no. I would lean towards yes, like some have said with all the crazy lawsuits and stuff. But in some respecets it's not as bad. Lately I've been reading Lone Wolf and Cub, which is a manga about a ronin assassin in feudal Japan. It tries to accurately capture that historical context. Anyway, it makes me very grateful that we no longer have a formal nobility class. If someone was of the high up nobility, and you were a peasant that failed to bow to them and address them with every respect, it could be taken as a greivous insult. It was insulting to talk to them as if they were a regular person, like you do everyone else. And if you insulted their honor enough they could have you lawfully put to death. I'm so glad thats over with. It's not like I like to go around insulting people, but I hate it when people get offended when you treat them like a normal person (as opposed to worshiping them as a demi-god). I suppose there are still people that still think that way, as if they are nobility. But the difference today is that even if they think that, there is no laws or rules that force you to agree with them and act as such. So there may still kind of be nobility mentality, there isn't an official nobility. If you say "sup dude" to the president, instead of "greetings your highness" there is nothing he can do to you but complain. Even if you directly and intentionally insult the president he's not going to take you to jail or demand you kill yourself on the spot.
In some cases yes, in some no. Alot of the time when someone says 'im offended' It feels like they don't understand what it means, like they are saying 'I disagree with you' or 'that arguement your using is different to my view'.
I feel some people are getting confused with being 'offended' and someone having an opinion that differs from their own. Though in some cases, people are perfectly allowed to be offended and have every right to.
I feel some people are getting confused with being 'offended' and someone having an opinion that differs from their own. Though in some cases, people are perfectly allowed to be offended and have every right to.