Have You Ever Been Offended

or had your feelings hurt by a statement with no truth to it?

It strikes me that anything patently false, is easily dismissed. You can laugh off or trivialize any vaccuous statement, the only time a remark will eat you up inside and have you spend time thinking about it, is when it forces you to confront something which you know has merit.

 

i don't specifically remember such a situation occurring, but i can see a couple ways it could happen. for one, if everyone believes the lie, it might kind of hurt. or, if someone you trusted is spreading lies about you, that would also probably hurt.

 

Yeah rumors are a different animal. It gets tedious to try to categorize this stuff, but I might argue that it's not the statement that hurt but the lowered social status or opinion held by others due to the lie. I was having this chat with a friend and they brought up rumors as well.

 

Are you offended by things that are true?

 

Never. I am more or less invulnerable to taking offense. I invite the opportunity to expose any cognitive dissonance in my head. Any hurt feelings on my part, is just an opportunity to fully accept any of my immutable faults. I like it when people try to hurt my feelings, it is almost always an opportunity to laugh at the stupidity of the statement or if it does hit home, it's a learning opportunity.

 

No...offended is not the word i word use.

more like disgusted, put off, hurt, angry......etc...depending on what....

 

Try to see it like this, you have two beneficial options. Humored, or enlightened.

 

I'm offended right now

3 minutes with this thread, no funny one liners, no dick pics

 

depends on my mood, i guess. i can be very humorous and I do laugh easily, but I am also very serious minded....It is just the way i am.....can a tiger change its stripes?

 

i tend not to place much value into the remarks made by persons lacking intellect.

 

I get offended if false info is stated or inferred concerning an opinion of mine. But not much, really. Bottom line---so it goes.

 

maybe those things hurt your sensibilities......so you had to confront them or it would eat you alive inside?

 

3 minutes? you are an incredibly meticulous reader.

 

Im offended that titless redneck **** miley cyrus is supported by our economic system..

 

I get offended by how easily offended some people/groups get.

 

I dont ever really get offended. I can actually only remember one time I've felt really offended. People annoy me all the time with the dumb shit they say but I wouldn't say that's the same thing as being offended.

 

I honestly can't tell when people are trying to offend me anymore. It seems like I'm constantly being misunderstood, so much so that I really think I'm mishearing things when I consider the possibility that someone meant me offense. I generally like people, so it all works out. The times when I think maybe someone meant me offense I find pretty amusing, even if they are just imaginary, and learn things from them.

It's kind of a fun challenge to see yourself through the eyes of others. Like, I'm a cashier at work, and today some lady looked at me like I was some total dope, and that gave me a good chuckle. I guess to not take offense you just have to be genuinely happy with your life. If I had plans and schemes these kinds of things would probably bother me.

 

fuck no.

Taking offense is a sign of a weak character.

*edit* maybe when i was a kid before my testicles dropped but not since then.

 

of·fend·ed


/əˈfendid/


adjective

adjective: offended




resentful or annoyed, typically as a result of a perceived insult.
"she sounded slightly offended"


synonyms: upset, insulted, affronted, aggrieved, displeased, hurt, wounded, disgruntled, put out, annoyed, angry, cross, exasperated, indignant, irritated, piqued, vexed, irked, stung, galled, nettled, resentful, in a huff, huffy, in high dudgeon;

I think each and every one of you that claims to be NEVER offended is completely full of shit

look at those synonyms and answer again


you all offend me