Looking to be Offended?

[jwnge]

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It seems like we have become the “culture of the offended”.

Thoughts? Comments?

I come on here at least 2 times a day just to get offended, jeeze, not like I have nothing better to do...can't we all just get along /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif JohnJ

 

[crashz]

I think that people neither look to be offensive or offended, but get into a forum to relax, enjoy some conversation, enjoys some pics, and other people's company surrrounding a common interest.

Maybe their job is extra stressful, spousal problems, personal problems that surround the majority of us, and have compounded with the global problems of today. Creating a society that is even more stressed that previous decades. I can personally attest to this, as my life is much more stressful now than even 2 years ago, and for the reasons above.

So now you have a stressed audience in the forums that take a seemingly innocent comment and they blow up. Like the straw that broke tha camel's back. I've often caught myself replying in a nasty way to comments that really are pointless with more pointless jabbing comments. Like arguing about something in a F150 forum (guilty as charged) that basically became a bunch of bickering /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif To be honestly neither of us were right or wrong, but the the oppposing victim became a focal point of my anger. Sometimes you need to stand back and look at the big picture. Does it matter that somebody XX miles away from you thinks differently?

I'd be pretty curious to find out if others feel the same way about our more stressful lives affecting the way we socialize. What do you guys think?

 

[Junkman]

If you want stress in your life, I will send you my wife..... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif She has nagging down to a science and can nag you on any subject, at any time, any place. I haven't spoken to my wife in 17 years. I don't want to interrupt her... /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

 

[Devildog]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( If you want stress in your life, I will send you my wife )</font>

Now thats offensive. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[jeffinsgf]

Well, heck. I might as well jump into the middle of this fray, too.

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Point here is as long as you continue to bring it up, the more folks are going to take you to task on it....and I think you know that. Enough of this...I'm gonna go BBQ the critter of my choice now.

...Tony )</font>

That was absolutely on point. In a lot of internet communities CityBoyFarmer would be branded a "troll". This is the third thread he has started with the intention of getting people to "rise to his bait". When they do, he jumps in saying that they misunderstood his intentions. I agree, they thought he was attacking hunting. I don't. I think he was trying to stir the pot!

I am not a hunter, and never have been. I grew up in an area where that made me an outsider. Most of my friends and their fathers took a deer every year. But my dad had enough of shooting growing up in the Depression and then more in the service. Whether or not I see the humor in or agree with CBF's two posts, it is quite ridiculous of him to post a thread like that in a collection of mostly rural people and then call them "thin-skinned" when they take offense. With now going on 12 pages on the subject, I am pretty sure that CBF got exactly what he wanted.

Any of you guys that do hunt and are in SW MO or NW AR -- I truly love venison sausage.
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[Cityboyfarmer]

Jeff,

You are wrong in your assumptions. However, you have the right to be wrong.

I knew there would be those who would make an issue of the second post because they took issue with the first post, but, I thought it was funny, as most people here did and chose to post it anyway.

Stop a minute and consider what you choose to become upset about. It is a conscious choice that each individual makes. You have chosen to make an assumption that I am a troll and simply looking to stir the pot. Believe what you wish.

What you choose to allow to upset you says a great deal about you as an individual.

Incidentally, I did get exactly what I wanted from those that actually got it and chose to see the humor.

Some chose to see it otherwise and allowed themselves to become upset and offended over a post that has no effect upon their life whatsoever. Again, your response is your individual choice.

 

[Marine1]

I think that SOME of what might be going on here is that language is more than just words. There are facial expressions and tones that vary with meanings. These are obviously impossible to translate over the web. Punctuation and spelling are also part of the written language. If you were to put a punctuation in the wrong place the meaning of the statement changes. Kind of like putting the decimal in the wrong place on the spread sheet.The little faces help but they are not always used by posters.
O.K., Do you all get it now?!!!!!!! Give it a rest. You all really upset me today!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[jeffinsgf]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( .....Stop a minute and consider what you choose to become upset about. It is a conscious choice that each individual makes. You have chosen to make an assumption that I am a troll and simply looking to stir the pot. Believe what you wish.

What you choose to allow to upset you says a great deal about you as an individual.
..... )</font>


Ah, but you have assumed that I am upset. That would be very wrong. I could care less. Just calling them like I see them. A spade is a shovel and a troll is a troll.

 

[TonyV]

<font color="blue"> Give it a rest. You all really upset me today!!!! </font>
I take offense to the fact that I've upsetted you today. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

...Tony

 

[Cityboyfarmer]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( <font color="blue"> Give it a rest. You all really upset me today!!!! </font>
I take offense to the fact that I've upsetted you today. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

...Tony )</font>

Yeah! What Tony said.....I think? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif


I'm so regretted...
That you worried and fretted...
And got so upsetted....
Then became so offended...
Till all logic upended...
Now with all of this said...
In a humorous thread...
It makes me quite curious...
Why take oneself so serious???

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