The concept of “being offended” is fascinating to me, so I’m writing a list of things that offend people, and to keep it legit, I’m only including stuff that offend people I’ve actually met.
I’d love to hear what you’ve thought of. What offends you, and what have you heard offending other people? How did that make you feel? Let’s talk about feelings today.
Coffee.
Beer.
Hair showing on women.
Wine.
Alcohol.
Pancakes.
Pet cats.
Pet snakes.
Bacon.
Cheeseburgers.
Exposed elbows.
Meat.
Jewelry.
Women in pants.
Diamonds.
Makeup.
Ivory wedding dresses.
Bikinis.
The National Anthem.
Men without hats.
Men with hats.
Swearing.
Music about Jesus.
Music not about Jesus.
Secular Christmas music.
Non-secular Christmas music.
Arranged marriages.
Dating.
Homosexual affection.
The “n word”.
Pancakes? WTH? Hahaha.
Hmmm, I am offended by the incorrect use of the word “retard” or “that’s retarded”. Same with “that’s gay” when they are both being used as pejorative.
Other than picking on people for being who/what they were born as, I am pretty tough to offend.
I do get offended, or maybe just angry, when people are crude or vulgar in front of small children though. (Like the other parents at the playground!)
Mary
11 Jun 09 at 2:20 pm
Wait- thought of another. I get offended when people, usually men, talk to me like I am a child. You know the ones who assume you cannot have both brains and ovaries, and they call you things like “honey”. Grrr. That offends me.
And people who say they’ll pray for someone just because they are not of the same religiom.
OK, that’s it. Promise.
Mary
11 Jun 09 at 2:23 pm
I wore an ivory wedding dress. Who knew someone found it offensive?
I’m offended when people question my parenting. I’m also offended by loud phone conversations in cube farms. Oh, and really smelly lunches in cube farms. Maybe I’m really just offended by cube farms.
AmberS
11 Jun 09 at 6:01 pm
Great idea Amber! Let me see if I can add a couple. Unfortunately mine are more verbose than the ones you’ve listed so far.
1. Those dreadful dating hotline commercials they play during “Cheaters”. You think I’m desperate just because I watch your cheesy show??
2. People who assume that all dads do less than 1% of the parenting work in their households.
3. Alex Rodriguez
Chad Northrup
11 Jun 09 at 6:06 pm
Christmas trees. I know several Christians and non-Christians who are offended by them. The pancakes thing was this girl that wouldn’t eat them because they were originally made (thousands of years ago) to worship the sun god Ra, and since she believed that the Christian god is the only true god, pancakes were offensive to her, and she refused to eat them.
theambershow
11 Jun 09 at 8:34 pm