# I post a benign comment, you fake offense to it and then post your own.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-post-a-benign-comment-you-fake-offense-to-it-and-then-post-your-own/811932>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [April 6, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-post-a-benign-comment-you-fake-offense-to-it-and-then-post-your-own/811932 "2018-04-06T17:22:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-post-a-benign-comment-you-fake-offense-to-it-and-then-post-your-own/811932/641 "2018-06-30T03:01:14Z")

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You realize of course that people around the world, get sick, have accidents, die, divorce, etc. every day, everydamnday. Oh how nice of you to condescendingly say “Have a nice weekend.” Ms or Mr Rose colored glasses. Right, hit the road and find someone to help, or hit the road and don’t come back.

I’m watching Dead Files. It can get creepy.

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**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-post-a-benign-comment-you-fake-offense-to-it-and-then-post-your-own/811932/642 "2018-06-30T03:42:09Z")

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Sweet baby Jesus hanging on a cross, everything can get creepy.

My MIL is coming for lunch tomorrow.

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**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-post-a-benign-comment-you-fake-offense-to-it-and-then-post-your-own/811932/643 "2018-06-30T03:53:27Z")

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You know, some of us have a _duty to warn_, you cannibal, you.

I have insomnia.

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**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-post-a-benign-comment-you-fake-offense-to-it-and-then-post-your-own/811932/644 "2018-06-30T14:50:40Z")

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That’s what happens when you try to survive on coffee and chocolate. You really need to listen to your doctor.

I had an enjoyable evening with friends last night.

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**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-post-a-benign-comment-you-fake-offense-to-it-and-then-post-your-own/811932/645 "2018-06-30T15:09:03Z")

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You really should cool it with the orgies.

I enjoy the SDMB.

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**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-post-a-benign-comment-you-fake-offense-to-it-and-then-post-your-own/811932/646 "2018-06-30T16:33:37Z")

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The rest of us would enjoy it more if you’d stop posting all your useless information.

I’m going to have pizza for lunch today.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-post-a-benign-comment-you-fake-offense-to-it-and-then-post-your-own/811932/647 "2018-07-01T03:55:16Z")

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You should have a salad, you know. All that Pizza is landing on your ass. Just saying.

PBS mysteries on tonight. Yay!

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**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-post-a-benign-comment-you-fake-offense-to-it-and-then-post-your-own/811932/648 "2018-07-01T04:35:27Z")

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Why don’t you solve the biggest mystery: why you bother the rest of us on this website.

My wife picked a dumb “scary” movie for us to watch.

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**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-post-a-benign-comment-you-fake-offense-to-it-and-then-post-your-own/811932/649 "2018-07-01T10:02:44Z")

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Maybe if you weren’t so whipped you’d occasionally get to watch something \*you \* like.

I think I’ll have scrambled eggs, bacon, and a bagel for breakfast.

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**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-post-a-benign-comment-you-fake-offense-to-it-and-then-post-your-own/811932/650 "2018-07-01T17:40:12Z")

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And you wonder why your doctor tells you to start exercising?

I was wakened by loud claps of thunder during the night.

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**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-post-a-benign-comment-you-fake-offense-to-it-and-then-post-your-own/811932/651 "2018-07-01T17:44:39Z")

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I guess that means you’ll be napping all day instead of doing something that needs to get done.

I made chocolate chip cookies last night.

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**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-post-a-benign-comment-you-fake-offense-to-it-and-then-post-your-own/811932/652 "2018-07-01T18:36:56Z")

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You _did_ use guilt free, fair trade organic chocolate produced and sold by a grower’s co-op with all profits going to the farmers? No? You corporate fascist!

I’m almost finished mowing the yard.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-post-a-benign-comment-you-fake-offense-to-it-and-then-post-your-own/811932/653 "2018-07-01T20:12:43Z")

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You mean the child labor you employ to mow your lawn with their teeth. I guess they’ll earn their 25 cents.  
I bought chocolate chip Icecream.

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**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-post-a-benign-comment-you-fake-offense-to-it-and-then-post-your-own/811932/654 "2018-07-01T23:18:51Z")

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You mean you actually did something to earn the money to by the ice cream? Color me shocked!

The ribs I made for dinner were very good.

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**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-post-a-benign-comment-you-fake-offense-to-it-and-then-post-your-own/811932/655 "2018-07-01T23:23:12Z")

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The ribs of a homeless man no doubt, you ghoul! And he was probably just 2 weeks away from retirement!

I actually have to do a work at work today.

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**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-post-a-benign-comment-you-fake-offense-to-it-and-then-post-your-own/811932/656 "2018-07-02T17:55:27Z")

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And for that you expect a full paycheck as usual, right? Most people work much harder for less money, but you really don’t care, do you?

I’ve been weeding the garden this morning.

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**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-post-a-benign-comment-you-fake-offense-to-it-and-then-post-your-own/811932/657 "2018-07-02T18:01:25Z")

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Weeds are living beings too, you know? Just because you find them aesthetically unpleasing, that’s no reason to brutally murder them, okay? In fact, I’d happily class your post as hate speech.

Nicholas Cage is known primarily as an actor.

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**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-post-a-benign-comment-you-fake-offense-to-it-and-then-post-your-own/811932/658 "2018-07-03T04:31:00Z")

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Spoken as a true groupie who can’t stay out of the gossip rags. Ever thought of reading a book?

I dip Rumi.

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**Author:** ![Mikemike2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikemike2/32/305_2.png) [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-post-a-benign-comment-you-fake-offense-to-it-and-then-post-your-own/811932/659 "2018-07-03T17:47:18Z")

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WTF? You dip Rumi ( a poet I guess?) or You DIG Rumi? Three words and you make a spelling mistake!

I binge watched “Glow” on Netflix.

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**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-post-a-benign-comment-you-fake-offense-to-it-and-then-post-your-own/811932/660 "2018-07-03T18:03:51Z")

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That probably wasn’t the only thing you were binging on was it?

We may get a thunderstorm later, I like storms.

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