Hell, that’s not offensive. You want offensive? I once got serious raised eyebrows from a Jewish friend of mine after he posted about how much work it was to make French fries at home. I replied “So arbeit mach fries?” He wasn’t amused. I still think it’s funny.
Eh, I’d make a hot dog bun outfit to dress it in and leave it at that.
Also, sorry in advance for the hijack, but is there some reason why no one wants to use the term dachshund any more?
I’m offended by how bad the joke is.
The content is fine though.
Your ex-coworker however, probably needs medical attention for those twisted panties.
Because you can’t pronounce it…
We have a “local community” group on FB and in my recent short test drive of FB/2016 I participated in some of the discussions.
All I can say is that some people have such thin skin I’m surprised they don’t trail their insides behind them. Absolutely ANYTHING above kindergarten circle time nicey-nice got someone’s panties in a bunch.
Wiener Lives Matter? 
Not offensive at all.
If you made a penis costume, though …
So what about a beagle being more funny?
The costume is not offensive.
But I think the response was fine too. They weren’t amused and are maybe a little uptight, but I didn’t see it as an attack or insult to you.
A friend refers to her JRTs as “terrierists.”
The other description of Jack Russell Terriers is “thugs in clown suits”.
Our JRT was fairly laid back, by the standards of the breed. By Lab standards, he was of course manic as all hell.
Not offensive, but never very smart to pretend you have a bomb. Someone is going to think you really do, and that someone will call the cops who will not be amused. If you’re a white guy, you might even survive the take-down, but don’t bet on it.
What would be your recommendation in regards to me wearing an orange jumpsuit labeled sex offender?
Concealed carry.
Heh.
To me your joke is (a) feeble, and (b) in poor taste. (Sorry, but you did ask.) But it’s not offensive. Not to me, at any rate. It might offend dog-lovers, or Americans who are over-sensitive about what their country has done over the pretext of “weapons of mass destruction” that turned out to have even less reality than your wiener. They might think you were taking a political jab at their beloved country.
I don’t see how anyone could reasonably think that the reply was offensive, or - with respect - that it was a load of caca. Your correspondent is observing that there are cultural differences as regards what is considered funny, and what is considered tasteful, and that in some cultures your joke would be considered transgressived. This is undoubtedly true; how can any person who is not massively over-sensitive be offended when it is pointed out?
But if he dressed the dog as a penis, what does he go dressed as?
Perhaps.
A better word than offensive would be insulting I suppose. To me the reply could be taken as you are bad person for even thinking this is funny (which is much different than thats just not funny sorta bad).
Which isn’t exactly flattering.
But I guess what takes it over the top for me is the community part. Which IMO can be taken as not only are you are bad person for thinking this is funny but you must/do hang out with other bad thinking people. AND that person’s community is better than mine to rub some salt in.
Ahhh, sanctimonious is the word I’m looking for.
Suggesting you hang out with bad thinking people is IMO even more of an insult.
Obviously this is IMO which is why I asked here.
PS If my dog is penis, I’ll go as the asshole.
I saw it as attack and insult on themselves for being so stupid.
Mmm. Yeah. Or maybe you’re being a bit oversensitive?
You know this guy better than I do, obviously, so you’re in a better position to say what attitude is behind the text he sends. But, if I’d read a criticism of you into what it wrote, it would be something along the lines of “You should know that there are people who will find this joke distressing, not funny. And if you don’t know that, it’s because you’re hanging too much with people who think like you, so you’re not sensitive to the possibility of different reactions. You need to get out more”.