# MH370 time since missing ticker - tactless and insensitive or not?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mh370-time-since-missing-ticker-tactless-and-insensitive-or-not/684150>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 20, 2014, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mh370-time-since-missing-ticker-tactless-and-insensitive-or-not/684150 "2014-03-20T13:02:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2014, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mh370-time-since-missing-ticker-tactless-and-insensitive-or-not/684150/21 "2014-03-22T01:45:52Z")

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> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#):
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> I’m not sure the OP is using the word “tactless” correctly. Tactless is when you ask someone on overly direct question without caring how they might react to it. The website in question is just obnoxious.

Yeah obnoxious is probably better. I was probably thinking tacky rather than tactless.

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**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2014, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mh370-time-since-missing-ticker-tactless-and-insensitive-or-not/684150/22 "2014-03-22T02:09:35Z")

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Oh, I’d definitely say it’s on the tacky side.

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