# Name anything that offends you **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 23, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-anything-that-offends-you/758187 "2016-06-23T22:12:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-anything-that-offends-you/758187/81 "2016-06-27T03:31:05Z")
Yeah, if you mean “Adults having tantrums” or being selfish, or unable to delay gratification, then I’m with you. But if I can’t flop down in the park with a comic book and a Blue Slurpee with a curly straw, then it’s rubber band guns at twenty paces, tomorrow at dawn, sir! ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-anything-that-offends-you/758187/82 "2016-06-27T03:42:30Z")
what is this, some sorta …!!! No sir! in this town its cap guns at 10 paces high noon in the middle of main street, that or slap leather now yew varmint and draaaaaaawww! sorry, couldn’t resist, well ok I’m not sorry, but social convention and adulthood and all that, I know my way to the door ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-anything-that-offends-you/758187/83 "2016-06-27T03:45:19Z")
forgot my legos leaving for real now ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-anything-that-offends-you/758187/84 "2016-06-27T16:28:39Z")
> [@pompeybear](#): > > Interesting…Are you an attractive young female that men want to be close to? I’ll be honest, I’ve never seen what you described. Forcing someone to go under an arm seems extremely rude. He’s a gentleman in a wheelchair. I can see someone opening the door and then wanting to hold it open, but somehow not being able to maneuver around, and so getting into an awkward position where the other person needs to enter under the arm. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-anything-that-offends-you/758187/85 "2016-06-27T16:57:34Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Then there are people who pull out in front of me, cut me off, or otherwise violate my clear right of way, sometimes even causing me to slam on my brakes, then wave and smile at me like I had stopped and let them through on purpose. > > Also, people who run red lights, but especially the ones who do it on my green arrow, so that I miss my chance to turn. RE your first paragraph: there are times when I am the unintentional perpetrator in those situations, and I always wave as a gesture of, “Sorry, I screwed up. I wasn’t paying proper attention/didn’t see you. Please forgive my stupidity.” ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-anything-that-offends-you/758187/86 "2016-06-27T17:10:23Z")
^ I’ve always thought an item that would sell like hotcakes would be a lighted display (one of those left-to-right scrolling multi-LED dealies) you could mount on your rear deck, that would flash “My Fault,” “Truly Sorry,” “Thanks,” or whatever you would need to program (control your sinister urges) to diffuse a situation. But then I wake up. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-anything-that-offends-you/758187/87 "2016-06-27T17:16:45Z")
The smell of microwave-reheated twice / thrice cooked fish, especially in an office. That fragrance will run through your nostrils like a purse snatcher running Parkour. (Throw that shit out, will ya…? Here’s a buck; buy a hot-pocket & shove that up your hole instead.) ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-anything-that-offends-you/758187/88 "2016-06-27T17:24:34Z")
> [@guestchaz](#): > > sorry, couldn’t resist, well ok I’m not sorry, but social convention and adulthood and all that, I know my way to the door _covers the door with the handy [NERF Mini-gun](http://pop.h-cdn.co/assets/cm/15/05/54ca859473745_-_nerf-guns-9-470-0409.jpg)_ ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-anything-that-offends-you/758187/89 "2016-06-27T18:06:36Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Not too much offends me. I have skin as thick as an elephant’s hide, and even though I get pissed-off by certain behaviours, my pissed-offedness passes quickly. > > HOWEVER, that being said, I find certain posters on this board incredibly offensive for the bile they spew. Because even if it IS trolling, the subject matter and the context in which their posts are made shows they give less than a shit about other human beings, even when those other beings are members of this board. > > And it IS offensive, even though I’m not the one the offence is directed at. > > Oh, and people who let their dogs shit on the beach and paths to the beach without cleaning it up? The shit itself, yeah that’s pretty offensive, but the owners flagrant disregard for normal social and community mores offends me more. Yes, it’s like they forget there are actual human beings on the other side of the screen. “Oh, it’s just a message board,” they say, “Get over yourself,” but on the other side of the screen are actual people, with feelings and emotions, who can get hurt. I also get really offended about careless dog owners, who think they are entitled to let their Muffins shit everywhere. The shills in the mall are pretty goddamn annoying. I don’t even acknowledge them anymore if they call to me. If they get in my face I stare at them, unsmiling, unflinching, as I continue walking at my (pretty fast) pace. If they don’t get out of my way I run them down. They are predatory sellers and I don’t like anyone who makes their business run that way/ ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-anything-that-offends-you/758187/90 "2016-06-27T19:35:26Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > You must be a Scorpio. > > ::grins, ducks and runs:: Wow, that reminded me of something offensive that I completely forgot about: those text-graphic things that people post on their Facebook or Pinterest accounts that say things like “Never piss off a Taurus,” or “Betray a Leo? Prepare for war!” They’re so common that I’ve concluded that the purpose of astrology is to give people an excuse for being temperamental assholes. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-anything-that-offends-you/758187/91 "2016-06-27T19:47:27Z")
_Mon Dieu!_ Are you talking about people who can leave their kiosks?! I worked in a kiosk at a shopping mall, right out of high school – Brass ‘N’ Leather. (no, nothing so exciting, it was belts and buckles etc.) I was not allowed to leave the kiosk on pain of death, except for lunch or bathroom breaks. I never called out to or tried to hard-sell anyone. Then again, we were pretty busy most of the time. Belts cut to fit, and all the crazy specialty belt buckles you could imagine. Although it always seemed to me that those hook-type buckles didn’t work as well as actual buckles. Even at street fairs around here, booth-havers don’t give you a hard time. They just stand and smile and look artistic. ---
**Author:** ![Taco\_the\_cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@Taco\_the\_cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taco_the_cat)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-anything-that-offends-you/758187/92 "2016-06-27T19:53:58Z")
People who say “smile!” when I am walking along minding my own business. [/QUOTE] Yes, I hate that. My facial expression or lack thereof is my choice. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-anything-that-offends-you/758187/93 "2016-06-27T20:15:33Z")
This is a thing that really offends me, but I think it’s kind of unique to the person and maybe you won’t relate. An older attorney here at work will come and talk to one or the other of my male bosses, and if I’m nearby, he’ll bounce insults aimed at my boss off me. Examples: “Hey, **teela** , whaddya think of this little shit you work for?” “Hey, **teela** , how about this rice bucket boss you got?” (boss is Asian) “Hey, **teela** , can you believe this guy actually married a good-looking woman?” ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-anything-that-offends-you/758187/94 "2016-06-28T03:13:59Z")
**teela brown:** Notice that the people doing this are often the same ones who are making a lame-ass joke that you would never want to be associated with in the first place. I think they do it because they’re chicken to say such classless things on their own, and say them directly to the object of the remark. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-anything-that-offends-you/758187/95 "2016-06-28T03:18:25Z")
It offends me when able-bodied people _opt_ to use the handicap-accessible stall, despite one or more non-accessible stalls being available. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-anything-that-offends-you/758187/96 "2016-06-28T04:17:00Z")
> [@Personal](#): > > RE your first paragraph: there are times when I am the unintentional perpetrator in those situations, and I always wave as a gesture of, “Sorry, I screwed up. I wasn’t paying proper attention/didn’t see you. Please forgive my stupidity.” Agreed. If I ever do something boneheaded while I’m driving and I envision someone about to go all road rage on me, the first thing I do is give my best hang dog look, mouth the words “I’m so sorry,” and wave my apology. I never dreamed that anyone could take it another way. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-anything-that-offends-you/758187/97 "2016-06-28T04:24:31Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > … say things like “Never piss off a Taurus,” Not seeing that, at least around here. Mostly it is the SUVs that you see giving rise to short tempers. > [@](#): > > or “Betray a Leo? Prepare for war!” … The police _are_ ridiculously well armed, so that does make some sense. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-anything-that-offends-you/758187/98 "2016-06-28T07:08:30Z")
I’m offended by freaks trying to proselytize their misguided convictions on astrology and numerology. An old friend starting going wierd on the number 23, and this was years before Jim Carrey did! (acid) While we’re on the “ology” thing, in the early 90’s Scientology tried to release its spores and established a chapter in the same block where I actually lived. Often walked by and saw that stupid board they had out front with “Free Personality Test Inside!” Like, hey, that sounds intriguing - I wonder what pearls of wisdom some dipshit stranger has to proclaim about my personality! The front of the business was all large windows, like an aerobics studio or car dealership, allowing it to show off a couple tables with desultory book displays and a couple cubicle partitions, and blinking fluorescent lights. Very classy and legit set-up. The huge, sparse room was almost always empty save for the odd transient type, often with knapsacks and personal effects, sitting at a table, most likely filling out one of those stupid personality tests, foisted on them by a woman who often loitered outside with flyers, and usually wore a thin white cotton dress that didn’t really cover up what was underneath. After about ten years they realised their racket couldn’t get any traction, and vamoosed. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-anything-that-offends-you/758187/99 "2016-06-28T14:00:15Z")
Brutalist architecture. The revival of truly dire '80s and '90s fashion elements. Unauthorized [del]cinnamon[/del] cilantro. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-anything-that-offends-you/758187/100 "2016-06-29T06:46:17Z")
Seriously? You people find these things _offensive_? I can understand finding them _annoying_, but offensive? They are not offensive in the sense that they do not personally offend YOU as a person. They are just stupid and annoying! But hey, that’s life! One of the biggest problems we have in this politically correct world is people being too fast to take offense to things that have no bearing on them. The phrase “suck it up, buttercup” suggests itself. Not that I would ever use that phrase, for fear of giving offense. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-anything-that-offends-you/758187.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-anything-that-offends-you/758187.md?page=6)