# Offensensitivity **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 4, 2002, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offensensitivity/140444 "2002-12-04T15:15:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offensensitivity/140444/41 "2002-12-04T20:09:27Z")
god, that word makes me fucking nauseated. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offensensitivity/140444/42 "2002-12-04T20:17:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by apotheosis \* > \*\*I’m offended that E-sabbath beat me to the Bloom County reference demanded by the thread’s title. \*\* I’m offended that you’re offended. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offensensitivity/140444/43 "2002-12-04T20:21:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > \*\*god, that word makes me fucking nauseated. \*\* Well, that’s entirely different! Offending you is one thing, protecting my shirt front, shoes, the outside, or (shudder) the _inside_ of my passenger door is another kettle of fish. The “S” word is no longer in my vocabulary. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offensensitivity/140444/44 "2002-12-04T20:26:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > \*\*god, that word makes me fucking nauseated. \*\* How does gash grab ya? ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offensensitivity/140444/45 "2002-12-04T20:27:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by beagledave \* > \*\*How does gash grab ya? \*\* Squishily? ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offensensitivity/140444/46 "2002-12-04T20:27:56Z")
grossly. Can’t we just say fuckditch and be done with it? ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offensensitivity/140444/47 "2002-12-04T20:35:13Z")
Fuckditch? I think I’m offended. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offensensitivity/140444/48 "2002-12-04T20:35:45Z")
I’ve been known to tell a former roommate to “slide down my fuckpole”. Does that offend any of you? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offensensitivity/140444/49 "2002-12-04T20:39:23Z")
On his asshole? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offensensitivity/140444/50 "2002-12-04T21:20:30Z")
“whoosh” is the sound you hear when the joke/comment goes flying over your head. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offensensitivity/140444/51 "2002-12-04T21:29:29Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m offended when the center of the Bowling Green State University Soccer team says I should either PUT OUT or LOSE TWENTY POUNDS. I’m offended by Bowling Green State University, having graduated from the traditional rival, the University of Toledo. ---
**Author:** ![airdisc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@airdisc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/airdisc)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offensensitivity/140444/52 "2002-12-04T21:51:02Z")
> [@](#): > > “whoosh” is the sound you hear when the joke/comment goes flying over your head. This definition offends me. ---
**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offensensitivity/140444/53 "2002-12-04T23:40:09Z")
I’m offended that **Jarbaby** seems to be graced with the honour of having extra blank lines under the “report this post to a moderator” link. [sub]As do a couple of others, but **Jarbay** is just taking the piss.[/sub] Did you put out for all that extra space then or what? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offensensitivity/140444/54 "2002-12-05T00:33:57Z")
I’m offended by people who are offended too much. Oh, it OFFENDS you? Boo hoo. Cry me a fucking river you big baby. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offensensitivity/140444/55 "2002-12-05T04:06:26Z")
I’m offended by the offensive linemen in football. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offensensitivity/140444/56 "2002-12-05T05:21:25Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Tir Tinuviel_ > As do a couple of others, but **Jarbay** is just taking the piss. I’m offended by that misspelling. (Y’know what’ll be funny? When I look for this thread, search for “offend,” and get this page, with half the text in red.) > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Troy McClure SF_ > I’m offended by that misspelling. I’m offended by that lame-ass joke. > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Troy McClure SF_ > I’m offended by that lame-ass joke. And that one. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offensensitivity/140444/57 "2002-12-05T06:14:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Troy McClure SF \* > (Y’know what’ll be funny? When I look for this thread, search for “offend,” and get this page, with half the text in red.) You know whats even funnier. I searched for offended and got 171 pages of threads. 😃 😃 Sure are a lot of offended folk here. Fuck , I shudder to guess how many pages would be generated with the word fuck. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offensensitivity/140444/58 "2002-12-05T19:40:23Z")
10442, or 7.3% of all threads. Really. ---
**Author:** ![lionel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@lionel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lionel)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offensensitivity/140444/59 "2002-12-05T20:29:42Z")
> [@](#): > > 10442, or 7.3% of all threads. Really. That’s really offensive. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offensensitivity/140444.md?page=2)