Quote from: LennG on April 29, 2024, 12:26:46 PMWe live in a time where intelligent people are silenced so that stupid people won't be offended
Quote from: Jolly Blue Giant on April 29, 2024, 03:29:21 PMThat is so true, yet hardly a joke or something to laugh at...it's more like a crying shame
I know this stemmed from a joke, but I'm not totally on-board with this complaint. Is it really a recent thing? I know I've offended plenty of of people over the years with my jokes . And while I do see a bit of a rise in people's sensitivity over the past bunch of years, I'm also seeing more and more people who are just looking for things to be mad about. And in too many cases looking to be told what to be mad about. School lunches, participation trophies, off-color jokes are all examples of largely made up wedge issues aimed to divide us, imo. Those pushing these wedge issues actually piss me off more than the "issues" themselves. I feel there's more than enough actual things to be concerned about in this world, without heaping someone else's agenda on top.
Now, I'd better shut my yap before I offend my friends here.