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this is offensive to most ( wuwat offensive stuff?)

17 years ago

only because I'm posting! LOLOL

what's up with all the offensive stuff?

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Kathsgrdn
17 years ago
I'm highly offended by your post, Kat. Please refrain in future posts from posting anything offensive to anyone, EVER!

jk
patti43
17 years ago
We're just being politically correct, maam! ;-)
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Right now I just skim past -- consider the source and move on to the next post. Although it got a bit hairy on there after the Paris bombings. But I'd rather know that someone thinks a certain way -- they can bundle their thoughts and opinions up into some stupid meme, cherry picking their points. I do end up thinking a lot less of them as people. I avoid posting about politics or religion, myself -- but of course there are those observations that I don't consider political, but others might. I do value FB -- while I've learned some of my friends and relatives are shallow, I've learned that others have nuanced viewpoints and can express themselves very well, and I'd simply can't wait to travel the physical miles to just hang out and chat with them, over tea or wine. (And no, our viewpoints don't always match.) I also value seeing my cousin's renovations of the small church across the road from her original house -- she and her husband have done marvelous things with it, and have just finished adding a kitchen -- I think they're truly ready to move in and sell their original house. She also has my dream job -- she works for the Smithsonian, travelling around the world, bringing back artifacts, and setting up displays in DC. Without FB, I'd not be able to follow her like I am, now. I value getting back in touch with another cousin, two weeks younger than myself, whom I hadn't seen in person since we were fifteen -- her life diverged markedly when she vanished around age 16 to a troubled couple of decades apart from any of her relatives. FB helped re-unite her with myself and a few others of her relatives. I also re-connected with a good college roomie from back in the day. I valued getting updates from the daughter of a friend in a state over, who'd fallen, had a concussion, went into a coma. The daughter had access to her mother's account and shared information on my friend's recovery process to everyone. So, for all the ucky memes out there, and the vast overabundance of sharing of things that the writer did not create or write him or her self, there's gold at least among most of my FB friends. And I'll NEVER re-post/share something someone tells me I HAVE to share on my wall. No matter how well-meaning. Because I'm not the sort of person to "demand" it of others. PS: I have called people out on offensive posts. I really have it in for the cherry pickers who only pick the examples that buttress their "case", by pointing out other examples of such and such. I don't do it all the time, because sometimes I just can't be bothered.
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jennmonkey
17 years ago
see the post titled "Choking!" and it will all make sense.
maryanntx
17 years ago
I can't believe you posted this Kat! How offensive! But I forgive you.:o)
kacram
Original Author
17 years ago
umm.... interesting to see what kind of peeps will open a post that says it is offensive to most! lolol...
well, I guess I had better go check that post, but not for a while.. I need to get a move on and get some stuff done!
Chemocurl zn5b/6a Indiana
17 years ago
what's up with all the offensive stuff?

I'm wondering the same thing and hope things can get back to normal here soon.

Maybe 'possible' offensive stuff could be shared at Hot Topics on the Conversation side. Sheesh........
OklaMoni
17 years ago
We just have some peeps that get bent out of shape really easy.

Not me...

:)

Moni
Jasdip
17 years ago
I think the post has been pulled. I looked for Cynic's part 2 last nite and couldn't find it...

Bring on the offensive, non-politically-correct funny stuff!!
Mystical Manns
17 years ago
I am a fragile flower ... cannot bear for my eyes to see anything offensive. My feelings get hurt sooooooo easily.

***NOT!!!***
linda_in_iowa
17 years ago
I couldn't find Cynic's part 2 either. How are you Kat, besides being offensive?
curlysue
17 years ago
I must be getting tough, because I was not offended. I did however open this post one eye closed, just in case it was so offensive that I wouldn't be able to bear it.
marlingardener
17 years ago
As a delicate flower of Southern womanhood, I am easily offended, faint, fall over backward and expect Rhett to catch me. However, I enjoy the posts, offensive or not, so keep 'em comin' and I'll try to buck up.
whidbeykathy
17 years ago
I raised 4 sons and my husband was deployed half of the time with the USN. Not much can offend me anymore LOL!
Vique_Pa
17 years ago
Well, my husband was in the Air Force for 23 years and I raised 6 kids alone, four boys and two girls. So......I am with whideykathy. Vique.
Nita__AZ
16 years ago
I am with Kathy and Vique. After many years in the military and raising my kids alone while he was overseas not much offends me and if I don't like it I just SOB.
suzieque
16 years ago
I tend to intentionally open posts that say they may be offensive! I like living on the edge, I guess!
Toni S
16 years ago
Kat, this place ain't the same. To cover you're bunns place your warning sign on every post. Then hopefully everyone and their dog will be for-warned.

See you did good!
alisande
16 years ago
Kat, I think your bird pictures are offensive. Do you realize those creatures are naked?? And don't try to tell me they have feathers. Feathers are meaningless. The famous stripper Gypsy Rose Lee performed with a feather fan, don't forget.

Well, maybe you're too young to remember Gypsy. But I'm not. And I think of strippers every time I see one of your birds. Especially the mockingbirds. Well named, they are. Sniff!
foggyj
16 years ago
LOL...alisande.
I guess we have to be "PC" all the time now. Pretty boring, I'd say.
Kathsgrdn
16 years ago
Well, I was in the Air Force for 7 years and my dad was in the Navy for 30 and I'm still offended!

Oh, Toni, won't matter, people will still open your post (just for a quick look, mind you) to make sure it really is as offensive as you said it would be.
paula_pa
16 years ago
I'm offended that I opened this post expecting to be offended and you haven't offended me in the least. It's like all those movies that warn of nudity but the men always keep their darn clothes on.
maybee_gw
16 years ago
Yeah, the offensive stuff is getting pretty old. I replied to that post not because it offended me, but for the fact that I thought someone might have a problem I could maybe help with and found that it was just a silly joke. I don't mind jokes and can sob if necessary, but at that time, I was on very slow dial up and it was a pain to open it and then find that it was a joke that had been around since Iowa was a Prairie. "I" wasn't offended, but it wouldn't hurt to put "joke" on the subject line. But...this "might offend some" is getting a little old to me...just my humble opinion. I'm back on high speed now, so that sort of thing wouldn't be a problem for me..but, there are still some on dial up and it can be a pain
bearcat_va
16 years ago
LOL @ Paula!
foggyj
16 years ago
Let's just title a thread: OFFENSIVE to SOMEONE....
and we'll post our jokes,etc., in there. Then if we want to be offended, we'll open it.
Geesh.

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