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People Divulge The Most Inoffensive Things They've Seen Someone Get Offended By

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"Reddit user Logical_Sweet_6624 asked: 'What is the most inoffensive thing you’ve seen someone get offended by?'"

The world is in a weird place right now.

Everyone is on edge about everything.


How could we not be?

The list of what offends people grows on the daily.

Many of the things on the list are valid.

And we are finally better at what is right and wrong when discussing the treatment of others.

But we still have a long way to go.

However there are some daily life moments that seem to set people off for no reason.

Getting offended for no reason is not helpful, either.

Learning to read people's intentions before we lead with our assumptions would be ideal.

Redditor Logical_Sweet_6624 wanted to hear about the "offenses" we've witnessed, so they asked:

"What is the most inoffensive thing you’ve seen someone get offended by?"

No Peace

"41 male with two total hip replacements. A woman in her 50s got so offended by me having a disabled parking permit that she took the time out of her day to park behind me so I couldn't leave and proceeded to call the police. The police came and cited her for breach of peace for how irate she was acting."

- JonnyP3283

Crowed

"I used to send a 'fun fact of the day' slack message to all my employees and peers. Just a fun way to start the day. I was called by HR because an employee of mine said that I was promoting murder on official company property. The offending fun fact: A Group of Crows is called a 'Murder."

- Vectrex221

"As someone who worked in the restaurant industry for a decade and now works in a corporate office—the things that people get offended by baffle me."

"The things we all said or did in the kitchen EVERY DAY would get you instantly canned from a corporate office."

- mh985

My Routine

"Someone described their gym workout routine to me and asked me what exercises they should add. I noticed that there were almost no large compound movements like squats included the plan so I recommended that those be added. They took my suggestion as an outright attack on their physical appearance, (it wasn't) and went off the deep end about how much of a**hole I was for saying they should do squats. I was only trying to help cause they asked."

- Trashwald_Cobblepot

You're Wrong

"Someone at a table next to me got mad at me at a restaurant because I said that ranch tastes better than blue cheese dip when eating chicken wings. He shouted 'You're wrong.' I just said 'Ok' and he was looking at me like I disrespected his heritage. He kept staring at me and it was getting so awkward that I asked the waiter to move tables."

- DrakeLostLol

Talking Poop

"One of my friends had a girlfriend whose sole purpose in life was being difficult and getting offended."

"One day, we're all at a party, and a topic came up about a guy whose first name was the same as her last name. She was right there, following the whole story that was clearly about a dude doing a thing that has nothing to do with her. She threw a fit and went to go sleep in her car because she felt that if she had not heard the story, she could have misinterpreted who we were talking about, and if that had happened, it would have seemed like her boyfriend was 'talking sh*t' about her. That was genuinely her argument that if she had overheard it out of context, it might have offended her, and that's why she needed to throw a hissy fit and ruin her boyfriend's night."

- Definitely_Working

Short Shorts

"I know someone who judged a teacher on social media bc the teacher was wearing shorts in her profile picture. Not booty shorts. Just regular shorts."

- growsonwalls

"I hate that. Especially when you hide your social media VERY WELL AND VERY CLEARLY hidden from students and parents and then they find it and grow offended. Like literally, f*ck off. This isn't for you. This is not paid hours."

"I should honestly just get a restraining order next time. I do not advertise on social media. If they want to get to know me, they can pay me so I can afford my rent and go on vacation, and they can also do it without cyberstalking."

- theconstellinguist

Pay Up

"A friend paid the check for dinner and said, 'I ate the most food anyway.' Another friend found it rude that they mentioned eating more food instead of 'just doing it out of the goodness of their heart.'"

- Carnilinguist

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A Win for Mickey!

"A friend of mine, back when she first introduced her now-husband to her parents, told me that her father for some reason thought it was a great idea to bring up politics. Her husband, very obviously not being serious, joked he was going to write-in vote for Mickey Mouse, in an effort to change the subject. Her father got very upset and came to her saying he thought she should break up with him because 'he doesn’t share our values.'"

- EmiliusReturns

How about an F-You?

"Had a friend who flew into a fit of rage if he sneezed and someone said 'bless you.' He said it was offensive to his atheism. So I used to say it everytime he sneezed. I also am not religious."

- onionleekdude

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Cherubs

"I used to work at a theme park and I was leading a group of young kids around. I said 'this way cherubs.'"

"A parent heard it, got me written up for being antisemitic. He told my manager that I 'clearly only called them cherubs because he knew they were all Jewish.'"

"I still can't work out the mental gymnastics there."

- SquatchHasNoHeros

Red

"I found a thread on reddit discussing paint colors of Italian supercars. I made a comment that the standard red color looks best in my opinion. Someone responded telling me I was problematic because the 'Nazi's wore red.' Like homie, do you think Liverpool FC and the Blood street gang are also Nazis?"

- NeighborhoodDude84

"Didn't the Nazis also just wear black with red armbands? I don't think I've ever seen a picture of Nazis actually wearing red lol. Well, aside from modern ones."

- Dream--Brother

HR is Callling

"I have a colleague called Hercules. When he started, I said to my manager 'Oh, he has a strong name' and she started freaking out like 'No you CANT say that. HR will be on your case, don't say that again around me.'"

"It is an objectively strong name on account of, y'know, the Greek myth."

- Kaael

Vicious

"Guy told my mother it was a good thing my father was dead because it was the only way he could escape the shame of being associated with her."

"She was celebrating her football team win on Facebook."

- pitathegreat

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Not Real

"Oddly, being Australian and also having an Australian accent. I travel to England about every four years or so and have a big europe trip to see all my family (also its an 18 hour flight I'm not doing that for a two week hellscape of visiting my harpy of an aunt). Was talking to my cousin on a train, guy stops by like 'why are you talking in an Australian accent.'"

"Look up at him like 'Oh, I'm Australian,' and bro comes back like 'Ugh, don't be stupid, real Australians don't talk like that,' and then he walked away all huffy. Like, mate, what accent should I have, a Russian one?"

- OminousWiiMusic

Pic for Pic

"I was a chaperone on a class trip. The teacher wanted a group photo and asked someone outside our group to take it. As we assembled, I saw she didn't have her phone out (and she's super slow with it), so I pulled mine out and gave it to the picture taker. As soon as the pictures were taken, I texted them directly to her so she could forward them."

"The next time we had a quiet moment, she pulled me aside and lectured me for five minutes, saying I was undermining her."

- KegelFairy

People are so super offended these days.

I don't want anyone to ever feel bad about anything but some of these scenarios are a bit much.

That picture story seems so innocent.

Why does it matter who got the picture taken?

I will say some people are just downright rude.

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