Tucker’s Message Fiasco Is the Wakeup Call You Need to Auto-Delete Your Messages

Re:Tucker’s Message Fiasco Is the Wakeup Call You Need to Au... by cm2187 on Friday May 12, 2023 @03:56PM (#35921478)

Or humour. Hard to make any joke in private that won't offend (or pretend to be offended) someone on the internet.

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Re:Tucker’s Message Fiasco Is the Wakeup Call You Need to Au... by derekp7 on Friday May 12, 2023 @06:14PM (#35923174)

That's what I call "synthetically offended". It is where there is no offense intended, and none actually received, but the potentially offended party (or more likely a third party) can string together something to make it look like an offense. Often as a "gotcha" to the "offender".

So next time someone takes offense at something, ask them are they really offended, or synthetically offended?

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