30 Times People Got Offended And Upset About Things Most Would Never Get Offended By, As Shared Online

Respect to all three generations of your family

This can happen within languages too. In Spain they use the verb coger, which means "to take", but in many countries in Latin America it means "to f**k". Similarly, the word for diaper in Cuba means a*****e in Mexico. Then there are words across languages which are similar, and sound similar, so people assume they mean the same thing. In Costa Rica if somebody says you look exquisite, it is a compliment; in Brazil it is an insult. Luckily though, I learned most of my curse words from my grandparents. Our people curse a lot. It wouldn't be uncommon for a friend to lovingly tell you to "go to the whore that birthed you" when you're being annoying.

Well now I'm really curious what those words are😅

Isn't irony fun? 😑

Nowhere did it say he was explaining about pitfalls. When I learned Spanish, they taught us the equivalent of saying "um". He was explaining the equivalent in Chinese. No pitfalls in sight.

I doubt is a true story.

I imagine he glared at many people while staying in China. There was no reason for you to feel bad or to apologise or even to explain, but you did and a clever man would've listened, understand a probably apologised for his misinterpretation, lack of knowledge and glaring.

I’m a white woman from Canada who lived in China for 2 1/2 years teaching ESL to the young ones. Holy hell did that take some getting used to when I asked them a question. But I understood, language differences. Just as a girl from the ghetto with many black friends it took some time to adjust to it. They literally do say “ni-ga” as a form of “ummm”. Also, if I went to a store and I went to say “I want this.” It came out as “ wo yao ni-ga”…. Definitely had to adapt.

This isn't "woke." Being woke is to be inclusive of minorities and be aware of discrimination and racial injustice. This isn't racial injustice, and actually borders on racism or xenophobia on the offended party's side because they can't accept that a foreign word sounds similar to a slur.

I have been downvoted and banned because I failed to understand that he or she becomes them or they.

That's good to know, I believe a lawsuit would have won in that situation.

You should see my pasty whiteness next to my biological father; his dark skin makes me look like I'm glowing.

Indeed...the assumption that people with different skin tones or from different backgrounds can't be related to one another is the true racism in this story.

Also, not all Hispanic people are Mexican so that makes their logic even funnier

I have had similar issues with my son. I am white, his mother is black, so he has very dark skin. I had somebody call the police because I was with him at a playground, and they thought I was stalking some poor black kid with a camera.

Lakota Wolf undercover i swear

Damn right they are.

A recent president of Mexico, Vicente Fox, was largely Irish.

THANK. YOU.

Even then, she's the racist one for assuming the bro was Mexican when he's native

They put all disabilities in the same category. Autistic people, for example, are usually very adamant about not wanting to be 'cured'. The problem is that well-meaning people generalize and think this applies to all disabilities and illnesses, not just a few select ones.

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I think a lot of these people have sort of half-listened to people who are neuroatypical and may or may not consider themselves to have a disability, and dislike the focus on cures over societal change. They clearly haven't listened enough to grasp the distinction between, say, autism and a physical disability.

Deaf people. They don't see it as a disability.

No, you must suffer instead! Oh wait, you already do that.... Welp.... *twiddles thumbs then realises that's actually quite painful, so stops* Srsly though, I'm sorry to hear you're in constant pain :(

Agreed. Brene Brown said something (I think in one of her ted talks) that really shouldn't be revolutionary, but still seemed so. I'm paraphrasing her here, but it was basically that you have to connect with people to be happy, and the way you connect with them is that, when they tell you what their experience has been, you believe them, even if that has not been your experience. (The rest is my opinion, not Brown's.) Yes there are people who lie about things, but when someone tells you how they feel, the default should be that you believe them. Of course, to believe people's experiences will make it harder for those who don't want to have to give a s**t about anyone else.

I agree; also I don't like the word 'disabled' anyhoo, because it suggests that we are somehow 'less' than everyone else. I am glad that you embrace yourself and wouldn't want to be different. Yes, definitely; and that is very true as well. It's an incredibly personal thing.

I guess it's fine because some journalist asked a few Japanese people... or something? Since we're giving so much weight to anecdotes, I know many Japanese people who were pissed about that casting.

At times it seems that people will be offended for other groups to hide and/or make up for their own transgressions.

Either way, Michael Che will never let Colin Jost forget about it and it’s made for some delightfully awkward comedy moments.

Context and culture do matter though. The US film industry has a long history of whitewashing and yellowface and that film toed the line of both. They literally talked about making Johanssen look more Asian. I'm not arguing a point here, as I didn't care ether way, but Japanese people being offended wasn't the main argument being made about the issue with the film's casting.

WTF?! Japanese people don’t understand…? Yikes!!

I remember reading about that.

Laugh out loud

I was offended that they made a crappy movie which didn't pay homage to the original. I remember being in the theatre, arms crossed, wishing were watching our animated VHS copy at home.

Hey! It's Robyn

So true of today