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Tastefully offensive—what a delightful oxymoron. Causing someone to feel resentful, upset, or annoyed in an appropriate manner that shows good aesthetic judgment. Cheers to that! Oh, was it a bit confusing? Don’t worry, the following tweets and memes will embody the meaning.
Shared by the Social Media Page "Tastefully Offensive," these bits of human communication add some much-needed spice to our daily lives, especially when they reflect the more chaotic aspects of what it means to be a human in 2023. Or at least, what’s left of us…
Upvote your favorites, leave comments with your thoughts (and jokes, because we all need a laugh or two), and make sure to check out the previous article Bored Panda did on this page; it’ll have more funny bits, so you might want to clickity-clack on that hyperlink. Now let’s get into the madness!
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Life is a complex bucket full of unknowns. You put your hand into the murky water, continuously wondering what you’ll find. Some days it’s a few golden coins; other times it’s a slimy electric eel that’s not too happy to be disturbed. Thing is, you can’t avoid shoving your hand in it, elbow-deep, as it is part of the human experience.
Those said experiences can be very nicely summed up in 280 characters or less, as over 368 million monthly active users worldwide do so on a daily basis. Twitter is the place to be if you want to get immersed in chaos, but for those of us that can’t handle the extent of it, this social media page called “Tastefully Offensive” shares the most painfully relatable tweets out there.
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Jason 3 years ago
The more and more I read to my son the more I realize I need to learn to talk. Archipelago was one of the recent ones
That One Quiet Kid 2 years ago
Arch-e-pell-ago? Hotline people please respond!
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Lakota Wolf 3 years ago
This is my life. I know so many words from a lifetime of reading that I have NO IDEA how to say out loud, and that I will make an a*s out of myself the first time I try to pronounce them XD
Limey 2 years ago
I read something once that stuck with me. “Don’t make fun of someone who mispronounces words. It means they learned them by reading.”
nuberiffic 2 years ago
Or they learned it by hearing someone else say it.
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StumblingThroughLife 3 years ago (edited)
I use Google Search to hear audio clips of pronunciation for new words. 😁😂
JoJo Anisko 2 years ago (edited)
On Windows Internet Explorer, you used to be able to type pronounce ________ and it would.
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Natalia Linnik 3 years ago
On Apple devices select the word and click “Speak” in the pop up menu. I’m not a native speaker, use it quite often. To activate it go to Settings > Accessibility > Spoken Content > Speak Selection
respulero 2 years ago (edited)
That's what frustrates me the most about English. In Spanish you know how to pronounce all the words you read even if you have never heard them
g90814 2 years ago (edited)
English is a very difficult language to learn, so many odd rules (and I say this as a native speaker).
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Bec 2 years ago
I know how you are supposed to pronounce it but my brain always insists it is epi-tome when I read it.
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Mary Hiers 2 years ago
The day I learned that "Quixotic" is pronounced phonetically was a life-changing day.
John Anderson 2 years ago
The voices in my head NEVER mispronounce words. I don't understand why I do in regular conversation. Weird.....
Zabroglexis 2 years ago
P as in Phoebe H as in Hoebe O as in Oebe E as in Ebe B as in Bebe And E as in Ey mate!
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Snorkeldorf 2 years ago
Oddly enough, I struggle with the word "pronunciation". I want to say "pronounciation" because words are pronounced. Makes sense to me and yet it is wrong.
The voice of reason 2 years ago
I said coysack for kiosk. For some reason my daughter and sister were confused.
Cthulhu Kitty 2 years ago (edited)
The great lie of I before E except after C, and then except at random other times when the moon is out
New Everywhere 2 years ago
Words I don't know how to pronounce have their own junk drawer in my brain
Chihuahua Mama 2 years ago
Dictionary.com has been life saver a few times with its option to hear how words are pronounced!
Rowan_the_raging_raven 2 years ago
My duncle always tells me that "don't make fun of someone for mispronouncing a word, that means that they read it not heard it and they should be proud of that
Jeff Welton 2 years ago
I was 57 (this year), when I learned that indictment and enditement (spelled wrong on purpose) are the same word. All the years of reading about indictments and hearing about "enditements" in cop movies. I could really have used "oh sweetie" the day my wife heard me say indictment out loud the first time...
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Deborah B 3 years ago
Google the word - online dictionaries not only give a helpful definition, but there's a little speaker sign and you can listen to the correct pronunciation. I also recommend Googling "how to say {name}" for unfamiliar gaelic names.
HighNMightyBigshot 2 years ago
Forvo.com you can request pronunciations from different language backgrounds
Borariet 🇳🇱 2 years ago
Yep that's a great idea! English isn't my first language. I thought no knead bread rhymed and got laughed at for it... Also dandelion?
Janet Graham 2 years ago
I have been known to ask my daughter for the correct pronunciation. It gives her a chuckle.
NeverDecaf 2 years ago
That’s called the internet. Google how to pronounce….. and it will tell you
Shari Nevels 2 years ago
This is one of the best ideas i have ever heard. And i read a LOT so i have tons of words that i know what the meaning is with no clue how to pronounce. The call center will need to be in the southern US then you will get the "oh, sweetie" along with "Bless your heart!"
Rose Gocheva 2 years ago
We have such line in my country (Bulgaria) it's supported by the ministry of education and you can call and ask grammar, punctuation or vocabulary related questions. Most likely this country also have such a line but the author is unaware
Tuule Tanum 2 years ago
There's howjsay.com for English and forvo.com for almost any language. Listen to the Estonian word tõenäoline: https://forvo.com/search/t%C3%B5en%C3%A4oline/
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
So much easier now adays to simply Google the word and listen. Not like it was back in this voracious reader's days.
Biliegh they/them 2 years ago
Me at the liquor store when we got a new brand in: " what is tear in tuula???" =tarantula
Gladys Hayes Southerland 2 years ago (edited)
Oh dear, oh my! I would use the site! I learned all kinds of words early bc I'm a voracious reader BUT pronunciation? Deli-KAT-tizen or RE-sip (long i)
Jane Cortez 2 years ago
Go on Google, ask ‘how is -.-.-.- pronounced?’ Voila, scroll down to a video of how to say -.-.-word, ( checking of course for witnesses to pronunciation massacre ;) Repeat as many times as required until each syllable no longer sounds like a drunken question.
Steve Robert 2 years ago
I learned to read before I ever heard words new to me spoken out loud. So I imagined how they would be pronounced. Use to think chamilian was pronounced like 'cha'. And vagina was pronounced ' vakina'. Unfortunately I still mispronounce words to this day.
Lili Octopus 2 years ago
I like to purposefully mispronounce Worcestershire (sauce) to annoy fellow Brits
Leonel Franco 2 years ago
We don't have that problem in Spanish, and for that reason learning English is difficult for us.
Phil Green 2 years ago
They could also do one that explains how to say words they hear every day - "Ri-search" instead of "Ree-search"; "di-fence" instead of "dee-fence". Etc. ;-)
Ankylosarus Wrecks 2 years ago
I didn't know what the person was saying the first time I heard erudite. Erudite should rhyme with crudite. It sounds fancy and slightly snobby, which actually compliments its definition. I will die on this hill.
parmadillo 2 years ago
In high school, a friend pronounced “preoccupy” in a way that rhymed with “guppy”. It was so awesome that I didn’t correct him the first few times.
Jilltdcatlady 2 years ago
When learning to read I'd never seen a hyphenated word before, the kind that goes from one line to another. "Let-tuce" broke my tiny brain. My mother went to her grave laughing at "let-toos".
BlueEyesWhiteDragon 2 years ago
But what about the words you can pronounce in your mind, but your lips refuse to say them correctly when the time comes? There needs to be a helpline for that, too.
Moosy Girl 2 years ago
I was listening to an audiobook on my way home and heard the narrator pronounce „writhed” perfectly, I tried to repeat it the entire way home, but I just can’t.
Sanguinius 2 years ago
My sister in law reads a new book almost every day. She's really smart. But so many of the words in her vocabulary come from the books and when she uses them in conversation she almost never gets the pronunciation right because she's never heard them spoken aloud. I wanna correct her but I don't wanna seem mean. Mostly my wife and I just kinda look at each other knowingly whenever this happens.
PunnyPanda 2 years ago
Omg yes. Embarrassed the c**p out of myself in college saying "paradigm" for the first time aloud in front of the whole class.
Stephanie 2 years ago
My SO comes to me for science and math questions and I go to him for the language and art/music questions. It's MOSTLY a safe space. I am still waiting for the day he stops making fun of the whole averse/adverse debacle. IM ONLY HUMAN!!!
BlueEyesWhiteDragon 2 years ago
Averse/adverse is easy to confuse. Your safe space doesn't sound that safe. One day I couldn't remember how to spell the word "that." I couldn't even figure out the first letter. I had to ask my sister. She told me, laughed for five minutes, then promised never to mention it again. She hasn't.
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Powerful Katrinka 2 years ago
Onomatopoeia. I can't even describe what I thought the pronunciation was...
Amy Watkins 2 years ago
Dictionary.com. Just click the speaker icon of the word and it pronounces it for you.
Clown fish 3 years ago
I can't say magician! I've tried I can't do it. So now it's magic person
Old Roadie 2 years ago
Some folks struggle with aluminum... as long as folks know what you mean they shouldn't give you cr*p about it.
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JoMeBee 3 years ago
Yes, please! I still cringe at the memory of saying respite out loud. Hint: does not rhyme with despite...
Lama 3 years ago
Actually, that is a valid pronunciation: respite - /ˈrɛspʌɪt,ˈrɛspɪt/
Load More Replies...The page’s slogan is “The True Memeing Of Life.” But what is it actually like to be a human? What is the purpose of it all? Is there a purpose at all to be sat in front of your glowy screen, using your hands to swipe across a bit of glass for hours on end, just to get a hit of happiness? Lots of questions, and I don’t know if we’ll find any answers, but let’s try!
The “human condition” can be defined as the features and key events of human life, including birth, learning, emotion, aspiration, morality, conflict, and death. Sometimes it is even referred to as the meaning of life, and, not surprisingly, this topic has intrigued and perplexed the minds of philosophers, religious figures, and scientists alike.
Buddhism teaches that existence is a perpetual cycle of suffering, death, and rebirth from which humans can be liberated via the Noble Eightfold Path. Meanwhile, many Christians believe that humans are born in a sinful condition and are doomed in the afterlife unless they receive salvation through Jesus Christ.
Philosophers have provided many perspectives on the meaning of life. Many know of René Descartes’ quote, “I think, therefore I am.” He believed the human mind, particularly its faculty of reason, to be the primary determiner of truth. One modern school, existentialism, attempts to resolve an individual’s sense of disorientation and confusion in a universe believed to be absurd.
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I think I’m hilarious 3 years ago
Netflix movies need to make more sense while I’m scrolling on my phone and not actually paying attention
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Hotdogking 3 years ago
I swear those kind of people hover their hands over the horn the moment they stop at a red light. It’s the only explanation for how quick the blow it the moment the light goes green
Perhaps more fundamental concepts summarize the more universal aspects of the human condition: 1. An awareness of the inevitability of suffering and death, 2. An understanding of evil and sin, and 3. The recognition of an intelligent being who intervenes in human affairs.
The more we grow, the more of these we realize, as well as the absolute fact of how fragile life is. There is, inherent in the human condition, an uneasiness as we search for peace and calm. As William James says, “There is something wrong about us as we naturally stand.” Material possessions, no matter how plentiful, cannot make us happy, and thus, we search for more.
On the other side of the same coin, we have nihilism, a philosophy that rejects generally accepted or fundamental aspects of human existence, such as objective truth, knowledge, morality, values, or meaning. Essentially, life is meaningless, human values are baseless, and knowledge is impossible.
It is often associated with extreme pessimism and a radical skepticism that condemns existence. Among philosophers, Friedrich Nietzsche is most often associated with nihilism. For Nietzsche, there is no objective order or structure in the world except what we give it.
A common thread in the literature of the existentialists is coping with the emotional anguish arising from our confrontation with nothingness, and they expended great energy responding to the question of whether surviving it was possible. Passionate commitment, be it to conquest, creation, or whatever, is itself meaningless. Welcome to nihilism.
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Ryan Winters 3 years ago
Then forgetting that and putting it in the sink where it promptly gets something nasty on it
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Crouching hippo hidden panda 3 years ago
Omg me too! I’m always shocked and confused that it’s red. Maybe “vert verde” in other languages throws me off.
The question of our existence is complex and multifaceted, as one would expect such a question to be—wherever you look, there will be a theory as to what your life should aspire to be, or not be. So choose one and run with it. At the end of the day, we can live another day for some juicy Twitter content and good laughs with a cup of coffee.
As you continue scrolling through this list, make sure you upvote your favorites, leave some comments along the way, and make sure to have a day full of happiness! 'Til the next one!
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Hotdogking 3 years ago
Aaaaaaaand there’s the existential crisis I mentioned in a previous comment. So if you’ll excuse me
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Nat of Clan P 3 years ago
Fun Fact: In the UK, they used to be called Opal Fruits until they changed it to Starburst. And Snickers was Marathon. Anyone else remember that?
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HelluvaHedgehogAlien 3 years ago
Guys. I think I found my lost brethren JORDAN COME BACK THE TROOPS NEED YOU
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Rocke-Road 3 years ago
Yo guys, I found this cool glitch. I hope the Earth devs don't patch it soon
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I think I’m hilarious 3 years ago
It tastes better straight out of the bucket. When it’s still hard. With a fork.
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Hotdogking 3 years ago
And don’t get me started on those moments when it’s just like: I’m very sore right now. Me: what, why? My body: 🤷
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SealOfDisapproval 3 years ago
In the Savo region of Finland, this is called a kalakukko, which translates to fish-rooster. It's not really a pocket though, but a big loaf-sized rye bread filled with fish an pork.
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Little Wonder 3 years ago
The first aid officer at my last job was scared of blood, so I did all the blood stuff. Her answer to this question would have been a firm "maybe".
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Lakota Wolf 3 years ago
I love how his tied-back hair gets more and more discombobulated as the glasses builds go on XD
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Shark Lady 3 years ago
You know what you are getting with a Holiday Inn, Airbnb is too much of a gamble for me.
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A Wild Bean 2 years ago
One time I was holding three of them and they all went off simultaneously and I may have panicked a little 😅
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Mona Stevenson 3 years ago
Hmm. I usually feel resentment and impending boredom in those three minutes.
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all 4 paws 3 years ago
I wonder if next year were gonna be laughing at this or crying at this, i should set a reminder for myself lol
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Captain Kyra 3 years ago
That was day one for my husband, the man just turns his brain off and goes to sleep?! I can't and I'm jealous
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PigSquatch 3 years ago
Heck I do that now, no sense spending money on hotdog or hamburger buns and eat two just to toss the rest. Waste of money
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Katy McMouse 2 years ago
My baby sister got kicked out of her Kung Fu class because somehow she got too good for her age and kinda injured a grown man. They said that she was too young to learn proper control. She's 42 and we're still waiting on that.
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I think I’m hilarious 3 years ago
Saying "my life sucks" when things go wrong: - self-deprecating - depressing - makes you sad Saying "Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus wouldn't want this for me" when things go wrong: - motivating - makes you think about Spinosaurus - reminds you that Spinosaurus cares for you (I stole this from a meme but it felt relevant)
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I think I’m hilarious 3 years ago
Translation for all dogs on BP: woof bark arf arf woof-woof barrrrk
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Lesley Relph 3 years ago
Actually I saw an interview (Graham Norton I think) Ehen she revealed it was made up by her parents. Can't remember her real name but it's an embellishment
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Amanda Rose 3 years ago
I always forget what got shoved up there when I first moved. Can't find x item? Mystery cabinet!
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Fabian Bernard 3 years ago
My girlfriend is like that, I stopped playing because it raised too much drama
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Lakota Wolf 3 years ago
I do this with my puppy, who is half German Shepherd. If you've ever owned a GSD, you know that they absolutely do talk back XD
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Thomas Bentley 3 years ago
What Not to do with Food and Health/ Housing/ and What Would Happen if a Toddler was Trying to Get Someone into Space, respectively.
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JoJo Anisko 3 years ago
As far as I can tell, their only purposes are to fulfill masochists and slow down consumption.
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katarina 2 years ago
first of all, the video doesn't show the solidarity among kids but the exact moment of window breaking. can you explain me, please, how video would show something which is not its content? also they wrote they would "reveal" it in the "perpetrator" wedding. you believe they want to underline solidarity instead of embarass the "perpetrator" in front of so many people?!
Beruthiel45 2 years ago
You know that scared of clowns thing? I crocheted two really cute clowns in cheery colours about 30 years ago and every grandchild and great grandchild refused to play with them. Teddies? Yay! Stuffed doggies? Gimme! Soft and cuddly cute clowns? Run! I'm going to donate them and I bet they end up in the bins. I think I'm posting in the wrong place but I can't be bothered to copy, delete and paste. Oops. 🖖
katarina 2 years ago
first of all, the video doesn't show the solidarity among kids but the exact moment of window breaking. can you explain me, please, how video would show something which is not its content? also they wrote they would "reveal" it in the "perpetrator" wedding. you believe they want to underline solidarity instead of embarass the "perpetrator" in front of so many people?!
Beruthiel45 2 years ago
You know that scared of clowns thing? I crocheted two really cute clowns in cheery colours about 30 years ago and every grandchild and great grandchild refused to play with them. Teddies? Yay! Stuffed doggies? Gimme! Soft and cuddly cute clowns? Run! I'm going to donate them and I bet they end up in the bins. I think I'm posting in the wrong place but I can't be bothered to copy, delete and paste. Oops. 🖖
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