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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Nothing quite like a parent who deliberately sets out to spoil their child's wedding.
Why would this spoil the wedding? I'd laugh my a*s off if my parent did something like this.
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When I was about 12 years old I cracked a window our house by throwing a rock at it. I had spent the night at the neighbor's house and when I went back home everyone was still asleep. No one would answer the door and I was locked out. So stupid me starts throwing small rocks at the window to get their attention. One of the rocks was apparently too big or I threw it too hard. Eventually my brother answered the door and let me in. But no one realized that the cracked window was from me - they didn't notice it at first and I wasn't about to volunteer the info. My parents blamed in on some kids playing pranks and had it fixed. I finally admitted it when I was an adult and they were like "yeah, we knew that". Damn! I stressed about it for years and they knew the whole time!
I don't know how old they were of course but those kind of memories usually stick forever.
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Nothing says I want all the attention more than this. They plan to hijack their child's wedding, full of family and friends so they can announce a 20 year old issue. LET. IT. GO! it will not be funny, it will be cringy af.
I agree, it's pettiness to the next level to ambarass your kids in front of everyone on their special occasion
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That’s a good way to alienate your child for life. If you never see your grandchildren, you’ll know why.
I agree, it's not a good idea to stress out and ambarass your kid in front of in-laws and the whole family at their wedding. It's pettiness to the next level
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That's hilarious! I know that one of my step kids climbed a shelf in my basement, opened a box of Christmas ornaments (that was at the very back of the shelf) and grabbed an ornament. She then dashed it on the concrete floor. It was the Baby's First Christmas ornament for my eldest daughter. Kids can be so destructive! They have yet to fess up to the crime. It's been 15 years!
IF this isn't a made up letter, it's a horrible idea. It could really humiliate the "child" that did it. And at their WEDDING? This must be a "father" because I can't imagine a MOTHER doing this. Besides the humiliation, way to sabotage a wedding. This'll male points with your future in-law. I'm surprised you HAD a security camera 20 years ago.
Well played! Would love to see their faces when the Sh*t hits the fan.
That's true sibling loyalty. 16 years ago I went to the seaside with my older sister (first vacation without parents) and I almost drowned. The lifeguards had to save me. We only told our Mum like 3 years ago.
We had this mini basketball hoop you could stick to glass and throw a little basketball into it. My brother and I had it for two hours, and I'll never forget watching him run at it saying "from downtoowwwwwwnnnnnnn" as he slammed it through the window. The glass fell from the second floor in slow motion, as my brother kept the "towwwwwwnnnnn" going until we heard the shatter from below.
That’s not the parent’s Twitter. It’s an account that posts anonymous confessions from random people.
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Well... at least they didn't do it at HS graduation. I've seen some embarrassment out here.
Wedding is even worse, it would suck to be ambarassed like that on your special occasion
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Sounds like a pent-up anger that will only ruin trust and create family frictions later on.
Talk about playing the long game. I'm positive that the reveal will be priceless!
Sounds like OP has a great sense of humor about it 20 years later.
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This is not humiliation, on the contrary, shows the solidarity of the brothers. Is just a harmless, nice joke from childhood.
Load More Replies... You'd really go LC because a parent told a funny childhood story about what you and your sibling did as kids 20 years ago?
Load More Replies...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.
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.
Netflix movies need to make more sense while I’m scrolling on my phone and not actually paying attention
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.
Then forgetting that and putting it in the sink where it promptly gets something nasty on it
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!
Aaaaaaaand there’s the existential crisis I mentioned in a previous comment. So if you’ll excuse me
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?
Guys. I think I found my lost brethren JORDAN COME BACK THE TROOPS NEED YOU
Yo guys, I found this cool glitch. I hope the Earth devs don't patch it soon
It tastes better straight out of the bucket. When it’s still hard. With a fork.
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: 🤷
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.
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".
I love how his tied-back hair gets more and more discombobulated as the glasses builds go on XD
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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?!
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. 🖖
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?!
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. 🖖
