jooyous comments on Don't Get Offended - Less Wrong

32 Post author: katydee 07 March 2013 02:11AM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (588)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: jooyous 07 March 2013 09:54:31PM 2 points [-]

The people who don't mean what they say assume that you don't mean it, either.

When it isn't incredibly frustrating like you described, this works to my advantage because I generally mean it whenever I say something awful. And they assume I was just venting or whatever. =P

Comment author: TheOtherDave 07 March 2013 11:25:19PM 9 points [-]

I generally mean it whenever I say something awful. And they assume I was just venting or whatever. =P

I am reminded of the following exchange between two housemates in my youth:

X (to Y): "Don't take this the wrong way, but: fuck you."
Y: (laughs)
X: "No, y'see, you're taking it the wrong way."