[imiric]

> Sounds to me like you're trying to force your opinion on us right now...

So sharing one's opinion is forcing it on others? That's silly.

> I disagree and have noticed that people will still dislike you for any random reason or no reason at all.

I agree. But why is that a problem? Why are we so culturally obsessed about being liked? This seems like a real-world manifestation of virtual "likes" we're used to from social media.

Nothing happens if someone doesn't like you, or even explicitly says so. Let alone if they're a stranger with zero influence on your reality. Nothing happens if you're offended.[1]

The fact there are generations of people who equate the feeling of being offended with physical harm is one of the great delusions of modern society.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbsHox73mRo?t=202

[ranger_danger]

If you share it in such a matter-of-fact, black-and-white manner, I do think it's an attempt to force it as the only way to see a particular issue, which is what I take issue with. There are so many confidently-wrong people in the world, I don't know why people got so used to acting like there can never be any other valid perspectives.

> Nothing happens if someone doesn't like you

Hard disagree, people have been killed just because they were disliked or offended, even if they appear to be a "stranger with zero influence on your reality."

> The fact there are generations of people who equate the feeling of being offended with physical harm is one of the great delusions of modern society.

I think it's because it does actually happen. I was almost punched yesterday just because I parked next to a guy. He was upset I didn't park "literally anywhere else" and was clearly embarrassing his wife and kids by hurling slurs at someone for absolutely no good reason at all.

[kachapopopow]

well there's tons of psychopaths in the world, it is a real mental disorder - considering he has a wife and kids it's probably manifesting as an outlet for fustration with his current life so yah I guess you're right that people can hate you for no reason, but it would be more correct to say that people will let out their fustration on random bystanders.

as for people causing others to kill themselves, well same could be applied with the slight difference of them turning that into a weapon to use against others as a coping mechanism.

this is really a topic that deserves very long and thoughtful discussion that you cannot achieve in hackernews comments.