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by zshprompt 4836 days ago
Thank you. I agree with you 75%.

Just because you would make this joke does not mean that someone cannot find it offensive. Adria was offended, and good for her for speaking up.

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Yet later she posts about playing cards against humanity. So Hitler, dead babies, and afterbirth are hilarious but a sexual innuendo is not. Got it.
The card game didn't have the same audience as the comments made. Also you are making assumptions about how she plays the game and what she would find funny.
I do believe the person intended the joke to be private. It wasn't smartest or most mature thing to do, but I don't think it's much different from a couple guys texting each other jokes and Adria just happened to caught a glance of their cellphone screen.
agreed card game is completely irrelevant in completely different setting. very funny game btw.
Do you think she would have been offended if she overheard the same joke coming out of my mouth?
If I may be so bold as to ask, in your opinion, are there any minimum requirements for being offended? That is to say, if apples offend me, and you're eating an apple, is it noble of me to speak up?