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News: Controversy over Target OCD sweater
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Originally posted by Rigalo
Ocd appropriation!!!!
Lol I wish my biggest problems were worrying about these types of things
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Basically this.
As someone with ADHD I couldn't give a **** if someone made a joke about that. In fact, people do so all the time, including my friends and myself.
90% of the time, being offended is a choice. This girl needs to learn not to take herself so serious. It's just a joke.
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Originally posted by Phoenetic
Basically this.
As someone with ADHD I couldn't give a **** if someone made a joke about that. In fact, people do so all the time, including my friends and myself.
90% of the time, being offended is a choice. This girl needs to learn not to take herself so serious. It's just a joke.
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Originally posted by Phoenetic
Basically this.
As someone with ADHD I couldn't give a **** if someone made a joke about that. In fact, people do so all the time, including my friends and myself.
90% of the time, being offended is a choice. This girl needs to learn not to take herself so serious. It's just a joke.
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Of course being offended is a choice, so is being bigoted and hateful, actually.
And again, just because some/many/most/any people don't find something offensive, doesn't mean that others who also suffer from it shouldn't.
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The ATRL logic:
but ____________is a choice, therefore they shouldn't choose that
but ____________ didn't get offended so why should __________?
but ____________ isn't even a mental disorder
sorry I misspoke it is but it's not that serious
but ____________ is a hairy vegan feminist anyway so we can't take anything they say/do seriously
but ____________ has a tumblr therefore their entire argument is invalid and inaccurate
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Originally posted by Phoenetic
Basically this.
As someone with ADHD I couldn't give a **** if someone made a joke about that. In fact, people do so all the time, including my friends and myself.
90% of the time, being offended is a choice. This girl needs to learn not to take herself so serious. It's just a joke.
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Originally posted by heckinglovato
Of course being offended is a choice, so is being bigoted and hateful, actually.
And again, just because some/many/most/any people don't find something offensive, doesn't mean that others who also suffer from it shouldn't.
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But then I am offended by the fact that they want to censor everything that they find offensive. So where does that leave all of this?
Maybe I should start censoring their censoring. Full circle and all that.
Look, I get it. People get offended sometimes, and I'm not disregarding that. Sometimes it's even completely justified. But when I am offended, I turn away and move on to something that doesn't offend me. I don't try to censor everything that offends me. I just avoid what offends me and move on.
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Originally posted by Nikolai.
Do you ever stop? Do you have OCSJWD? (Obsessive Compulsive Social Justice Warrior Disorder)
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Originally posted by Phoenetic
But then I am offended by the fact that they want to censor everything that they find offensive. So where does that leave all of this?
Maybe I should start censoring their censoring. Full circle and all that.
Look, I get it. People get offended sometimes, and I'm not disregarding that. Sometimes it's even completely justified. But when I am offended, I turn away and move on to something that doesn't offend me. I don't try to censor everything that offends me. I just avoid what offends me and move on.
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That's when YOU get offended, doesn't mean that others should react that way.
And the whole "censoring offends me" was the exact conservative reaction when Starbucks made their cups red for the Holiday season if you actually get offended by censoring (didn't quite get whether you were being hypothetical or not), then congrats, you're a potential member of the Republican party.
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Originally posted by Phoenetic
But then I am offended by the fact that they want to censor everything that they find offensive. So where does that leave all of this?
Maybe I should start censoring their censoring. Full circle and all that.
Look, I get it. People get offended sometimes, and I'm not disregarding that. Sometimes it's even completely justified. But when I am offended, I turn away and move on to something that doesn't offend me. I don't try to censor everything that offends me. I just avoid what offends me and move on.
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I get her frustration and I must say I agree, OCD can be very serious and shouldn't be joked about  I see the fun in it too obviously but I'm sure there's some other way to make a funny christmas sweater
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ok, PEOPLE NEED TO CHILL!
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Originally posted by MarryTheMonster
I get her frustration and I must say I agree, OCD can be very serious and shouldn't be joked about I see the fun in it too obviously but I'm sure there's some other way to make a funny christmas sweater |
Mental disorders are NOT a joke. I can't at some Demi stans of ALL PEOPLE jumping in here defending this bs.
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Originally posted by QueenBLadyG
Stop complaining. Get a new obsession.
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Not a new one
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Originally posted by heckinglovato
Yes, it is. It is a MENTAL DISORDER that affects millions of people all across our planet.
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Literally almost everyone has something that activates their OCD, but don't say it is a mental disorder because its just something that you're just obsessed and cant stand its not like its something seriously tragic.
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Originally posted by heckinglovato
That's when YOU get offended, doesn't mean that others should react that way.
And the whole "censoring offends me" was the exact conservative reaction when Starbucks made their cups red for the Holiday season if you actually get offended by censoring (didn't quite get whether you were being hypothetical or not), then congrats, you're a potential member of the Republican party. |
No reason to immediately attempt to label me a "Republican". I am not even close to conservative. I am, even for Dutch standards, very left-wing.
But I still don't buy the SJW crap. Instead of removing everything that offends any one person from existence, people should learn to deal with whatever offends them.
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Originally posted by heckinglovato
Of course being offended is a choice, so is being bigoted and hateful, actually.
And again, just because some/many/most/any people don't find something offensive, doesn't mean that others who also suffer from it shouldn't.
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This tbh.
I have OCD and I don't feel it offensive 'cause it hasn't caused me a lot of pain most of the time. But there are other cases where OCD is more aggressive and I don't think that I'd take this "joke" so ligh-hearted if I was attacked heavily by its symptoms.
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Originally posted by Itz_Dani!
Literally almost everyone has something that activates their OCD, but don't say it is a mental disorder because its just something that you're just obsessed and cant stand its not like its something seriously tragic.
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It's actually a mental disorder whether you would like to classify it or not sorry boo  and it can be "something seriously tragic" depending on the case. We can't joke about people's mental disorders because "they're not that serious" and to satisfy our sick humor.
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Is OCD a big deal? Or even a real mental illness. I feel like everyone who has identified themselves as OCD in this thread was self diagnosed. Some people just like to make up excuses for their weaker character flaws. And Americans especially are notorious for misdiagnosing children and giving them a bunch of meds.
If people are sensitive to it, target should take it down. But it looks like she's on her own on this one.
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