Would you be offended by this?

[Aspergers_Aspie]

I read this story and wondered how many people would be offended?

M&S in hot water with 'angry mum' over 'offensive' name of £1 bakery item

 

[Magna]

Why is the world so weird? Offended at "Plain Jane" but no criticism of the food item being called "yumnuts"?

 

[Tom]

She's run into a name trope (ie. Peeping Tom), in this case also a rhyming subtype (ie. 'Debbie Downer').

It's generally believed to have developed from a Charlotte Bronte novel:

"I sometimes wished to have rosy cheeks, a straight nose, and small cherry mouth; I desired to be tall, stately and finely developed in figure; I felt it a misfortune that I was so little, so pale, and had features so irregular and so marked."
—Jane Eyre

Personally I think it a case of being oversensitive, but I might persue it if I thought I could make some money, or at least a years supply of Yumnuts.

 

[watersprite]

I have a game I play ‘to save emotional resources’ it coild be called in which when there seems to be something offensive I look for ways to not react emotionally.
Often people or companies use language to hook other’s attention and negative works even better than positive. Bottom line is they want your attention, your reaction &/or your money.

 

[Judge]

I think the person in question is just being oversensitive. After all, it's just a saying and being "plain" is more of an observation than a criticism. Defined in the urban dictionary as "one who is neither very attractive nor ugly".

Too ambiguous IMO to seriously take offense.

 

[Skittlebisquit]

I'm offended by child labor, poverty, illegal drugs, corrupt politicians and pollution

 

[Raggamuffin]

I get flustered over a lot of trivial things. So, whilst I find her taking offence rather frustrating - I can't exactly pretend that I don't get really upset about inconsequential things.

Ed

 

[Nervous Rex]

This lady is overly sensitive.

I don't want to be a Doubting Thomas (I'm more of an Average Joe, but a bit of a Smart Alec) but this lady seems like a Nervous Nellie or a Shrinking Violet. This Chatty Cathy is trying to be Joe Cool, but she's no Johnny on the Spot. Getting offended over a Plain Jane donut on a Lazy Susan makes her look like a real Dumb Dora.

 

[LadyS]

*heavy eyeroll* *deep sigh* *headshake*

 

[Nairobi]

I read this story and wondered how many people would be offended?

M&S in hot water with 'angry mum' over 'offensive' name of £1 bakery item

They should have renamed them "Jane Complains".

 

[Misery]

There's a really high chance that this person is not actually offended. Notice the key part of this silly article: "and she was quick to share her disappointment online".

That's the ACTUAL reason for a lot of the "offended" attitudes you see online. People look for stuff to get offended by, and because they're lazy as all heck, find stuff that isnt REALLY offensive and just jump on it. Then, they can go onto Derpbook and post about it, acting all righteous and getting those sweet, sweet likes.

There's a reason why this "incredibly easy to offend" tendency started when social media did.

That being said, giving this person attention by sharing articles like this also doesnt help.

*heavy eyeroll* *deep sigh* *headshake*

Yeah, pretty much.

 

[Tom]

I really like the name Jane, the sound of it, but don't believe I have ever known one. It seems names go in cycles, and some that age particularly poorly are dropped and new ones added. Many of the names I saw as a kid watching TV faded, like Jane, Lois, Mildred.

I think some parents avoid using certain names because of associations, or bad screeplays. Which makes some people or things name killers. There are also name resurrectors, or maybe call them name launderers. People or things that take a name out of shame or obscurity and make it popular again. Cheetah is long overdue for a comeback.

 

[ForestGumpett]

Maybe I shouldn’t take it personal, but it wouldn’t allow me to view it unless I accepted something or another? I always say no.

 

[Nervous Rex]

Maybe I shouldn’t take it personal, but it wouldn’t allow me to view it unless I accepted something or another? I always say no.

That's every European website now. A recent privacy law requires them all to tell you that their site uses cookies and allow you to accept/reject them before proceeding.

 

[SusanLR]

People have become so overly sensitive to everything.
You can say something not even thinking about it and someone gets offended.

The world has gone to a sense of entitlement for every little group. Even down to names?
It's a social attention grabbing fad and people always tend to be sheeple.
Guess that offends sheep? Bahh.

 

[SimonSays]

No one has a right not to be offended. Taking offence is a personal thing that each of us has to deal with if we are.

The problem is not so much people getting offended at ridiculous things, it is that their feeling of being upset is taken into consideration in a way that far out weighs the alleged offended experience.

I agree with @Misery, because it allows those looking for attention to reveal what happened, while subtly colouring it in a way that exaggerates the experience as much as possible, so as to receive the most reaction in their favour. Social media plays a big part in all this. As has political correctness.

 

[Progster]

No, I wouldn't be offended. I don't think that she is really that offended either and like @Misery insightfully points out, it's a social device to get social media attention.

I hope she enjoyed her doughnuts.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

I'm Dutch all my aunts and uncles have weird first names in English, Uncle Freak, goes by Fred, Aunt Eat, goes by Eddy, my dad was Uncle No to my cousins. Apparently my name Ron is not common in the Netherlands so who knows. Sometimes we go out of our to be offended, my sister in-law is Knoc, Vietnamese.
Always have a god time in Cuba where rum is Ron, once had dinner went to the buffet to get some bread. Woman stood their pouring glass of rum kept asking me Ron, got a bit annoyed neither one of us could speak the others language. Wife got a real kick out of the liqueur called Creme de la Ron, gave a bottle to her dad.

 

[ucrenegade]

The world in general has become wussified and it sux but did you expect anything less when they get rid of men?

 

[Butterfly88]

No, I wouldn't be offended.