A Loser's Thoughts on Life

People who are Easily Offended

Okay, there's something you need to understand about me before you read this rant: I am probably serious about 3% of the time. Literally, I am joking or making jokes 97% of my life. Or just being sarcastic.

Point is, you really can't take me seriously. And if you are my friend, you have to be able to deal with that, or else we are going to run into problems.

Which brings me to today's rant topic: People who are easily offended. Oh joy, what great joy these people bring into my life. Honestly, I get it, it's not a person's fault if they are more sensitive to things or whatever, but I hate having to watch what I say around people.

For example, sometimes I'll just be joking around but then my friends take me seriously and get all offended. And then I have to explain like oh it was just a joke and I didn't mean it and they're all like well it wasn't very funny.

WELL MAYBE IF YOU LOOSENED UP A BIT IT WOULD BE FUNNIER

Actually, like if you can't take my jokes and fake-insults, we literally cannot be close friends. We can be acquaintances and talk in class or whatever, but there is no way I can deal with daily having to watch my words and what I say around you. I am so sick of worrying over hurting people's feelings.

Wow, I sound really rude. Well, I am a rude person.

^See? Joke. I insulted myself. No big deal, I don't actually mean it. But see, if I said that to a person who was easily offended like; "oh wow, you're so rude!" and said it in a laughing, joking tone, they would believe me. And they would be all upset by it and take it personally when really I was not being serious at all.

Don't get me wrong; I'm not saying I want to be able to just insult people and they shouldn't get offended because it's 'just a joke'. That would be bullying. When I say 'insult' people it's really more of a teasing kind of thing, you know? Like when two best friends say they hate each other, but that really means they love each other? You feel?

Like, I just need to be friends with people who recognize that 97% of the time I don't mean what I say. As soon as someone can recognize that and realize that that's just my personality, take it or leave it, we usually become best friends instantly.

Oh, and it's not one sided either. Trust me, I take a lot of 'abuse' from my friends, but I know that's it all in good fun and I never take it seriously or personally. To me, that wouldn't make any sense. I mean, they're my best friends, I know they would never try to actually insult me. With most of my friends at the beginning of the friendship I have to do the whole: 'You know I'm joking, right? 'Cuz I would never actually say that to you and mean it' little speech and they go oh yeah of course same with me to you and then we move on with our lives.

So in conclusion: Don't take anything I say personally. At all. Even in this rant book. Because I would never purposely try to insult anybody.

xoxo Emmalynn