The Offended Blögger

The Proof That Everyone Is Offended Offensive

The Offended Blögger — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 18:28:03 +0000

Anyone with a pulse is well aware that we’re living in the days of the easily offended, but a recent Canadian study actually proves it!

From CULT:

According to a study by the Angus Reid Institute, 76% of Canadians agree that “these days, it seems like you can’t say anything without someone feeling offended.”

The study found agreement with the sentiment among large majorities in every province, all age groups, income and education levels, including three-quarters of visible minorities, Indigenous and caucasian people.

Not to take away from the validity of this study, but who the hell are these “visible minorities”?! What about the invisible minorities?

Don’t they count?

I feel like I should be offended on their behalf…

The Very Expensive Restaurant Offensive

The Offended Blögger — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 22:03:46 +0000

There’s nothing less appetizing as a narcissistic food critic. Except one whose articles bitching about how offended they are that some of us aren’t in a bread line and can still afford to eat out at quality places are behind a paywall.

From The Times:

Expensive restaurants are still opening all the time. I’m a bit offended

The thing is, very expensive new restaurants are still opening all the time. They haven’t stopped just because I’ve come out and said I will only be reviewing places where you can get in and out for 40 quid a head including wine. I’m a bit offended, I must say. I thought I was more influential.

But I guess some people can afford to spend a lot more on their lunches and dinners out, and there is nothing remotely wrong or evil about doing so, or about providing the means for people so to do. I just think it would be a bit tin-eared of me to keep piping the virtues of such places at a time like this, when all the money you used

Ironically, the article cut off mid-sentence because, as I said, it’s behind a paywall and I’m not a paid subscriber. Not because I can’t afford it, I’m just a cheapskate who would rather spend my money at an expensive restaurant.

No offense, Giles, but I’m on my way to the Four Seasons right now and could use the extra cash to tip my waiter.

Have fun at KFC!

The Cigar Smoking Old (White) Men Offensive

The Offended Blögger — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 16:03:42 +0000

As we cast off the oppressive chains of the patriarchy and make room for a future filled with histrionic, authoritarian women (and histrionic, authoritarian men who identify as women), we also have to remove every single offending item in our culture that reminds us of the good old days.

I mean the bad old days.

I mean…

Well, you know what I mean.

From Dutch News:

A painting of ‘cigar smoking old men’ at the centre of a row at Leiden University has been restored to its former place amid a row over its relevance.

The painting, a depiction of the 1974 university board, had been removed after a number of female staff had objected to its presence because it represented male dominance and showed smoking. ‘I hate the smoke, even if it’s only painted,’ law dean Joanna van Leun said on Twitter.

The move divided staff, with some saying artist Rein Dool’s depiction has an element of mockery of the men’s importance in it, and others siding with Van Leun.

The row created a stir outside the university walls as well. ‘Are depictions of men now banned?’ VVD MP Hatte van der Woude asked, while former Amsterdam mayor Job Cohen, son of the one of the offending board members, offered to do ‘a short lecture’ on the painting and its context.

Rein Dool’s painting of the board is ‘dominates the small meeting space’, a spokesman for the university told the Volkskrant. ‘You can almost feel those men looking over your shoulder. It’s no longer relevant to today and is a source of irritation for some members of staff.’

Meanwhile the university, which called the spat ‘the starting point for a discussion’ about whether art that offends some modern sensibilities should be removed, has put the painting back on the wall.

You’ll have to click over to see the actual painting but trust me when I say it’s everything they accuse it of being and more. Except they left out the part about the cigar smoking men being white, which is the worst crime against humanity. I suppose the Dutch have yet to get offended over that since I’m pretty sure 99.99994% of them are still white.

Still, give it time. Soon enough it will be a problem to fix. Then they’ll have fun tearing down every other old, Dutch, white guy related painting, statue and memorial. Whether they smoke cigars or not.

Ah, good times ahead.