Have you ever been personally offended by a piece of media so far?

*CyberCubed* · 03-04-2021, 06:54 PM

Be honest. Whether it be a movie, a TV show, a videogame, lyrics in music, a commercial, virtually anything...have you ever found something personally offensive?

*IndigoErth* · 03-04-2021, 07:46 PM

Uh, yeah. As a women it's kind of a given throughout life that there has long been a trend of various media depicting women in ways that were insulting and/or unnecessarily objectifying or whatnot. No mystery there.

edit: If you want stuff that's less broadly insulting... glasses stereotypes have always irked me, as well as my state being treated as nothing or barely existing.

*Galactus* · 03-04-2021, 07:53 PM

No but then there is very little media which really goes after straight white males in any severe way.

*CyberCubed* · 03-04-2021, 07:57 PM

I am also a straight white cis het male, so nothing offends me even though white people are portrayed as stupid, violent, silly, arrogant or plain evil virtually all the time everywhere.

Case in point, Homer Simpson is "white" technically, and he's allowed to be an idiot and nobody minds. If The Simpsons were black, having Homer act the way he does probably wouldn't fly.

*Prowler* · 03-04-2021, 08:04 PM

Personally offended? No. I'll roll my eyes or laugh if I see something completely wrongly depicted in foreign media, like the 1987 TMNT episode where they go to Portugal. All of that episode was entirely wrong. Portugal had bullfighting but there's no such thing as a bullfighting festival in Lisbon nor are there any bulls roaming my city's streets. Lisbon is not Pamplona in Spain.

And I don't mind the Portuguese fishermen jokes in Family Guy. I can even accept the fact they speak with a Brazilian accent. Seth MacFarlane said the Portuguese jokes in Family Guy are sort of an inside joke between him and his good portuguese friend. It's most likely done on purpose. Plus, it's ****ing Family Guy. They make fun of EVERYONE

Haven't seen any Holywood movies set in Portugal, but everytime they try to depict a non-American country or nationality they get it wrong 99% of the time, anyway. I think it's either laziness or a running joke at this point. So no point getting annoyed by it.

As for other stuff... I'm not religious nor am I gay or anything like that, so none of the jokes on TV about those subjects or people hurt me.

Really, at the end of the day TV isn't real life. I know exactly who am I. I don't need Family Guy to tell me what portuguese people are like. I'll just talk to my family members or my acquaintances

. Certain kinds of fictional character archetypes fit certain stories better. No one wants to see a boring average Joe on TV. People want to be entertained.

*neatoman* · 03-04-2021, 08:20 PM

If we're talking fiction, no. Fiction can piss me off with how bad it is, or I can feel annoyed with it in some fashion but I don't know if it can offend me. Like I think TMNT Out of the Shadows is absolute travesy of a movie, the production of Power Rangers baffles me in how pointless it all is and I think Star Trek Discovery is a jackass creation. But none of them really offend me.

On the other hand, there can be documentaries and and educational content that actually offends me if their intention is to spread misinformation. That's actually offensive since the goal is clearly to mislead and deceive people.

*Andrew NDB* · 03-04-2021, 08:31 PM

Nothing. Not one thing.

*Coola Yagami* · 03-04-2021, 08:34 PM

Honestly can't think of a single time, like ever.

I admit sometimes Hispanic characters overdo the 'ese' and 'homes' and whatever else, we get it, you're Hispanic, but like, to say 'offended' is too strong a word. I just carry on with my day.

*Andrew NDB* · 03-04-2021, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

I admit sometimes Hispanic characters overdo the 'ese' and 'homes' and whatever else, we get it, you're Hispanic

If anything, I get offended by interviews and speeches of writers/directors/actors telling me what I want to see (i.e., as a Hispanic, that I must always be craving seeing other Hispanics because only then can I identify with characters on the screen)... but nothing in the Art itself. Even if it's borne of nonsense ideology and the latest "hip" identity politics.

~~Leo656~~ · 03-04-2021, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

Honestly can't think of a single time, like ever.

I admit sometimes Hispanic characters overdo the 'ese' and 'homes' and whatever else, we get it, you're Hispanic, but like, to say 'offended' is too strong a word. I just carry on with my day.

As an Irish guy I'm about as white (or "translucent") as they come, and much as I loved the guy Eddy Guerrero's entire WWE run was nothing but cringe. He was never a good promo guy anyways and all his BEST matches were in WCW, but every single promo he ever cut in WWE was just him saying "ese", "ese vato" and "homes" every time he stopped for breath. Like sometimes he'd pause for breath and you could see it in his eyes, "Oh, sh*t, I forgot to 'Spic It Up'!" and then he'd very awkwardly cram one of them in there just to get it in there. It was even worse because while he is of Chicano heritage, he was born in Texas and English was his first language, so the "forced stereotype" thing rang extremely false on account of the fact that Eddy Guerrero was in fact rather "white" for a Mexican, objectively-speaking. Seriously, watch any of his many WCW promos between 1997 and 1999, and then watch him overnight become a completely different guy in WWE. Even when he was the leader of the "Latino World Order" he wasn't a full-blown Speedy Gonzales cartoon yet.

I didn't find it "offensive", exactly, just very annoying because I knew for a fact the guy didn't actually speak like that. I just find his entire WWE career very hard to watch for that reason (the 40 extra pounds of steroid muscle that led him to drop dead at age 38 was also extremely uncomfortable to watch; suffice to say I was in no way shocked when he up and keeled over). I think the oft-corroborated stories about Vince McMahon later telling Carlito to "Spic It Up" (using those exact words) when he spoke was pretty offensive, but mostly because "How does a billionaire not realize that you can't exactly just up and say that to someone's face in the 21st Century?" Like it's less that he said it and more the complete lack of self awareness on his part. But then Vince's lack of self-awareness is legendary.
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As for me myself... I was highly offended by the ChickBusters movie.

*Wildcat* · 03-05-2021, 01:06 AM

Honestly...once. The Family Guy episode where Carter has the cure for cancer. Before everyone gets upset I love Family Guy and other adult comedy. I just think this this 1 episode went a little too far.

It goes absolutely nowhere and ends with just...yup he’s horrible or the devil or whatever the joke was. It was all pointless to me and felt like an excuse to use cancer as a plot line.

If he was caught (even by Lois) it would have come off differently. It should have ended on a high note is all I’m saying. Don’t make that the plot of a whole episode just for the sake of it.

Edit: I just looked up the episode and Lois does find out. It’s been a really long time since I’ve seen it. I still think the ending was dumb.

*FredWolfLeonardo* · 03-05-2021, 01:17 AM

I am offended by all forms of media that advocate degeneracy and immorality.

*ssjup81* · 03-05-2021, 02:00 AM

Personally offended, no, not really. Have I ever smacked my forehead over something completely stupid...sure, but that's about it.

I feel more offended by fools that believe the stereotypes of certain groups of people and try to apply them to the entire group. Well, maybe not offended, but it is an annoyance.

*ZariusTwo* · 03-05-2021, 02:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Galactus

No but then there is very little media which really goes after straight white males in any severe way.

You keep telling yourself that. I'm sure one day you'll actually believe it.

~~Leo656~~ · 03-05-2021, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Wildcat

Honestly...once. The Family Guy episode where Carter has the cure for cancer. Before everyone gets upset I love Family Guy and other adult comedy. I just think this this 1 episode went a little too far.

It goes absolutely nowhere and ends with just...yup he’s horrible or the devil or whatever the joke was. It was all pointless to me and felt like an excuse to use cancer as a plot line.

If he was caught (even by Lois) it would have come off differently. It should have ended on a high note is all I’m saying. Don’t make that the plot of a whole episode just for the sake of it.

Edit: I just looked up the episode and Lois does find out. It’s been a really long time since I’ve seen it. I still think the ending was dumb.

The entire point of Family Guy past Season 1 is that every single character is an absolute sh*tbag. That's like, the entire show.

*frank_one* · 03-05-2021, 07:54 AM

Never been offended. I'm very tolerant, for the most part I don't give it a f~ck. Also, as an Italian I can say that most of the stuff you hear about Italians, even the worst, is... actually true

*Papenbrook* · 03-05-2021, 07:58 AM

Yes.

Plenty of times, in fact.

*Andrew NDB* · 03-05-2021, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Papenbrook

Yes.

Plenty of times, in fact.

~~Leo656~~ · 03-05-2021, 08:32 AM

Dawg, I heard that Kraken got deeply offended by her own breakfast this morning.

The waffles and the toast were clearly conspiring against her already, but the kicker was when the Rice Krispies got together and sang out loud "Snap, Crackle, F*ck This Kid."

To be fair, I think I might also be a bit miffed if I found myself in that situation. But I'd probably get over it pretty quickly.

*CyberCubed* · 03-05-2021, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by FredWolfLeonardo

I am offended by all forms of media that advocate degeneracy and immorality.

That's most of fiction.

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03-04-2021, 06:54 PM	#1
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,881	Have you ever been personally offended by a piece of media so far? Be honest. Whether it be a movie, a TV show, a videogame, lyrics in music, a commercial, virtually anything...have you ever found something personally offensive?

03-04-2021, 07:46 PM	#2
IndigoErth Team Blue Boy Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: U.S., East Coast Posts: 16,296	Uh, yeah. As a women it's kind of a given throughout life that there has long been a trend of various media depicting women in ways that were insulting and/or unnecessarily objectifying or whatnot. No mystery there. edit: If you want stuff that's less broadly insulting... glasses stereotypes have always irked me, as well as my state being treated as nothing or barely existing. Last edited by IndigoErth; 03-04-2021 at 07:57 PM.

03-04-2021, 08:31 PM	#7
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03-04-2021, 08:34 PM	#8
Coola Yagami Overlord Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 15,711	Honestly can't think of a single time, like ever. I admit sometimes Hispanic characters overdo the 'ese' and 'homes' and whatever else, we get it, you're Hispanic, but like, to say 'offended' is too strong a word. I just carry on with my day. __________________ "I was down with TMNT once, but then they changed what TMNT was. Now what I was down with is no longer TMNT and what TMNT now is seems weird and scary. And it'll happen to YOU." Check out my blog for Comic Reviews and other things. https://markepicblogofrandomness.blogspot.com/ I also started The AEW Crew, the All Elite Wrestling Fan Club! https://www.facebook.com/groups/637508120044168/

03-04-2021, 07:53 PM	#3
Galactus Foot Elite Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,009	No but then there is very little media which really goes after straight white males in any severe way.

03-04-2021, 07:57 PM	#4
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,881	I am also a straight white cis het male, so nothing offends me even though white people are portrayed as stupid, violent, silly, arrogant or plain evil virtually all the time everywhere. Case in point, Homer Simpson is "white" technically, and he's allowed to be an idiot and nobody minds. If The Simpsons were black, having Homer act the way he does probably wouldn't fly.

03-04-2021, 08:04 PM	#5
Prowler Emperor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,999	Personally offended? No. I'll roll my eyes or laugh if I see something completely wrongly depicted in foreign media, like the 1987 TMNT episode where they go to Portugal. All of that episode was entirely wrong. Portugal had bullfighting but there's no such thing as a bullfighting festival in Lisbon nor are there any bulls roaming my city's streets. Lisbon is not Pamplona in Spain. And I don't mind the Portuguese fishermen jokes in Family Guy. I can even accept the fact they speak with a Brazilian accent. Seth MacFarlane said the Portuguese jokes in Family Guy are sort of an inside joke between him and his good portuguese friend. It's most likely done on purpose. Plus, it's ****ing Family Guy. They make fun of EVERYONE Haven't seen any Holywood movies set in Portugal, but everytime they try to depict a non-American country or nationality they get it wrong 99% of the time, anyway. I think it's either laziness or a running joke at this point. So no point getting annoyed by it. As for other stuff... I'm not religious nor am I gay or anything like that, so none of the jokes on TV about those subjects or people hurt me. Really, at the end of the day TV isn't real life. I know exactly who am I. I don't need Family Guy to tell me what portuguese people are like. I'll just talk to my family members or my acquaintances . Certain kinds of fictional character archetypes fit certain stories better. No one wants to see a boring average Joe on TV. People want to be entertained.

03-05-2021, 01:06 AM	#11
Wildcat Foot Elite Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: AZ Posts: 3,516	Honestly...once. The Family Guy episode where Carter has the cure for cancer. Before everyone gets upset I love Family Guy and other adult comedy. I just think this this 1 episode went a little too far. It goes absolutely nowhere and ends with just...yup he’s horrible or the devil or whatever the joke was. It was all pointless to me and felt like an excuse to use cancer as a plot line. If he was caught (even by Lois) it would have come off differently. It should have ended on a high note is all I’m saying. Don’t make that the plot of a whole episode just for the sake of it. Edit: I just looked up the episode and Lois does find out. It’s been a really long time since I’ve seen it. I still think the ending was dumb. __________________ Nothing can survive the will to stay alive, cause if you try, you can do anything. Last edited by Wildcat; 03-05-2021 at 01:46 AM.

03-05-2021, 02:00 AM	#13
ssjup81 Foot Elite Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Central Virginia (Back in the US) Posts: 4,734	Personally offended, no, not really. Have I ever smacked my forehead over something completely stupid...sure, but that's about it. I feel more offended by fools that believe the stereotypes of certain groups of people and try to apply them to the entire group. Well, maybe not offended, but it is an annoyance.

03-05-2021, 07:54 AM	#16
frank_one Mad Scientist Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Southern Europe Posts: 2,253	Never been offended. I'm very tolerant, for the most part I don't give it a f~ck. Also, as an Italian I can say that most of the stuff you hear about Italians, even the worst, is... actually true

03-05-2021, 07:58 AM	#17
Papenbrook I'm leaving. Goodbye. :) Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: No comment -_- ... Posts: 2,754	Yes. Plenty of times, in fact.

03-05-2021, 08:32 AM	#19
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Dawg, I heard that Kraken got deeply offended by her own breakfast this morning. The waffles and the toast were clearly conspiring against her already, but the kicker was when the Rice Krispies got together and sang out loud "Snap, Crackle, F*ck This Kid." To be fair, I think I might also be a bit miffed if I found myself in that situation. But I'd probably get over it pretty quickly.