Using autism and cancer in comments and as a derogatory term...

[Rivers23]

Man, people are so touchy. The internet is not your personal safe space. I honestly wonder how you people function in real life because it seems like no one is allowed to criticize you or call you a funny name without you getting offended and calling the bully help line. Honestly, are you this touchy with your colleagues and bosses? Jeez.

[AnnaRosa]

Man, people are so touchy. The internet is not your personal safe space. I honestly wonder how you people function in real life because it seems like no one is allowed to criticize you or call you a funny name without you getting offended and calling the bully help line. Honestly, are you this touchy with your colleagues and bosses? Jeez.

So what?
You probably will be touchy about other subjects and people won't be complaining about you being touchy.

Sound so: wah wah wah ppl r touchy wah wah wah why no accept outdated jokes wah wah wah been training outdated jokes on the mirror to look funny for so long it doesnt come out that fasionable wah wah wah

However don't let me stop you do what you want all the critics you want pull those critics from whatever place you like I can nod even if you like again if that makes you happy and self-realized.

[Gwenorai]

There are some who say in the age of the Internet you need to grow a thick skin - that may be a bit true but it also should not be used as an excuse to allow people to say or do things are are quite frankly offensive to reasonable people.

However - they need to be told that it is offensive or they will never know better. That means you need to stand up and politely let them know (in a private IM also so as to not attract undue drama). If they decide to take it the wrong way then so be it - blacklist them and be on your way. If they then harass or incite other harass you (as you have blacklisted them) then report them for said harassment.

Most of the time people use these words because they incorrectly think it is cool and the adoring masses find them amusing - most people will react kindly to a "hey can you throttle back on the cancer stuff as my mum is has cancer and may not live - it's no joke" those that do not are most likely not the sort of people you will want to be around anyway.

What do you mean, 'reasonable people'? Foks tend to deal with horrific things with humour. I've had family members die of cancer. It's not going to stop me from saying that a particular thing is 'cancer'. As in, something is so bad that it needs to be removed from the 'body' to be whole again. I also have good old autism, I joke about it constantly. I call it good old assburgers. Example; New moogle event is just good old grinding and repetition - this pleases my autism, ah yes. Like wow, should I be offended by that?

This entire thread gives me autism on top of my autism. People need a dang thicker skin. The number of times I've heard folks joke about autism, cancer, 'get back in the kitchen', aids or 'black jokes' would have me be wealthy I got a £ for each remark. I laugh every time. Maybe I'm just 'unreasonable' because I don't let such words hurt me and actually laugh at how stupid the comments are. I don't know. Maybe I just have a healthy sense of humour and skin as thick as a rhino.

I swear people who don't even have a history with any of these things get more offended than those who do. It's tiresome. White Knights suck.

Okay, thanks for the emphasis that I should have a tougher skin and any other analogies that get thrown about.

Yeah, and stop hiding behind other folks diseases/illnesses because you have an issue with your previous FC. Petty af.

[Alucard135]

Well I would accept him anytime because would not exclude him for such reason persons think differently after all and can tolerate or befriend with ea other even being different without being rude to one another.

Keyword: Tolerate. Which OP has shown that he has zero of to the point he called others morons.
If you're someone that people need to watch every single thing they say because they think they might offend you without knowing, then that's not a person that thinks differently. That's a person better left alone.

[Bellsong]

JustJon should JustMoveOn

[AnnaRosa]

Keyword: Tolerate. Which OP has shown that he has zero of to the point he called others morons.
If you're someone that people need to watch every single thing they say because they think they might offend you without knowing, then that's not a person that thinks differently. That's a person better left alone.

Am so sorry I disagree with you, usually do not tend to joke about illness in that public context I joke about my health problems and my most close one health problems in private because it helps me cope them, so in public including guilds you will never see me joking about such subject even if we had that impulse we couldn't because where we live is considered a hate speech crime, again in public.

So basically where we live the laws protect persons with health problems from harassment in public it is considered hate speech crime, either with illness or conditions and that is something I never did in public and won't see myself doing not even in my childhood or teenage, however we allow ourselves to joke in our privacy about ourselves with whatever we feel like we tried once with our doctor but he didn't like and we stoped there.

So what affects him within humor altho doesn't scratch you or others doesn't make him a less likable individual or that gives me feels in advance to exclude him as a friend game player.

After all we adjust each other to have fun an allow others to have fun too.

[LittleChickenNugget]

The cancer this thread gave me is beginning to spread to other areas of my body.

[LyraKuroneko]

While insult will always sucks. Words having several meaning isn't new and we can't do much about it.
You can't change the way a language is spoken.

[AnnaRosa]

While insult will always sucks. Words having several meaning isn't new and we can't do much about it.
You can't change the way a language is spoken.

Of course and it goes in both ways.

[JowyAtreides]

The same can be said about someone getting offended by every group they communicate with. And in the situation of using the term cancer, those that are offended are the "few". Need proof? do a simple 100 random roulettes and say "this fight/dungeon is cancerous" and see how many gets offended by the term being used.

To be fair, there is a difference of definition between "this gave me cancer" and "this is cancerous", because no, this fight/dungeon did not "give you cancer" and it's not funny to say it. To say a "fight/dungeon is cancerous" is actually probably a reasonable summary and there is no reason for anyone to be annoyed by it.

While insult will always sucks. Words having several meaning isn't new and we can't do much about it.
You can't change the way a language is spoken.

I think you will find there are laws in many countries that disagree with you. I can only speak from my knowledge of European countries but in specifically the UK, derogatory expressions toward someone's colour, race, disability, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, gender or sexual orientation is forbidden.

Autism falls under the above criteria.

This I believe is not the case in the US?

Hence one of many reasons we have different data centers and should probably extend to forums, otherwise we will have divisive threads.

Which is a shame, because a global community has so many benefits.