Unpopular opinion: People are too sensitive-Julia Kadar

    Over the years people have been becoming more and more sensitive.  Jokes that were once okay to say would now be considered unacceptable.  People think the world is becoming more aware of the offensiveness of certain things and are making good changes to combat that, but I just think some things are ridiculous.

    Participation trophies are stupid.  Parents who thought they would be a good idea for their child are out of their minds.  Children should be rewarded if they do well at a sport or some other form of competition, because the world is competitive.  Parents who thought these rewards were a bad idea were just upset their child wasn't as good at that thing than the other children.  It's better to tell children when they are good or bad at something than to hide the truth.  Some people felt this would discourage children from doing activities that they liked, but I think if a child was told they weren't good at something, they would walk away or if they truly liked to do it, they would practice and try to get better.  I think this would also help cure some of the misplaced arrogance found in some people.

    People also need to understand how to take a joke.  It's true, some jokes are offensive, but they're jokes.  I'm not saying that racist or sexist comments should be said, but jokes about certain people or practices shouldn't be burned with fire.  These are jokes, they are not serious comments.

    Some people look for reasons to get offended, and they are the worst.  There was a word that I learned about a couple years ago and that is microaggression.  The definition of a microaggression is a brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative attitudes toward stigmatized or culturally marginalized groups.  This is a wordy way of saying small actions or words said that could be seen as offensive.  That fact that this word even needs to exist is ridiculous to me.  There was a video made about microaggressions where an interviewer went around a college campus and asked students if certain things would be considered microaggressions.  One of the examples asked to these students was would saying bless you after someone sneezes be considered a microaggression, and a few of the students said yes, if the person didn't believe in God.  I find this completely ridiculous.  I can't imagine someone so sensitive as to be bothered by this small act.  Unintentionally offensive acts should not be ridiculed or lead to someone being "cancelled."  If you are truly offended by something someone does or says, tell them so they won't say that sort of thing anymore.  Don't continue talking about it and not give them the chance to apologize, most likely they didn't realize you would get offended.  

    It also bothers me when people get offended when what was said had absolutely nothing to do with them.  If someone makes a joke, make sure it's actually offends the people the joke was about before you start attacking the person who made the joke.  I've seen this happen before.  Someone made a joke on social media, and people started attacking the person because their joke was "offensive" towards a certain demographic until someone from that demographic responded saying it was actually a funny joke.  

    I understand that some people want to help those who aren't as fortunate as the rich, white, straight, man, but let jokes be jokes.  Before attacking someone for making a joke about the gays, see how the gays respond.  If they think the joke is offensive, then you can support them.  If someone makes a joke about women, see if women think it's funny first before attacking who said it.  If someone jokes about something men do, see if it actually offends men before speaking for all of them.

    If people keep attacking other's for making jokes, no one's gonna make any anymore.  Who wants to live in a world without jokes?

    I want people to be able to tell jokes like "When can women make you a millionaire? When you're a billionaire."  It's a joke and it's funny even if it is saying something meanish about women.  I understand that it's a joke, and I'm not going to waste my time getting offended by it.  

    I'm not saying never get offended by anything, but it would be so much easier if you didn't.