Solutions to those of you tha get offended by what people say

I tend to have everyone muted. That way I don’t have to listen to someone cursing every 10 seconds.

It’s not about being overly sensitive, just communicating with strangers in a civilised way.

You don’t start dropping f-bombs when you speak to someone new IRL so I don’t understand why everyone does it online :man_shrugging:

If that’s considered ‘nornal’ then I think it’s pretty sad

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Yeah you got a point. We all needs to chill out and start debating with respect without arguing. Including myself. But it seems like its a trend in videogames eveybody is upset.

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I miss telling mother jokes to strangers after I win.

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Yeah, there is a problem because of the system now in place (or lack of it). Muting is hidden down deep in menus. There’s no way to report someone’s abusive behavior.
So I either have to listen to someone blasting music I don’t like, or listen to people cursing, or to their babies crying in the background, or various types of noise that doesn’t help to play better. Or I can just turn my speakers off and have peace. I can even have music or some tv series running in the background if I want.

Infinite doesn’t have almost any social interaction options. And this one option that is implemented (voice chat) is awful.

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I believe this is false. I also believe this is an ignorant, immature, and outdated view point to take.

It’s easy not to get offended when someone is insulting players skill, gameplay ideas, or opinions of games. There’s nothing inherently offensive there most times, other than the usual “you’re dumb!” type stuff.

But it’s offensive when people start insulting disenfranchised members of our society and boast ideas that belong in the 1800’s. If you’re opinion is I/we “make ourselves offended” in these cases, I guess that’s your opinion and your speedto have it. It doesn’t mean it isn’t the socially responsible thing to hold people accountable for their words and actions though.

And that’s really what I see people with opinions like yours being annoyed by. People can’t just spout anything they want out of your mouth/keyboard anymore without someone pointing out when things are blatantly offensive.

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It is the person doing the insulting that’s actively trying to elicit emotion from others. It’s a pathologic form of attention seeking, usually stemming from their own unresolved problems or traumas.
Also, over the internet, people often spew vulgarities and obscenities they never would say in real life. Or if they did, they’d do it to provoke a fight I guess.

Verbal and mental abuse, racism, body-shaming, and many other things are not ok whether online or offline. Online you can cut someone out of your life if you want, or if you’re in a dependent relationship you can report them to the authorities. Reporting players for bad behavior is the same online. Sure, nothing should happen automatically to prevent abuse the other way, but such reports should be accepted and reviewed to remove toxic members of the community.
Remember most of us come here to relax, not to listen to someone cussing over the mic, or playing their awful, loud music. We can play our own if we want to.

Anything, and everything can be offensive. That means that you made a conscious effort to find something wrong with what I said.
I on the other hand, because I am not ignorant, immature, or outdated in my viewpoints, I don’t find any credence in what you have said, because I do not give your words any power over my emotions. Why? Because how you see the world doesn’t affect me in any way. This includes how you view my comments, lexicon, or what you ASSUME the meaning of my words are.

You are the one who just jumped into this somehow being a racial issue, lmfao, kinda shows where your head is at, don’t it? :wink:

Also, Hey Com~, I know you’re cyberstalking me. <3

You: “No one should be offended by anything.”

Me: “I find racist, sexist, and homophobic ideas offensive”

You: “That’s ignorant and outdated thinking”

Yea… ok dude whatever. Keep living in your fantasy land I guess.

Edit: @Ninja_Xij

Here’s where you imply that being offended by the topics I posted is ignorant/out of date thinking, to try and spin what I said around (typical for these kinds of discussions).

Most people who sympathize with the “you shouldn’t be offended” side don’t directly state offensive stuff, and instead just heavily imply very offensive ideas as a "loophole " to say whatever crud ideas they have. Doesn’t mean people won’t or shouldn’t call them out.

Also, as an fyi, you should re-evaluate digesting wherever you got this “it’s your choice to be offended” talking point. That idea was originally created and it’s currently heavily pushed by white nationalist hate groups to discredit people speaking out against them.

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There doesn’t seem to be any valuable discussion here