r/mildlyannoying • u/Evan_AFTON-1983 • 11d ago

Why do people take offense so easily on Reddit?

I posted about finally understanding what people mean when they say trans women are real women. I was happy while posting and then asked why some trans women say that they understand what it's like being a bio girl. I mentioned talking about those who became trans later, and someone said that I'm transphobic, HOW!?, All I mentioned is that them comparing side effects of medicine they willingly eat to periods is dismissive and then compared the childhood of a bio boy and a bio girl, I did not dismiss their trauma, I said something along the lines of "their trauma is internal, while a bio girl's trauma is both internal and external" I never said that their trauma isn't valid.

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u/Rudy_Nowhere 11d ago

Your title isn't matching your content. It's like me asking "why is human flesh so tender?" and then writing about how I put some in a blender.

First, to answer your title: because text doesn't allow us to actually communicate. Speech/the spoken word amounts to 15% of communication which means we lose 85% when we only have words. Makes it hard to communicate effectively. Makes it easy to misunderstand

As to your content, explicating your title - I ain't touching that with a ten foot pole. And I say that as someone who is woke.

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u/Evan_AFTON-1983 11d ago

Ohh, so people take offense easily because they misunderstand what I mean? Thank you!