They are just sounds. You don't need to illicit emotional reactions in response to them like some mad dog.

truly the words of a great philosopher

Words have meaning and weight, so it's normal to be affected by them in one way or another. However, not all words are worth listening to, which is the reason why I believe one shouldn't pay much attention to words that don't really matter. If someone tells you you're stupid, then who cares? you know you aren't, so why should you be affected by those words? If you read something truly stupid online, then why even bother paying attention to it? Unfortunately people love being angry, so if some words have any sort of meaning to them, people will look for ways to be affected by them, usually in a negative way, simply because they don't know any better, or because they're emotionally ignorant.

shut the fuck up

OP is right, it's all in your head.
the fact that programming comes from weird mouth noise to control how light travels on a hypermicroscopic level that effects the real world is funny but its all in your head, man-made noise. A wise man once told about a bird standing before a monitor, the bird wouldn't understand what it sees, but it can only do it's best which is to sing.
I guess it's in our nature to have certain noise emitate a certain desire or feeling, just like how a bird's singing could mean a will to mate or a call for others.
anyway gfgvgghbvgghbvghhujknkklooii

>>4007
> such a dumb statement it's probably bait

>>4062
> someone taking the bait, trying to show off their room temp IQ like it's something to be proud of

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantics

It is cognitive dissonance. When someone is in cognitive dissonance that person believes things that are not true and whenever they get confronted with the truth they get this uncomfortable feeling which is called cognitive dissonance, then they get angry and usually attack the messenger instead of fixing their belief.
A single word can be enough to trigger this, for example, if someone is a tranny like a man believing to be a female, which is objectively not true and you just call them tranny, they get angry because it reminds them that they are not a real female, but an abomination and then they get offended.

It actually has nothing to do with words, any word, action, behavior etc that points out something someone does not want to see it will cause that person to be offended.

>>11357
You have not made any argument or brought any example. Most people are not even capable of comprehending context or intent or know what semantics even means. Someone being offended by a word already proves that the context, intent, vibe, semantics and such does not matter, it's just the word.

Problem creep.

People will always find something to be bothered by, it's our nature, it's what motivates us to continually transform the world around us rather than being satisfied with what we have. If you're in a position where the words people use qualify to you as a problem, that means all your more pressing needs are being met, in which case you're in a pretty fortunate position. One might describe that position as privileged.

You have to consider that some people cannot be offended at all, this means being offended is something inside the offended person which you cannot control. Carl Jung would say they project their shadow onto you, like they claim the problem is you, but it is them, that is the whole secret.

Words are like strings of notes on a guitar it just hits them differently

people get offended by sounds and gibberish because they project their dark sides onto others

>>11674
I'm pretty sure "Nigger" works on almost everyone.

>>4007
obvious bait, but genuine question since i don't know where else to ask: why does anyone feel the need to say words that are only used to offend someone? is it possibly a form of gatekeeping or trolling?

>>4062
emotional maturity is important on both ends. why should anyone have to filter through words that don't matter?

maybe i just have the tism but what the fuck, why is there no place that isn't a hugbox but also doesn't let people call each other niggers?

>>18059
Why does the word "niggers" have meaning to you?

>>18060
because it's used (in the cases i've seen) as an insult, and it's hard for me to take the rest of what someone's saying seriously when they're trying to insult me intentionally

if you want or need to insult someone, why? why should i listen to anyone who lacks the maturity to engage with me in good faith? i'd love to be corrected if i just don't understand the semantics in board cultures