I fucking hate it when people use the following excuses to give themselves Get Out of Jail Free Cards:
1) "No offense, but insert offensive insult of choice here."
Yeesh, why can't people just not say offensive things rather than say something offensive and take away all the responsibility by feigning pacifism? Whenever someone does this, I retort, "Offense taken."
2) "I'm the kind of person who speaks her mind." This is said after saying something pretty offensive.
Face it, the majority of people who explicitly state that they speak their minds in a defensive voice after saying mean things are excusing themselves from all blame. I know plenty of people who aren't afraid to speak their minds, but they don't use it as an excuse to say hurtful things (Mwah mwah, you wonderful ladies on SW).
I have named such disclaimers the Tourette's Syndrome disclaimers. Yes, I know that Tourette's Syndrome is a very real and very serious mental disorder, but I call them such because by using them, people are basically saying that they can shoot off their mouths without consequences by excusing themselves.
Can anyone else add any more Tourette's disclaimers?



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I can eat humble pie for that.
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