We don't live in a shared reality, we each live in a reality of our own, and causing upset is often the price of trying to reach each other. It's always easier to dismiss other people than to go through the awkward and time consuming process of understanding them. We have given 'taking offense' a social status it doesn't deserve: it's not much more than a way of avoiding difficult conversations.
Frankie BoyleI live in a flat with 3 women, I call it surround sound. I keep the ugly one behind the sofa as a woofer.
Frankie BoyleRyanAir have been getting a hard time because they've launched a ยฃ7 flight to New York. Although as always with RyanAir it does land slightly outside of New York. In Dublin.
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