To have told this man his t shirt was offensive?

[CundtBake]

I have to say in general I think slogan tees are wanky on adults.

Anyway on the train today a man was standing there with a t shirt that said something along the lines of: the daily mail - like being in a mental hospital for 20 minutes.

He caught me reading it and chuckled. I said I didn't think it was funny I thought it was offensive.

I've been sectioned myself and I'll be damned if I ever read the daily mail or share it's ridiculous views.

AIBU to think if you really feel the need to share your newspaper related views via your t shirt you should keep the mentally ill and any other vulnerable person out of it?

Man I think I want one of these tees so somebody can be offended to my face. Although I doubt that will happen because most people don't choose to be offended by crap on a tee shirt.

No but this thread makes me want to.

And a pure laugh at that I deal with various mental health bods on a weekly or daily basis sometimes, but yanno I'm not a snowflake who thinks he world should revolve around me just because I have personal experience, a lot of personal experience with mental health and hospitals.

It's a teeshirt, get over yourselves.

I do not care and am not interested in who has family with mental health difficulties, in how the Daily Mash are laughing their arses off at this thread or how easily some people are offended. What I do care about is the fact that there are some people (significantly more than those who are ill and proud) who are upset, hurt, offended and often a wee bit frightened of the so called 'jokes' around mental illness and that there are many, many folk who dismiss those fears. Take a look around you those who are saying don't be so easily offended. We live in a culture of mocking, criminalising and demonising the weakest in our society. Disability hate crime has increased significantly since 2010. There was a story last week about forcing those with mental health difficulties to accept treatment, treatment that may or may not be appropriate, but hey, it's only a tee shirt perpetuating the myth, it's nothing to be upset about. Think on folks, it's a hell of a lot to be upset about.
YWNBU OP.

Yes well don't look at the vegan teeshirts if you don't eat meat.. heads might explode.

Years ago my (early 20's) ex was asked to either cover up his t shirt or leave Harrods because it had "fucking freezing" written on it. The same t shirt was available to buy in Harrods though.

Last year I saw a man and a woman pushing their newborn in a pram along the high street. The man had a t shirt on that said "I ONLY WANTED A BLOW-JOB!"

Only Yesterday I saw a middle aged man wearing a t shirt that said "I AM A WEAPON"

Last week DH saw a man with a leg tattoo saying "what came first, the chicken or the dickhead?". Artic Monkeys lyrics, but why?!

People are weird

Ok then if you feel so strongly about it go and take them to task. Go to the daily mash Facebook page and educate them at source.

I've been sectioned numerous times, and whilst I take a dim view of people trivialising and/or mocking mental illness, I can't say I'd be particularly offended by the T shirt. I'd be more offended by how fucking wanky those 'clever' slogan tees are (seriously, do they look good on ANY age?) and how the guy was clearly congratulating himself on his fine taste. Then again, I love judging ;)

This joke seems flawed, as presumably you can't "get it" unless you've read the Daily Mail, in which case the joke is on you.

I've had mental health issues most of my adult life but I really can't find a way to be offended by a t shirt that says that. Any slating of the Daily Fail is okay by me.

It smacks a bit of professionally offended tbh, there are more interesting things to get het up about if you have the time on your hands.

It smacks a bit of professionally offended tbh
A daily mail argument in itself.

I think yabu.
Not to be offended by it, but to have said something.
Everybody will find something they will be offended by that others wont be.
Im not offended by the tshirt and iv had mental health problems for over a decade.

Lighten up dude.

Find something important to froth over.

yy to lightning up and getting a grip.
I read somethiong "who cares if you're offended? it makes you sound whiney."

What's the problem?

The guy is getting his ideas out there, telling everyone what HE thinks
The OP responds with what she thinks -that his ideas are stupid.

I can't see why she is wrong for doing that.

I think it's a great shame that someone couldn't take the piss out of the DM in a way that was actually funny. Let's face it, there's a lot of material to work with.

Lighten up dude.

Find something important to froth over.

Does that apply to this too. My dd would be offended at this, she has cerebral palsy and is a wheelchair user. Or is she just professionally offended and should she lighten up?

OP - I think you were in the wrong. Well meaning, but in the wrong

dawndonna that's appalling. You will have people telling you to lighten up, but nobody should wear that tshirt. I really really hate the way people use that word still. It's vile.

YANBU

Some psychiatric hospitals or wards are indeed pretty vile.

I don't think it's necessarily irrelevant. Pardon the pun but they're pretty mad places, where one can be exposed to plenty that is either funny, scary, worthy of criticism or humour, or just downright appalling. Everyone deals with that differently I guess, but I don't think it necessary to attempt to completely purge the world of casual MH references. It's worthy of little more than the muttering of 'twat' under one's breath accompanied by a little shake of the head. It's not worth the head space - a clown like that with his t-shirt is not out to get me, nor am I really the object of his unoriginal and lame joke.