[TAHTGUY]

I'm a chill dude and I don't purposely try to taunt people, but I don't like to stay silent about stuff, I like to discuss things, values, opinions, so yeah, I'm offensive because pointing out fails of ones opinion is considered offensive in our modern society.

[Forward]

*Positive spin* I get on with people who aren't overly sensitive!

[liza_200]

There are 3 ways I offend people:

*When I call it funny, they consider it as offensive.= dumb people

*When they call it offensive, my Fe knows it's offensive. =P

*When I consider it as normal, they consider it as offensive.
Example: I was talking to my feeler friend about her religion, and I asked why she follows the tradition and what makes her follow the tradition. She thought that I was personally attacking her morals, and started back bitching about me. (which I overheard )

[ynajem]

Pissing people off seems to come naturally for me, whether or not I mean to do it.

Ironically, people seem to get more pissed off at me whenever I'm in a serious and non-comedically-condescending mood. I guess they can't tell the difference.

[SlowPoke68]

*When I consider it as normal, they consider it as offensive.
Example: I was talking to my feeler friend about her religion, and I asked why she follows the tradition and what makes her follow the tradition. She thought that I was personally attacking her morals, and started back bitching about me. (which I overheard )

People tend to get defensive if you question anything they take for granted. ENTP's always get in trouble this way. If you question anything some people think you are questioning their judgement, even if you are only questioning in a rational, genuinely curious way. That leads me to have very few S-type friends. They tend to think of me as either a) crazy b) an asshole or c) both.

[affezwilling]

People tend to get defensive if you question anything they take for granted. ENTP's always get in trouble this way. If you question anything some people think you are questioning their judgement, even if you are only questioning in a rational, genuinely curious way. That leads me to have very few S-type friends. They tend to think of me as either a) crazy b) an asshole or c) both.

Um, aren't we questioning their judgement though? I consistently question everyone's judgement, especially my own. I'm fairly certain that just about all NTs do the same. It's just that some of us keep it to ourselves a bit better, or are at least a bit more tactful about it, instead of outright questioning them out loud.

[SlowPoke68]

Um, aren't we questioning their judgement though? I consistently question everyone's judgement, especially my own. I'm fairly certain that just about all NTs do the same. It's just that some of us keep it to ourselves a bit better, or are at least a bit more tactful about it, instead of outright questioning them out loud.

I'm talking about the times when I've asked things like "So, Nebraska has a one-house legislature. How did that come into being?"
That sort of question should carry no personal judgment at all. I'm just curious. But depending on the thick-headedness of the person I'm talking to, it can lead them to wonder why I care, and from there to an assumption that I'm implying there's something wrong with the situation, and by extension something wrong with them just for living in Nebraska, just by asking.

That's an extreme example, but I've seen it happen. Mere curiosity isn't always respected.

[INTJellectual]

Simple, really.

Do you find yourself to be offensive to others? Whether its on purpose or inadvertently (as if you have "no" way to control it)? Consider "scaling" yourself to most people, who generally aren't offensive on a regular basis, does your existence slightly elevate tensions around people that cross your path?

I can't answer this one, so I don't vote.

Offensive, maybe sometimes but I guess it's not intentional. It's just because of the natural bluntness of the ENTP that just wants to speak his/her mind. But compared to other Thinking types especially to those STs, no you're not offensive at all.

I don't think ENTPs elevate tension to those around them. But maybe it's a different kind of tension they elevate especially when around opposite sex.

[Konigsberg]

It's funny because I came to PerC to dissipate my mind after being offended by an ENTP. This does not happen regularly and I'm an INTJ, so yes he was being offensive (I already planned on forgiving him, just thought giving him the cold shoulder for a while would do well to his ego).

In fact, he tells me stories about how he offends people most of the time, on purpose and not on purpose, he does it anyway.

So I read the title and thought very quickly "Yes. Yes you are"

But it's kind of part of your charm.

Kind of.