On Taking Criticism

I frequent this discussion board, where one of the dudes put up his picture with orange overalls. Someone commented that those overalls were very gay and turning him off. It was made very clear that it was joke more than once.

Here is the picture, which I thought was very gay too...



Well, the dude didn't take it as a joke and started insulting this person who made the gay comment. The whole board jumped against this person and it was a gore fest out there within no time.

The point is, why can't anyone take a joke ? Why do they get their panties in a bunch and wrinkle them to pantie hell? If you had the gumption to wear Orange Overalls to a dance club , why would you get upset over someones comments about them being gay?

But generally, I have realised that I started accepting criticism with an open mind. I don't get offensive, abusive,defensive and insecure anymore when someone corrects me or points out the red underwear I wore on my stretch pants ala Superman. May be a side effect of growing up and getting a life. I guess, I have accepted that there are various opinions in this world and yours is the one which is usually wrong.

Seriously, people should grow a funny bone or stop wrinkiling thier panties (better, stop wearing them) and make this a world a better place (well, stop using cliches would work too!).