Offended Over a Video Game: Are People Too Sensitive?

Maybe if Valve truly believed adoption was awful and meant it as truth, it would be offensive. But clearly the people complaining have never played Portal 2- Wheatley, who says Fatty fatty no parents, is an artificial intelligence core designed with the sole purpose of being the biggest idiot in the world. I don't think it can get any more obvious that you're not supposed to take him seriously. The dude freaking breaks a window and tells you he "Hacked the computer system" to open it. GlaDOS is the one that says being adopted is horrible and makes fun of you for having no parents, but she's a murderous and completely insane artificial intelligence core that killed everyone else in the entire laboratory, and hates you with a passion because you "Killed" her in the previous game. Of course she is going to say horrible things to you, and unless you value the opinions of dangerous psychopaths, you're not supposed to take her seriously either.

Oi, people need to suck it up sometimes. None of the jokes were meant to hurt anyone! I should know, I said them! It was all in my script. If they're mad at me for sayin' what was in my script, then they're a bit over-sensitive!

~Wheatley

people just need to suck it up. and take it like Man or woMAN. ;)

In this case, yes very much so

Waaay too sensitive. The character actually isn't adopted, she was abandoned by her parents. She was made fun of through the 1st Portal game. Get over yourself. Way to shelter your child too much.

Agreed!

~Wheatley

"Daddy" irritated the hell out of me. Sorry darlin'.....sheltering child will not help. Try explaining what was going on? Bet he was more upset than his daughter was. What does that say?

I disagree. Unlike some people, he actually gives a crap how a child feels.

Sure why not? The world in which we live is too violent, too insensitive, too immoral anymore. No one respects anyone else. Hell, you don't even respect that I have my opinion and that's all it is. You keep coming back to bother me. A little sensitivity and respect can go a long way towards making this world a better place.

Good bye to you... It very nearly feels like you're stalking me. You're attacking me on two different topics on this site. Ba'bye Control Freak.


It really is amazing that some people can't just let it be and allow others their viewpoint. Control freaks tend to be relentless thinking that any other viewpoint is stupid and they are going to force that change even if it kills them....Really now, who's stupid?

It's over-sensitive because of the context of the insults- the character who calls you "Fatty fatty no parents" is an artificial intelligence core who was created to be the biggest idiot who ever lived. Throughout the entire game everything he says is hilariously stupid, and so is this. It can't get any more obvious that you are in no way supposed to take him seriously. The other character who makes fun of you for being adopted is GlaDOS, and she is a criminally insane, homicidal artificial intelligence core who killed everyone else in the entire laboratory, and hates you and wants to kill you because you "Killed" her in the last game. Of course she's going to say horrible things to you, and unless you take advice from homicidal maniacs, you're not supposed to take her seriously either. If a sane, intelligent person in the game seriously told you that adoption is bad and Valve (the company that made the game) really believed that, then it would be justified to be offended.

This is life. Move on from it. Sitting around and complaining about some words said...get over it! Why fight to get your point across? Don't play the game if you don't like what was in it. PERIOD. The END. Moving on.....

You don't have school age children do you?

My daughter is 3. Why?

Why? Because your daughter is only 3, she hasn't been exposed to the kind of cruelty that exists in school. Your protective instincts haven't truly been challenged until someone you don't know strikes out at your kid. What makes it worse is when there is next to nothing you can do about it. My daughter just graduated from high school yesterday. I've lost count of how many times over the last years I've wanted to go and pull teeth out of someone because of how she was treated or a word that was said. I've tried to teach her how to deal with children her age, only stepping in when needed. With adults, there have been times when I've had to step up. I know of one woman that is currently being taken to court because she was being too sensitive/protective, she crossed the line though. A father bringing attention to this video game may seem like an over-reaction, but you really can't bash a guy for loving his kid. In this guy's situation it's doubly hard as a parent. She's 1. adopted 2. she's Asian and doesn't look like her parents. Those 2 things make a parent even more protective beyond the norm. My daughter isn't adopted, so I wouldn't like the game, but I wouldn't have called in a news team. But I can understand his position.

NO ONE was striking out his kid. Get over the game and move on. That's what's wrong with people. They hold onto petty things. It's a game. A lot of games have graphic material. If that was the case, he should have played the game before he played it with his daughter. The games are put other there. Whether or not someone choses to play them is their own decision. Someone always wants to place the blame on someone else. I love my kid too, and I am NOT going to shelter her. OR blame others for her feelings or my own. Everyone thinks differently then then the next person. Unless if someone was intentionally trying to hurt me or one of my own, I pay no mind. Life is too short!

I agree with you on two points. 1. He should have previewed the game first and this could all have been avoided or not. For all I know, he would have made a stink anyway. 2. All of us have our viewpoint and I'm not trying to yours, even though many have tried to force their viewpoint on me to the point of badgering, which is just plain wrong. I was just curious and I guessed right. Not here to fight unlike many other sodaheads.

not trying to fight either. i just dont understand why people make like a stress factor for themselves.

Difference between a conservative and a liberal.

Conservative finds it offensive, and refuses to see it again.

Liberal finds it offensive, it needs to have a law against it.

Ohhhhhhh the humanity! Jaysus Kee-riste!!! I sit here with my blood boiling over most of this "offended" by everybody business. God dammit, when will these people stop! I don't give turd one about liberal, conservative or what EVER. This ultra sensitivity is like dope; once you go that way, you can't stop and it becomes more and more frivolous by the minute. Sensitive, hyper-offendable,snivling, wimpy, politically correct douchebags. They should all be slapped around and told to shut the f#ck up. If they don't, time for another beating.

Dad, I don't think your daughter would be offended and your blowing up of the situation is far worse than the minor irritation that may or may not have been absorbed by your sensitive little brainchild. Checked into plastic bubbles for you and your kids lately? Penis head.

Humm.............Maybe you are desenitized? Numb to the evil around you? A pupet to the mind conditioning establishment?

Way to use that intellect!

No. Are you not tired of all of this goddam bs about people being offended or not pc, and an endless litany of crybabys who just want to sit around all day finding things of which to be offended. It's like a disgusting rancid liquid that is coursing through the world. You're probably in favor of a one nation world and love obama's amerika.

That's really funny. If you have read any of my posts you would know I am not a bleeding liberal at all. I just believe that we need to have some sort of standards so there is not anarchy!

Man that's how it all begins. It's just a pill, and just for the health of the mother.....then you end up with partial birth abortions.

It's the way they desensitize you to the real horror.

thats pretty effed up to be more or less makeing fun of adopted ppl. but it is just a game...

Man that's how it all begins. It's just a pill, and just for the health of the mother.....then you end up with partial birth abortions.

It's the way they desensitize you to the real horror.

Like teaching all about deviant sexual behavior in Schools now. Desensitize kids and now suddenly we see 12 year old girls pregnant.

im sure ur right but what can i do but not play the damn thing and not have a partial birth abortion? i cant stop it. The Lord in heaven knows i want to but i cant.

But we can, by not purchasing the products for our kids and communicating to them what the real values are that are supportive and mutually beneficial to all.

As far as Abortion....this counrty will be judged!

well ovbiously but there are thousands out there that dont give a crap at all. its horrid and tragic but its true.

We are truly a sad lot.
Just do the best you can in your sphere of influence.

always do.

Video games aren't supposed to be taken too seriously. Sure there can be violence, but as a parent, the parent's role is to moderate a child's exposure to media and just talk to them about it so they understand it better. Not full on oppose it and judge all videogames because of just one. Still though, jokes on adopted people shouldn't have been put in a video game.

yah i think it was stupid that they put such crude jokes in the game!

seriously, Wheatley, the guy who says fatty fatty no parents is an artificial intelligence core built to be the biggest idiot who ever lived- and yes, that is exactly what they tell you about him in the game. Yes, he says fatty fatty no parents, but it could not be made any more obvious in the game that you're not supposed to take anything he says seriously. The other person who makes fun of you is a homicidal and criminally insane computer core named GlaDOS who killed everyone else in the lab and hates you because you "Killed" her in the previous game. OF COURSE she is going to say horrible things. She also calls the main character (Who is pretty thin) fat constantly. You're clearly not supposed to take her insults seriously either, unless you like taking advice from homicidal maniacs.

TERA online has women gyrating their hips while casting magic! OFFENSIVE TO WOMEN


TERA also has men dressed extravagantly! OFFENSIVE TO A GUY'S MASCULINITY!


Blade and Soul has women with unrealistic proportions, panty shots and huge tits! OFFENSIVE!


I hope some of you get where this is going (sarcasm intended)