#thin-skinned

[rispah-robinbird]

Is it just me,

or did Good Omens Season 2 made you kind of thin-skinned, too? I mean, not in a "bad or worse" way, that I can't stand the usual shit around me no longer...I have experience in that, a lot! I mean, that I could cry and do cry or laugh or smile like an idiot everytime I see or hear something oder somebody what or who reminds me "Love is here, it's around you, it's in you, sometimes it's small and hidden and unusual, but it's there"...everytime something fills my heart and it's overfull with feelings and overflows easily...

I have always been a sensitive person, you can read everything in my face the moment I think or feel it, I have always been a I-sob-loudly-watching-movies-if-I -want-to-person, but Good Omens and the rewatching and overthinking, geez, it has perforate me like sunlight goes through clouds...

It has teared down some barriers and shields, which usually are "up" but "unarmed" life feels better...

And now I have tears in my eyes reading something lovely or sad or inspiring here in tumblr, in books, in fanfiction, see your fanart or art or music in general...my favourite Christmas Movies...oh my God, I cry you a river!

It doesn't feel bad, though, I (and my people around me😅) just noticed...🥲

So, if you feel the same, I suggest, we just let it happen and buy more tissues😌💘

[norwegiatlas]

norwegian word of the day

ømfintlig

adj sensitive, tender; delicate, fragile; thin-skinned, touchy

(def./plur.) ømfintlige

(noun form) ømfintlighet (f/m)

Huden vil i etterkant være litt ømfintlig. / The skin will afterwards be a little sensitive.

Sommerfugler har svært ømfintlige vinger. / Butterflies have very delicate wings.

Det er et ømfintlig tema som sikkert er lurt å styre unna. / It's a touchy subject which is probably clever to steer away from.

[wtfnameisavailable]

I like criticism: it makes you strong

by Timothy J. Sabo

I think for someone like LeBron, criticism does work as a motivator, something to get you out of bed and off to practice even when you’re tired. Hearing or reading criticism from others certainly has driven some to achieve things they might have never dreamed.

For others, however, criticism is like a saw, cutting deep inside their fragile psyche, tearing apart the little heart they do have. These folks can’t face criticism of any kind; they are what we call “thin-skinned.” Criticism of them does not feed them to be better: it feeds them to seek vengeance.

[aunti-christ-ine]

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

People who wish to be offended will always find some occasion for taking offense.

John Wesley

[tea-and-liminality]

(or, when my adrenaline outpaces the medication, and I think I didn’t tag adequately so the third reblogger had a point because I actually AM usually careful about that kind of thing, but MAFM works very close to there and he does not look the part of “American man” as those people define it, so I was scared. And if it seems like people are scared, personally, maybe IDK don’t be a dick about it)

[vivianmoore]

"I CAN SEE STRAIGHT THROUGH YOU"

[rollsoffthetongue]

THIN-SKINNED

Origin: Late 17th Century, British and American English: This old expression, still very much in use, has a converse expression, namely “thick skinned” which is about a hundred years older. This should come as no surprise since idioms with our body parts are as old as the language itself.

Usage: Formal and Informal spoken and written American and British English. The literal definition would apply to fruit and vegetables, but with humans, the use is usually metaphoric.

Idiomatic Meaning: Be sensitive to criticism, reproach, or rebuff; easily offended; touchy.

Literal Meaning: Thin and thick are relative terms. You first have to establish the norm and from there determine the optimum width of whatever is being measured. Human skin is relatively thin so having less than normal or average thickness can be termed “thin skinned”.

Why is this funny? In the photo, we see a school of jellyfish, rising up in the water. One of them has jokingly accused Herman of not having a spine, intimating that he’s a coward. But it’s really a joke because no jellyfish has a spine. Herman doesn’t think the joke is funny and acts all grouchy, yelling at the other jellyfish. He’s being very :thin-skinned: because of his thin skin.

Sample sentence:  Trump and hurl insults all day long, but he’s very “thin-skinned” when the joke or insult is about him.