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Why Malaysians Take Offence So Easily Online Spend five minutes on Malaysian social media and you will discover something amazing: Malaysians are very strong people in real life, but very fragile people on the internet. In real life, mamak got wrong order, we say, “Tak apa boss.” Online, someone disagrees with our opinion, suddenly it becomes World War III in the comment section. Why ah? The internet has turned many Malaysians into part-time keyboard warriors, full-time easily offended specialists . Everything can become an issue: Talk about food — offended Talk about language — offended Talk about school — offended Talk about road — offended Talk about politics — offended Talk about religion — offended Talk about job — offended Talk about money — offended Sometimes you don’t even know why people are angry. They also don’t know. But they are angry anyway. It’s like anger is on standby mode, just waiting for a reason. Someone posts an opinion. Not an insult....