umbrage

I didn't take part in the previous thread, but I kind of took umbrage with the question.

I take great umbrage with his graph depicting teachers both as relatively high paid and not working that hard.

And, while I understand why you took umbrage at the author singling out YC, these ventures are exactly the kinds of startups that YC churns out.

All of the comments taking umbrage that the article isn't celebrating Snowden's character are missing the point.

The litmus test for this is the umbrage taken by someone who's asked simple question about what their high-status concept is really used for.

" If Valve spun off the content delivery system, it would also remove the perceived conflict of interest Pitchford takes umbrage with.

I pretty much abstain from alcohol, and despite my abstemiousness never have I once taken umbrage that others like to drink when I happen to be around.

Where I take umbrage is in the notion that there's a dichotomy -- either you do things poorly and let intellectual lazy engineers take the lead, or your product does not succeed.

Who cares how long its been going on, you need to take severe umbrage that at multiple points in our nations history the Government has taken the 4th amendment out back and beat it with a lead pipe.

I obviously can't speak for Marco, but I think what I take umbrage with is when developers plan this out from the beginning -- create a product/company that drives just enough attention to ensure an acquihire.

I believe the parent's point is not that the IRS is targeting anti-tax groups out of umbrage or fear, but that people who loudly declare taxation to be illegitimate are signaling, "Hey, I'm especially likely to try and evade paying taxes.

For the obvious reason that the world is already intentionally dangerous enough without us taking too much umbrage at any of the inevitable fuckups that constantly occur alongside the everyday business of blowing the shit out of each other.