Comment by ksec
3 years ago
I am reading all the replies and thinking the word silly seems to convey a different thing to different people. At least in the British context it is extremely mild.
But somehow others read it as like you said "being bad, stupid or otherwise without merit."
Yeah I'm honestly surprised too, but I'm Australian so effectively British for all intents and purposes when it comes to what language we find offensive (i.e very little lol).