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RE: WARNING!!!
October 22, 2015 at 3:53 am
(October 15, 2015 at 1:10 pm)Losty Wrote: (October 15, 2015 at 12:59 pm)Dystopia Wrote: I think the correct position on trigger warnings is something in between - Not all trigger warnings are bad, but triggering every potential scenario is not a bad idea as well. I think it should be up to the discretion of the entity responsible for something to choose whether or not to put trigger warnings, and I feel like society should minimally accomodate to those who have been trough horrible traumas - Of course, people who have traumas need to adapt as well, so it's really something in between.
I don't get upset with people who don't use them. You can't warn for every possible trigger. One of my worse triggers is this specific type of cologne. Can you imagine if you had to go around shouting out how you smell so as not to trigger anyone? But when people do add the trigger warnings, I always appreciate the effort. Even if it's not something that specifically bothers me. It's just nice to know that people care.
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RE: WARNING!!!
October 25, 2015 at 11:23 am
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Trigger warnings are totally ridiculous.
Guess what, you're going to run into things in life that offend you. That's life. You can't expect everyone to go out of their way to warn you, or sugar-coat what they're going to say just to please you.
This girl at work the other week had this wonderful moment about "oh I don't use foul language" because I let the word "shit" slip out. It's the way people act like we've never heard these things before, censoring swear-words like "f**k" in newspapers as though none of us can work out what that word is saying.
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October 25, 2015 at 11:43 am
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October 25, 2015 at 11:59 am
(October 25, 2015 at 11:23 am)Yeauxleaux Wrote: Trigger warnings are totally ridiculous.
Guess what, you're going to run into things in life that offend you. That's life. You can't expect everyone to go out of their way to warn you, or sugar-coat what they're going to say just to please you.
This girl at work the other week had this wonderful moment about "oh I don't use foul language" because I let the word "shit" slip out. It's the way people act like we've never heard these things before, censoring swear-words like "f**k" in newspapers as though none of us can work out what that word is saying.
I don't expect every possible trigger to be warned against. It's not physically possible, and going overboard is extreme and probably not necessary.
I however deeply appreciate when people do put trigger warnings before things like pictures of slashes. I'm not saying it should be mandatory, but it is very considerate and I'm grateful for people who do it. I didn't need to see that and fight the urge to hurt myself for the rest of the day, or break down.
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RE: WARNING!!!
October 25, 2015 at 12:50 pm
(October 25, 2015 at 11:23 am)Yeauxleaux Wrote: Trigger warnings are totally ridiculous.
Guess what, you're going to run into things in life that offend you. That's life. You can't expect everyone to go out of their way to warn you, or sugar-coat what they're going to say just to please you.
This girl at work the other week had this wonderful moment about "oh I don't use foul language" because I let the word "shit" slip out. It's the way people act like we've never heard these things before, censoring swear-words like "f**k" in newspapers as though none of us can work out what that word is saying.
There is a difference between being offended and being triggered. The very least a person can do is to TRY to refrain from being judgmental of something that they don't fully understand, and to TRY to see things from the perspective of someone outside of yourself.
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October 25, 2015 at 1:02 pm
Trigger warnings are good when they're not doing any harm, at least to warn for children and to warn for those who are sensitive for understandable reasons such as experiencing trauma.
Trigger warnings for swearing is kind of ridiculous though.
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October 25, 2015 at 3:58 pm
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October 25, 2015 at 4:02 pm
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RE: WARNING!!!
October 25, 2015 at 4:56 pm
(October 25, 2015 at 11:59 am)Neimenovic Wrote: (October 25, 2015 at 11:23 am)Yeauxleaux Wrote: Trigger warnings are totally ridiculous.
Guess what, you're going to run into things in life that offend you. That's life. You can't expect everyone to go out of their way to warn you, or sugar-coat what they're going to say just to please you.
This girl at work the other week had this wonderful moment about "oh I don't use foul language" because I let the word "shit" slip out. It's the way people act like we've never heard these things before, censoring swear-words like "f**k" in newspapers as though none of us can work out what that word is saying.
I don't expect every possible trigger to be warned against. It's not physically possible, and going overboard is extreme and probably not necessary.
I however deeply appreciate when people do put trigger warnings before things like pictures of slashes. I'm not saying it should be mandatory, but it is very considerate and I'm grateful for people who do it. I didn't need to see that and fight the urge to hurt myself for the rest of the day, or break down.
Oh natch, that's a reasonable instance of using a trigger warning obviously. I just think some people go way overboard with it, when they think just saying a particular word is cause to trigger warn. That's petty.
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