Triggers

[PhCritique]

Neil degrasse Tyson's latest guest - Laurence Fishburne, joined him to discuss the Matrix on StarTalk. Usually, the guests and the topics on this platform are engaging and deeply informative. But this one was different.

Like Tyson, I was a huge fan. But... the biblical references which he started pointing out had an effect on me. Watching him grow in excitement while detailing the origin or theological reference was like being conditioned to believe again. Thankfully, Fishburne shifts the conversation to Greek references like the Oracle. A part of me had to turn it off, though. 

Neither Tyson nor Fishburne were asking for tithes and donations... in a rhythm rich and slick... Yeeesss. 

Simply, my discomfort and memories of theological rants prompted me to take action as supposed to resuming the program. 

How do you deal with content that triggers you? Do you pause it or do you keep it playing?

[Thumpalumpacus]

I don't get triggered by content, usually. If I shut something off, it's because I find egregious errors that undermine the credibility of the presentation, or I'm bored by the info being old.

I don't watch videos about metaphysical stuff, though. I watch history and music stuff.

[Angrboda]

I have a high threshold for giving a fuck.

[Nanny]

The messianic tropes of the Matrix are obvious. I didn't notice the 14 shots/stages of the cross connection, but that's more of an easter egg. I thought the episode was entertaining.

As for triggers, that's why there's an off button. I try not to waste my time on annoyances.

[Jackalope]

I wouldn't call them triggers per se but I don't care to watch media that features gore, "jump scares", gratuitous violence or cruelty.

[Silver]

If I begin watching something that turns out to be a religious oriented film, that didn't identify itself that way in the synopsis, then I stop watching it. Done that a couple of times.

[Angrboda]

If I begin watching something that turns out to be a religious oriented film, that didn't identify itself that way in the synopsis, then I stop watching it. Done that a couple of times.

[Rev. Rye]

The stuff that triggers me is closer to this:








Than anything religious.

[brewer]