Quote (Handcuffs @ Nov 30 2016 11:39am)

Yeah, that's definitely true. I'm biased in the circles I run in, but I've only ever seen two main categories: people who use them legitimately and correctly, and then those who misunderstand what trigger warnings are and laugh at the concept and degrade those who benefit from them. These are the same folks, typically, who are anti-safe space and who similarly don't understand what they are.

Quote (Handcuffs @ Nov 30 2016 12:04pm)

"Triggered" became a thing after people thought it stupid that social justice and academic circles started putting trigger warnings before talks or presentations on sensitive subjects like sexual assault or rape so that people in the audience who may have experienced that kind of trauma aren't blindsided by it coming up and gives people an opportunity to leave ahead of time.

This got misconstrued by many people who thought trigger warnings were just about protecting people from feeling even the slightest bit uncomfortable. That it protected people from "getting their feelings hurt".

Now people use "triggered" when they feel someone gets emotional (actual or, really often times, perceived). It's a substance-less 'argument' like others have mentioned.

Quote (sylvannos @ Nov 30 2016 09:46am)

Yeah I don't think I've ever met anyone IRL who mocked trigger warnings and safe spaces at all. Everyone I know understands AA meetings are a safe space and supports trigger warnings on TV ("Viewer discretion is advised").

Seems to be mostly contained online to shitposting.

Quote (sylvannos @ Nov 30 2016 07:46pm)

Yeah I don't think I've ever met anyone IRL who mocked trigger warnings and safe spaces at all. Everyone I know understands AA meetings are a safe space and supports trigger warnings on TV ("Viewer discretion is advised").

Seems to be mostly contained online to shitposting.

Quote (duffman316 @ Nov 30 2016 07:56pm)

i've heard about triggering as a meme first - have yet to see it as a warning preceding anything unless "disturbing scenes, viewer discretion is advised" counts as one

Quote (Handcuffs @ Nov 30 2016 03:12pm)

Depends on where you go and what you expose yourself to. Typically they're used for emotionally heavily topics, like sexual assault and rape.

Quote (Handcuffs @ 30 Nov 2016 12:09)

I've heard lots and lots people who mock them all the time, including people I'm friends with. Trying to explain to people what trigger warnings and safe spaces actually are, I think, is the most difficult part of the discussion. Most people, from my experience, have an opinion rooted in just Internet memes and Milo rants.

Quote (JahovahWitness @ Nov 30 2016 03:11pm)

Triggered is basically whenever most of these libetards get angry over the truth. :D ;) XD

Quote (JahovahWitness @ Nov 30 2016 11:11am)

Triggered is basically whenever most of these libetards get angry over the truth. :D ;) XD