yea this is the best way to put it
"triggerd !!1!"
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yea this is the best way to put it
tbh i make the triggered joke all the time with my friends but it usually isn't related to anything that actually triggers people? so idk, i think in those cases it can be really hilarious. i don't use trigger warnings at all on tumblr because the worst thing i've reblogged had some blood in it. i do think it's hilarious/eye-roll worthy when people use the tw: tag for the littlest of things omg like if you're triggered by something so small please get off the internet.
already posted here but k
im one of those people who are overly sensitive, and yeah its annoying but really its not my fault im like this..its not fun. trust me. i get triggered by a lot too; certain words or things such as songs, games, etc will bring up really bad memories and i just cant handle
in certain non-serious cases, the whole triggered joke can be funny depending on the circumstances, but at this point the whole joke is just extremely overrused and just not funny anymore
so yeah
im one of those people who are overly sensitive, and yeah its annoying but really its not my fault im like this..its not fun. trust me. i get triggered by a lot too; certain words or things such as songs, games, etc will bring up really bad memories and i just cant handle
in certain non-serious cases, the whole triggered joke can be funny depending on the circumstances, but at this point the whole joke is just extremely overrused and just not funny anymore
so yeah
I never use the word "triggered" when it comes to people. People are not guns or bombs that just go off when something happens. I might say that a post could incite someone to do something bad, but at the end of the day, it's the person's brain and not the post that causes someone to do something.
visibleghost
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i mean.,, triggers that dont literally cause anxiety attacks n stuff are valid too. i think that people who are like "/: i dont like this tv show for no other reason than i havent watched it, please tw tag it :^)" are obviously using the word wrong, but ppl who have gone through trauma can have triggers that cause a lot of distress but don't put us in a panic attack.
and it's not other ppl's place to determine whose triggers are real and whose are not. it's easier to just respect people than to make fun of potentially traumatized people with backstories you have no idea of.
Literally anything can put someone into a panic attack though, that's why it's called a trigger. Being on the internet is actually safer in a sense because it is easier to avoid these things by asking people to simply add a tag for it.
I guess? but it's not like asking one person to tag something ridiculously obscure that triggers you will make it less likely for you to be exposed to it somewhere else on the Internet. emphasis on the trigger being something random and atypical when thinking of common triggers.
visibleghost
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yeah exactly
like, ik i cant avoid my triggers all the time but i can ask people i know online to tag certain things so i don't have to see them. it just makes stuff a lot easier and more enjoyable for me, and i don't see why people feel the need to make fun of it.
like, from what i've seen people who say that joke don't defend people with Actual Super Real And By NTs Approved Triggers, they just like to make fun of mentally ill people for being mentally ill and traumatized. whhiiiich i don't think is all that much fun
Sure, but there's nothing bad about having one more safe space. I think that's why people turn to tumblr as their outlet rather than other social media because blacklisting anything there is pretty easy as long as people are willing to tag it.
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This is just my own experience of course but yeah the vast majority of people I've witnessed making those jokes will be like "I'm not making fun of traumatized people, just people with stupid ridiculous triggers like oranges" and I'm like "....... So traumatized people......."
visibleghost
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^ yeah, people generslly only accept tiggers if they make a crap ton if sense to them, like oh you're a veteran of corde hearing stuff that sounds like gunshots makes you upset!!!! but ppl dont understand when it's things that arent as obvious ...
fair enough. I guess I still find it odd/unlikely that anyone with such an obscure trigger (or anyone in general) would solely use tumblr. like, even off social media I'm sure you'd be triggered elsewhere, so even though it's one "safer place" the gravity of having tws for atypical things you'd be exposed to anywhere doesn't click with me as much as typical triggers do. I also think you can still take trigger warnings too far. my original post was written with a person in mind I had followed on tumblr before they deactivated. they added tws to every other post. I feel like they couldn't have possibly had followers who asked to them to add trigger warnings to those things?
vogelbiene
the bird lord
Honestly, I've never been a fan of the whole 'triggered' joke. Sure, people can go ahead and say 'oh hey, I'm triggered by ect.', but I think even making up triggers is insensitive. I mean, for those who have PTSD and the like, I don't think they want to have the word 'trigger' associated with something that people on the internet have made. I'm speaking from personal experience on this one- I can't even say to my psychologist that I was triggered by a certain thing because I think I may be turning into someone who just 'makes up' triggers, even if there's a reasonable explanation for it.
I may be wrong in that assumption, but there could be others out there who may feel the same way and hence rarely bring up the fact that someone or something triggered them to a professional or even the person who had brought the thing up, so really, they're not helping themselves or allowing others to help them with overcoming these triggers.
I may have overthought that whole statement, and people are free to do whatever, but I just thing making light of something that does effect people who have a legitimate reason to be triggered isn't okay.
I may be wrong in that assumption, but there could be others out there who may feel the same way and hence rarely bring up the fact that someone or something triggered them to a professional or even the person who had brought the thing up, so really, they're not helping themselves or allowing others to help them with overcoming these triggers.
I may have overthought that whole statement, and people are free to do whatever, but I just thing making light of something that does effect people who have a legitimate reason to be triggered isn't okay.
Maybe not only tumblr but it's one of their safe havens I guess? But I would understand it since there's a big like... social justicey crowd on there as well as a huge amount of other people who aren't neurotypical.
I don't know who you're talking about of course but if they were a popular blog I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people did ask them to tag certain things, although many people just tag warnings without being asked like blood/gore/nsfw just in case since they're common. On the other hand people being asked "Can you tag ____" will assume it's a trigger and slap "tw" on it even if it's just a matter of the person not really wanting to see said thing, and while I don't think it's helping anyone to do that they can't really ask every single person "Is that a trigger or do you just not like it?"
the thing is, i'm pretty sure they weren't a huge blog. we were mutuals and their posts didn't get an exceptional amount of notes. anyway, not to focus too much on that one blog...i'm all for automatically tagging warnings for blood/gore, nsfw, rape, etc. but when you're tagging every tiny thing, i can't help but feel like that's making a mockery out of actual triggers. and i think someone's mentioned it before, but one thing about part of the tumblr crowd is...are they actually triggered or is this something that just makes them feel some level of discomfort? and tbh whenever i make triggered jokes i'm always thinking about the latter group. i can't speak for others but
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visibleghost
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so tagging too much is mocking "real triggers" but making fun of triggers as a whole is Defs Cool N Not Wrong
visibleghost
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who has said that lmao
Twisterheart
Senior Member
Triggered jokes don't bother me.
The way I see it is the way certain people act is what makes it hard for people to take people with triggers seriously. As someone that is a actually triggered by things (due to legitimate issues, not just a dislike for something) it greatly annoys me, because of people who are like like "wake up, i'm triggered" or who seem to think not liking something is a trigger, I don't get taken seriously, nor do others with legitimate issues.
I try so hard not to come across as an ass while talking about this kind of subject as I honestly understand it, I really do, I understand why people need triggers and I understand why the 'triggered joke' can make people feel ****ty. I get that, but at the end of the day these jokes (again, like the "I identify as an attack helicopter!!" one) originated from somewhere, and it wasn't to mock trauma victims and mentally ill people. I won't mock someone's trigger, and I'd happily tag something if someone asked me, no matter how out there it is, I have no issue at all with that type of thing.
I know I'm honestly just bitter but yes, I do feel like certain people, who claim to be part of the people suffering, or those who claim to help, are the origin of the problem. Not just in this case, but in the case of many similar issues. Certain groups of people in the "sjw tumblr" scene are so hostile, people see the way they act and find a reason to be equally as hostile back, and thus, such jokes are born. I don't like it, I really don't, but I really don't blame people for retaliating in such a way, these people turned trans rights, feminism, mental illness, triggers, literally everything that people seriously struggle with into a big joke by taking things too far and acting so hostile. I don't agree with the jokes, but I see where they came from and they don't bother me. I personally feel more hurt, like i'm being mocked more by certain sjw tumblr people, than people making pointless jokes.
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