Treecko
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I had this topic idea for a while, but wasn't sure whether to place it in "chit-chat" or "discussions & debates", The Roundtable seems like the perfect place for it!
Anyways, on the Internet it's hard to censor and block offensive material. Some people though use what is called a "trigger warning" to help control the content people can and prevent activating people's "triggers". The urbandictionary definition for trigger warning is:
Another definition says:
There's multiple definitions, but esentailly it's the Internet's version of the MPAA film rating system and other TV/film rating systems that warn people of possible offensive content in online media, but a bit more extreme to where it also tries to prevent people from having panic attacks or other really negative reactions (such post-traumatic stress) to content.
So what are you're thoughts on them. Do you find them useful, annoying, useless, wonderful, etc?
I think there's definitely a reason behind most trigger warnings and I think a good amount have a good purpose. Such as ones for rape, sexual abuse, racism, drug/alcohol mentions, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, and even food to any extent. There's certain things that set people off , especially if they've had traumatic experiences involving those things. But some just seem so ungodly ridiculous.
Okay story time. Today on Tumblr , as an April Fool's joke, I pretended to not like one of my favorite actors/celebrity crushes. And I said I only liked them cause they're really popular and I just jumpeed on the bandwagon. And I was like "I like older men, like Steve Buscemi instead." And then I changed my url to "wolfbuscemi" and changed and avatar to him. At the end of the night, I get an anonymous message basically saying "if you're gonna do an April Fools joke, you should tag your post as "misinformation" or "just a joke" or "april fools" cause not doing so can trigger autistic people. And they were like "sarcasm, misleading people, and misinformation can send someone with autism into many different paths of extreme emotion that could lead to them harming themselves/having to go to the hospital." And it's annoying me so much. That's ridiculous imo. Who is gonna be so triggered by a joke of pretending to not like a celebrity, that they feel overcome with emotions and into " extreme emotion that could lead to them harming themselves"? Like even a good amount of my friends who are autistic/have other mental disorders knew it was a joke and are totally fine. Like sure autism comes in multiple levels , but I was very straightforward that I was joking and it was on April Fools day, everyone is telling jokes/pulling pranks and it should be okay! Even the most extremely autistic people should probably know that April Fools Day is for fun right?? Like stop being so insensitive and calm down.
So yeah that's my thoughts what about yours?
Anyways, on the Internet it's hard to censor and block offensive material. Some people though use what is called a "trigger warning" to help control the content people can and prevent activating people's "triggers". The urbandictionary definition for trigger warning is:
A phrase posted at the beginning of various posts, articles, or blogs. Its purpose is to warn weak minded people who are easily offended that they might find what is being posted offensive in some way due to its content.
Another definition says:
A warning often found on blogs to warn people who could have panic attacks or other extremely negative reactions to words or situations that these "triggers" will be mentioned in the text/video/alternate form of media. This is meant to prevent said person/people from becoming upset due to PTSD or other mental disorders.
There's multiple definitions, but esentailly it's the Internet's version of the MPAA film rating system and other TV/film rating systems that warn people of possible offensive content in online media, but a bit more extreme to where it also tries to prevent people from having panic attacks or other really negative reactions (such post-traumatic stress) to content.
So what are you're thoughts on them. Do you find them useful, annoying, useless, wonderful, etc?
I think there's definitely a reason behind most trigger warnings and I think a good amount have a good purpose. Such as ones for rape, sexual abuse, racism, drug/alcohol mentions, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, and even food to any extent. There's certain things that set people off , especially if they've had traumatic experiences involving those things. But some just seem so ungodly ridiculous.
Okay story time. Today on Tumblr , as an April Fool's joke, I pretended to not like one of my favorite actors/celebrity crushes. And I said I only liked them cause they're really popular and I just jumpeed on the bandwagon. And I was like "I like older men, like Steve Buscemi instead." And then I changed my url to "wolfbuscemi" and changed and avatar to him. At the end of the night, I get an anonymous message basically saying "if you're gonna do an April Fools joke, you should tag your post as "misinformation" or "just a joke" or "april fools" cause not doing so can trigger autistic people. And they were like "sarcasm, misleading people, and misinformation can send someone with autism into many different paths of extreme emotion that could lead to them harming themselves/having to go to the hospital." And it's annoying me so much. That's ridiculous imo. Who is gonna be so triggered by a joke of pretending to not like a celebrity, that they feel overcome with emotions and into " extreme emotion that could lead to them harming themselves"? Like even a good amount of my friends who are autistic/have other mental disorders knew it was a joke and are totally fine. Like sure autism comes in multiple levels , but I was very straightforward that I was joking and it was on April Fools day, everyone is telling jokes/pulling pranks and it should be okay! Even the most extremely autistic people should probably know that April Fools Day is for fun right?? Like stop being so insensitive and calm down.
So yeah that's my thoughts what about yours?