What do you think about trigger warnings?
CW: my opinion
Not much, really. I think filters are the superior tool since it places the control over not being triggered right into your own hands instead of making it the entire world's resposibility. There's of course exceptions, most notable of which is being polite and respectful to your friends and loved ones.
Language is ever changing, so is the context surrounding it, and with everyone having a different path there's no way to make everyone happy by self-policing in public discussion.
Of course, real life can't be moderated by yourself with a simple blacklist of terms relating to things you definately don't want to witness, but I believe you can step around mentally taxing environments by being careful where you head into.
What are trigger warnings?
I think it's a symptom of the new pop culture (millennial?) trend of feeling like you should be protected from having to feel anything uncomfortable. It's the same phenomenon that threatens to undo our freedom of speech when all the voters are millennials and post-millennials. I mean maybe there are some people who legitimately need trigger warnings, but I think those people would be exceedingly rare and I think the timing of the uprising of trigger warnings is no coincidence. TBH though I don't even remember seeing a single trigger warning out in the wild. All I ever see is the controversy surrounding this alleged phenomenon.
The phrase "trigger warning" is self-defeating because it makes a bunch of people suddenly and irrationally angry. I like it when they use "content note" because the people who are upset by "trigger warning" don't seem to notice it.
Idk, they're not meant for people like me, i.e., I don't have any actual psychological triggers. I do know that assholes have ruined the word for anyone who has a legitimate desire or need for trigger warnings tho. They conflate it with being mildly upset or mildly bothered so they can feel powerful about.... not getting bothered by the same thing?? idk, it's a yikes from me tho
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005791618301137A recent study points to them being not only ineffective, but potentially harmful. More research is needed, but good intentions should not matter more than actual effectiveness.
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