No. We can’t have trigger warnings for everything as there is always someone who might be triggered by something. Real or fake.
Some triggers can be universally agreed upon.
It is of course horrible that you have had experiences that can cause discomfort from seeing a picture, reading a book, watching a film. I do not know your backstory.
I do however have my own experience feeling discomfort from a seemingly “normal” thing. My father died and in order to get my mind off this event I went to watch (I believe) Bad Guys 2 where there is a scene where dead bodies were used to smuggle cocaine. It was I a humorous setting as most Will Smith movies are. I didn’t care for it then and felt discomfort - even though Weekend at Bernie was hilarious when I watched it 15 years prior.
My point is right as I felt discomfort and was triggered, I simultaneously understood that everybody else in the cinema at the same time I was there did not feel this way. It was a unique experience for me at that point in time.
I can’t expect everyone else to walk over eggshells around me, especially if they do not know me.
A former colleague of mine was after 10 years as a widow still triggered if someone mentioned something in the vicinity of drowning as this was his horrible death.
It was obviously difficult for her, but to expect colleagues (new and old) to never mention something that could trigger her for 10 years is over the top. As horrible as it is. People die, and you have to work on it. You can’t expect the rest of the world to do the work for you.
Which circles back to you. We can’t have trigger warnings on everything because you have had a horrible experience. You have to work on it. We do not. Especially as we do not know you.
For you its guns. For someone else it could be an axe. Or powder or a large syringe. Or a bottle of whisky. Everyday objects can’t have trigger warnings.
A shotgun is an everyday object, even if the barrel in the picture is pointing towards you. I think most objects or topics should not have trigger warnings, but that’s a different topic.
But I do hope you get better and help to deal with your triggers. Best of luck!
I am sorry you live in an environment where you can reasonably believe this. Or maybe you’re just myopic about your own hobbies.
In any case, while a shotgun may be an everyday object for 3% of humanity, a penis is a more everyday object than a shotgun for >70% of humanity. Do you support abolishing content warnings for those? If not, can you explain why without also justifying a content warning for weapons pointed at the viewer?
I believe a golf club is an everyday object, yet i am not sure more people have golf clubs than they have shotguns. They could. I do not know.
Regarding penis and warnings about them, I think it’s mostly about “this is a picture you should not open in a work setting”, and not “you could feel triggered by seeing this”. And it gives an excellent thought experiment - if a rape victim is triggered by a picture of a penis, flaccid or erect, should a picture of a flaccid penis have a trigger warning?
I believe it should not. But it could have NSFW marked, as many offices frown upon displaying large images of genitalia in your cubicle.
Meaning I do not believe content warnings as a whole should be abolished, but some trigger warnings should not exist.
Mate, no disrespect and you’re entitled to your opinion, however you may note that you’re all the way from .world and this is a comm on blahaj zone and we might have different rules of etiquette and postings than you. Online communities and real life situations are also very different.
As I was processing my feelings over the imagery, I realized of the people in my community may feel the same but have trouble speaking up, so I felt inclined to do so.
We all have to deal with quite a lot in real life every single day, I’m disappointed that your opinion is that a minority group in a minority group comm that you don’t belong to shouldn’t ask about safe space in a meme shit posting comm.
No. We can’t have trigger warnings for everything as there is always someone who might be triggered by something. Real or fake.
Some triggers can be universally agreed upon.
It is of course horrible that you have had experiences that can cause discomfort from seeing a picture, reading a book, watching a film. I do not know your backstory.
I do however have my own experience feeling discomfort from a seemingly “normal” thing. My father died and in order to get my mind off this event I went to watch (I believe) Bad Guys 2 where there is a scene where dead bodies were used to smuggle cocaine. It was I a humorous setting as most Will Smith movies are. I didn’t care for it then and felt discomfort - even though Weekend at Bernie was hilarious when I watched it 15 years prior.
My point is right as I felt discomfort and was triggered, I simultaneously understood that everybody else in the cinema at the same time I was there did not feel this way. It was a unique experience for me at that point in time. I can’t expect everyone else to walk over eggshells around me, especially if they do not know me.
A former colleague of mine was after 10 years as a widow still triggered if someone mentioned something in the vicinity of drowning as this was his horrible death. It was obviously difficult for her, but to expect colleagues (new and old) to never mention something that could trigger her for 10 years is over the top. As horrible as it is. People die, and you have to work on it. You can’t expect the rest of the world to do the work for you.
Which circles back to you. We can’t have trigger warnings on everything because you have had a horrible experience. You have to work on it. We do not. Especially as we do not know you.
For you its guns. For someone else it could be an axe. Or powder or a large syringe. Or a bottle of whisky. Everyday objects can’t have trigger warnings.
A shotgun is an everyday object, even if the barrel in the picture is pointing towards you. I think most objects or topics should not have trigger warnings, but that’s a different topic.
But I do hope you get better and help to deal with your triggers. Best of luck!
I am sorry you live in an environment where you can reasonably believe this. Or maybe you’re just myopic about your own hobbies.
In any case, while a shotgun may be an everyday object for 3% of humanity, a penis is a more everyday object than a shotgun for >70% of humanity. Do you support abolishing content warnings for those? If not, can you explain why without also justifying a content warning for weapons pointed at the viewer?
I believe a golf club is an everyday object, yet i am not sure more people have golf clubs than they have shotguns. They could. I do not know.
Regarding penis and warnings about them, I think it’s mostly about “this is a picture you should not open in a work setting”, and not “you could feel triggered by seeing this”. And it gives an excellent thought experiment - if a rape victim is triggered by a picture of a penis, flaccid or erect, should a picture of a flaccid penis have a trigger warning?
I believe it should not. But it could have NSFW marked, as many offices frown upon displaying large images of genitalia in your cubicle.
Meaning I do not believe content warnings as a whole should be abolished, but some trigger warnings should not exist.
Mate, no disrespect and you’re entitled to your opinion, however you may note that you’re all the way from .world and this is a comm on blahaj zone and we might have different rules of etiquette and postings than you. Online communities and real life situations are also very different.
As I was processing my feelings over the imagery, I realized of the people in my community may feel the same but have trouble speaking up, so I felt inclined to do so.
We all have to deal with quite a lot in real life every single day, I’m disappointed that your opinion is that a minority group in a minority group comm that you don’t belong to shouldn’t ask about safe space in a meme shit posting comm.