"triggerd !!1!"

[nintendofan85]

Eh, I don't really mind it. One of my IRL friends uses it a lot.

 

[visibleghost]

Why was my post deleted? Am I not allowed to express my opinion about the use of triggering/triggered?
If you didn't look into my post well enough, I use it as a joke and a lot of people do. I understand why it may be offensive if it goes too far especially when it gets to serious topics.

Like there's legit arguing on this thread and that isn't deleted but my post is? Hello ? ? ???

I honestly don't appreciate my thoughts being deleted when it wasn't intended to harm anyone.

uh a mod wrote something abt not making troll comments maybe it was deleted then idk i dont remember your post sorry

n yeah u use it as a joke, but that doesnt mean it's okay and super funny. and stuff that isnt intended to harm anyone can still harm ppl.

 

[Isabella]

uh a mod wrote something abt not making troll comments maybe it was deleted then idk i dont remember your post sorry

n yeah u use it as a joke, but that doesnt mean it's okay and super funny. and stuff that isnt intended to harm anyone can still harm ppl.

It depends on the context. I wouldn't use the word to literally trigger someone with sensitive topics. People use the word 'triggered' for a lot of different reasons. It's kind of like that old meme that people used to say with 'umadbro'. Like I could give a reaction to listening to some band I hate and my friends would be like 'lol she's triggered!' but it wouldn't be taken as an attack.

 

[Gregriii]

I use this joke a lot and I think is the reason ppl dislike me?? cuz I tend to offend very easily

 

[boujee]

The whole "trigger warning" thing came about specifically from online communities that had a lot of survivors of sexual assault, and if there was an article posted that described or discussed a rape in detail, the trigger warning was used as a courtesy for those who might experience flashbacks.

It was one of those things that migrated from LJ communities and feminist blogs onto Tumblr, where it's now expected that you tag triggers for anything. "Eyes" and "teeth" are tags I see pretty often, because apparently eyeballs and close-ups of teeth bother some people.

I reblogged a cap of a 4chan post one time, discussing squids coming out of the ocean to conquer earth. I got an ask shortly after asking me to tag squids. There was no squid pictured in the post. The very idea of a squid uprising made this person uncomfortable and they wanted me to tag it so they did not have to contemplate a world ruled by cephalopods.

I think a lot of these people were too young to have stumbled across Ogrish and Rotten.com in their heyday. Lord knows how they'd react to goatse.

I'm curious if a trigger warning has actually stopped anyone from looking at something. The internet has generally been doing something much more effective for ages with "NSFW" or "SPOILER" warnings for and most of the time people still click just out of sheer curiosity. That's kinda like having someone make a official thread for a game or whatever and then someone getting upset over spoilers when you deliberately enter a topic with a high chance of that. I'm not fond of word police.

Im pretty sure a lot of people here seen this picture:

Melody Hensley, the meme of "lol triggered" actually stalks and harasses active duty military and reports them to their COs for daring to be offended at her comparison of people disagreeing with her on Twitter to real PTSD. I need to go back to my history and post screen caps.

Being "triggered" isn't necessarily stupid, as PTSD is a trigger born of extremely traumatic circumstances, and unlike what Hensley believes, military people are absolutely entitled to their PTSD, as they genuinely have seen horrors I'm sure the average person would probably go utterly crazy trying to deal with, and the fact they are still mostly sane aside from crippling terror at whatever brings back memories of their trauma speaks volumes about their mental fortitude, and the fact they were strong enough to not eat a gun as an easy way out from dealing with the fallout of that trauma is to be commended. Same goes for rape survivors, and being someone who knows both veterans and rape survivors, Hensley has no limit to how much privilege she needs to check by comparison.

As I mention before, anyone can lie on the Internet. There's a lot of self-diagnosis or some made up trauma to fit in.

As a CSA survivor, See, one of the few treatment modalities that work involves actually facing a triggering stimuli, over and over again, until the brain realizes that there's no reason to fire off a panic cascade. I'd rather not having constant trigger warnings nor would I want strangers to cater me.

 

[watercolorwish]

used to be funny but like all memes it died out ::::::: ^ )

 

[visibleghost]

It depends on the context. I wouldn't use the word to literally trigger someone with sensitive topics. People use the word 'triggered' for a lot of different reasons. It's kind of like that old meme that people used to say with 'umadbro'. Like I could give a reaction to listening to some band I hate and my friends would be like 'lol she's triggered!' but it wouldn't be taken as an attack.

yeah, well, there is a difference between "u mad bro" and "triggered!!!". u mad bro is what internet trolls say and it doesnt rly have any other meaning. triggered is mocking trauma survivors for having triggers. that's where it comes from, even if it might not be the intention of everyone who uses it.

i don't care abt your jokes with you friends tbh even tho i think it's still bad to say it i'm not gonna try o stop u.
but on forums, around ppl that arent close friends etc it isn't appropriate. because even tho u might be like "yo i dont say this to offend or make fun of ppl with triggers !!" u are making fun of ppl w/ triggers.

imo it's rly bad how ppl mock others for "overreacting" (getting upset over something that is considered small) by saying "triggered????!!!!! xD". becauseeee while sometimes ppl might be overreacting it's not ever all that nice o mock them for it, and if someone was triggered and u made fun of them for being triggered u are really mean and not understanding At All.

it doesnt seem like that's how you want ppl to see u when u use the joke, but that's how at least i feel when ppl make triggered jokes around me.

I use this joke a lot and I think is the reason ppl dislike me?? cuz I tend to offend very easily

a lot of ppl (at least on tbt) use it so i dont really see how that would be the only reason youre disliked, ppl on here seem to enjoy those jokes lmao

 

[Isabella]

From what I've observed by the usage of the word triggered, it's sort of evolved its meaning into something that has become equivalent to the meme of 'umadbro', which rose to fame back in 2011 or so. Memes are ever changing, and evolve with our culture constantly. The use of 'triggered' can have negative connotations when it comes to using it to offend someone who may actually have triggers, it may be used in the case of cyber bullying as well. It may also be used as innocent banter among friends.

I may use it when I am thoroughly offended by someone attempting to bully me, and that may be how I feel. Someone might be triggered about this thread right now because it may remind them of the time they got into an internet fight and some kid kept asking if he was triggered. There should probably be some kind of line with the usage of the word, but unfortunately so, this won't happen on the internet unless you only participate in forums with 1,000 rules.

I'd also like to point out that a lot of people have an issue with understanding how to properly use triggers. Back in 2013 I recall constant TW's on every single post, everything on Tumblr or social media in general involved someone being triggered. Things like trypophobia, ommetaphobia, the list goes on. I think the usage of 'triggered' by the means of satire has stemmed from the over-saturation and misunderstanding of the true meaning of being actually triggered by something because of PTSD or other similar conditions.

Essentially, people wanted to join the triggered bandwagon to feel included or something, they didn't know the difference between having a small discomfort/minor fear of some kind of bug and correlated that to being constantly triggered all the time, and here we are. I think in the end when you look too into a word like I just did you end up not knowing wtf is going on anymore and everything becomes meaningless. We're too wrapped up in being socially correct all the time, so my stance is to just laugh a bit if you're going to use it between friends, but know not to use it to like, literally hurt someone. Loosen up a bit, my dudes.

 

[Ghost Soda]

I think it's hilarious! What's funnier than making fun of someone who's probably suffering from emotional/mental pain???

 

[piichinu]

yeah, well, there is a difference between "u mad bro" and "triggered!!!". u mad bro is what internet trolls say and it doesnt rly have any other meaning. triggered is mocking trauma survivors for having triggers.

>everybody on this thread that uses it says theyre not mocking trauma survivors
>still insists thats what its used for

its mocking people who incorrectly use triggers jfc

 

[visibleghost]

>everybody on this thread that uses it says theyre not mocking trauma survivors
>still insists thats what its used for

its mocking people who incorrectly use triggers jfc

i'm saying that people are still mocking people with triggers, even though they donmt mean to. because yes, there are people who use the wird "trigger" incorrectly, but mocking triggers and people being triggered (even when you don't know if they're actually experiencing triggers or just Overreacting) is making fun of people with trauma.

and idk, some of you might be using it in an ok way that doesnt mock trauma survivors all that much?? if so then gj lmao??? but most people i see using it are 12 year old memeloving kids who just scream out "TRIGGERED !!" because haha triggers are so funny.

and imo people can't decide what is a legit trigger for others just like that. so when you use it about something that you think is totally not a real trigger, it might actually be one. so imo it's better to just respect other ppl's triggers and stay away from people you think might be faking instead of making fun of them.

 

[KaydeeKrunk]

I can say I've laughed at a few of the "triggered" memes, but it is pretty disrespectful, I've told people my triggers before in confidence and they have made fun of me or used them intentionally to bring me down, I have a lot of bad stuff in my past and certain things really bring those us and triggers are all too real. But some of the picture memes are kind of funny like if it's a character who hates a certain thing like this:

Like sure that's not in bad taste, I can see the humor, but when it's like making fun of people's opinions and beliefs it's really in poor taste. And I hate when people just say it all the time, like that's not funny at all. And please don't be the jerk who is going to find someone's trigger and then blast it at them to make them feel bad, that's just not cool.

 

[boujee]

I got reminded of this:

 

[piichinu]

i'm saying that people are still mocking people with triggers, even though they donmt mean to. because yes, there are people who use the wird "trigger" incorrectly, but mocking triggers and people being triggered (even when you don't know if they're actually experiencing triggers or just Overreacting) is making fun of people with trauma.

and idk, some of you might be using it in an ok way that doesnt mock trauma survivors all that much?? if so then gj lmao??? but most people i see using it are 12 year old memeloving kids who just scream out "TRIGGERED !!" because haha triggers are so funny.

and imo people can't decide what is a legit trigger

1. if theyre just 12 year old memeloving kids how are they even doing anything malicious??
2. yes people can decide what a legit trigger is. if bees make me uncomfortable cuz i find them ugly and i call it a trigger thats bs.

 

[visibleghost]

1. if theyre just 12 year old memeloving kids how are they even doing anything malicious??
2. yes people can decide what a legit trigger is. if bees make me uncomfortable cuz i find them ugly and i call it a trigger thats bs.

1. /: 12 yr olds can do harm and i didnt mean only Actual 12 yr olds but ye
2. yeah that's bs. but i can't say that being triggered by bees (if i don't knlw why) isn't a real trigger. so, like, i just mean that ppl who make fun of triggers they see as not Real because they're totally lame or w/e. like, a lot of people are like "i get why rape victims need trigger warnings for graphic rape scenes in a movie, but ____ isn't a real trigger so i'm going to mock it."

if it is a real trigger isn't determined by what it is, but why. and ik that you're saying you are making fun of ppl who are like "lol i dont like bees, theyre a trigger because i dont like them", but many people who use the "triggered !!!" joke don't only refer to those ppl.

idk if this made sense, but basically i mean that a lot of people make fun of mentally ill people for their triggers that aren't super obvious that we'd have, and that's not cool.
making fun of ppl who overuse the word triggered and call everything that annoys them a trigiger is a different thing imo. i still don't like the joke personally brcause so many ppl use it to make fun of traumatized ppl but yeah

 

[Liamslash]

I don't know if you understand this but there is a major difference between using triggered in the sense of someone with PTSD and when someone's getting overly sensitive to something small for no reason.


sidenote if you want to go back to where this all started I was saying that transgender people should be allowed to use bathrooms but you kept insisting that it was offensive to gay people so I told you to stop being so triggered and learn when I'm standing up for LGBT people

 

[boujee]

1. /: 12 yr olds can do harm and i didnt mean only Actual 12 yr olds but ye
2. yeah that's bs. but i can't say that being triggered by bees (if i don't knlw why) isn't a real trigger. so, like, i just mean that ppl who make fun of triggers they see as not Real because they're totally lame or w/e. like, a lot of people are like "i get why rape victims need trigger warnings for graphic rape scenes in a movie, but ____ isn't a real trigger so i'm going to mock it."

if it is a real trigger isn't determined by what it is, but why. and ik that you're saying you are making fun of ppl who are like "lol i dont like bees, theyre a trigger because i dont like them", but many people who use the "triggered !!!" joke don't only refer to those ppl.

idk if this made sense, but basically i mean that a lot of people make fun of mentally ill people for their triggers that aren't super obvious that we'd have, and that's not cool.
making fun of ppl who overuse the word triggered and call everything that annoys them a trigiger is a different thing imo. i still don't like the joke personally brcause so many ppl use it to make fun of traumatized ppl but yeah

I do find the irony in your posts quite amusing.
I think your idealogy is that anyone who makes trigger jokes are going out their way to make fun of people with actual 'ptsd' when that's not the case. As Fleshy mention before, the joke came from people making fun of people who were bs. And you can tell when someone is bsing as well. You keep generalizing which is making your opinions have holes in them along with constradictions. I know that you mainly talk about your ''mental illness" and you feel as though people who make trigger jokes are talking about you specifically. I think that's also sorta why you made this thread. Did someone make a trigger joke to you and you felt hurt and wanted to make a thread to feel more valid and less insecure over a joke? Is that also why you're disagreeing and keep going over other people opinions that isn't similar to yours?


Some people who comment with some actual trauma even mention that the joke doesn't bother them along with their opinions on ptsd. No one here is disvalidating people with different triggers but I also think you personally don't know how PTSD works.

Someone can have a trigger of the color red. Perhaps the color reminds them of their abuser who worn at red outfit on a specific day. What makes PTSD quite interesting is that the same trigger probably won't even trigger them the next time their exposed to it or for a long period of time. Triggers are random and not entirely consistent. Perhaps this person seen a picture of another 'SHADE' of red and it didn't bother them. It's inconsistent. Did you also know that people who have mental illness want to be treated normally and not like a child? Someone listing their triggers can be easily identified as someone with OCD and not even someone with PTSD.

People on the Internet LIE, keyword, LIE a lot. Ranging from illnesses to fake trauma, etc. There's a difference than feeling discomfort(which is what everyone experience and guess what? They're doing A-okay) than someone with a actual trigger. Everyone wants to be valid and that makes faking something you don't even have which is where the joke is originating from.

TLDR; if you're expecting the Internet to be some "Utopia" when people can do anything whenever or whatever they want then:

 

[RainbowCherry]

I don't think it's funny, it's old and overused, but I really don't care about the "making light of something serious" (That's probably terribly worded) bit.

 

[moonford]

People on the Internet LIE, keyword, LIE a lot. Ranging from illnesses to fake trauma, etc.

I really appreciate this, people forget this one thing all the time and it bothers me.

I completely agree with everything you said. Thank you. I know ↑ wasn't the point, but still. I appreciate this.

 

[piichinu]

1. /: 12 yr olds can do harm and i didnt mean only Actual 12 yr olds but ye
2. yeah that's bs. but i can't say that being triggered by bees (if i don't knlw why) isn't a real trigger. so, like, i just mean that ppl who make fun of triggers they see as not Real because they're totally lame or w/e. like, a lot of people are like "i get why rape victims need trigger warnings for graphic rape scenes in a movie, but ____ isn't a real trigger so i'm going to mock it."

if it is a real trigger isn't determined by what it is, but why. and ik that you're saying you are making fun of ppl who are like "lol i dont like bees, theyre a trigger because i dont like them", but many people who use the "triggered !!!" joke don't only refer to those ppl.

idk if this made sense, but basically i mean that a lot of people make fun of mentally ill people for their triggers that aren't super obvious that we'd have, and that's not cool.
making fun of ppl who overuse the word triggered and call everything that annoys them a trigiger is a different thing imo. i still don't like the joke personally brcause so many ppl use it to make fun of traumatized ppl but yeah

1. this is what you said "and idk, some of you might be using it in an ok way that doesnt mock trauma survivors all that much?? if so then gj lmao??? but most people i see using it are 12 year old memeloving kids who just scream out "TRIGGERED !!" because haha triggers are so funny." lmfao which makes no sense since a memeloving 12 year old is even less likely to make fun of people for their mental trauma (they dont even know what that is tbh?) compared to any other person. and your problem seems to be mainly with the 12 year old memeloving kids on tbt??? so. like you legit just said they love memes, and that they use the trigger joke to make fun of people with mental trauma? what?

2. for the 100th time, there are people with fake triggers and this is FACT and thats whats being made fun of. nobody needs to distinguish between what a real or fake trigger is, because the joke is aimed at the fake triggers that most definitely do exist.

3. "theyre a trigger because i dont like them", but many people who use the "triggered !!!" joke don't only refer to those ppl."
in case you havent gotten the memo yet, 100% of the people on this thread who use it say that is not who theyre directing it at. so who are these "many" people youre talking about??

i am aware that some people use the joke in a mean way. but that doesnt mean most people do? and its really easy to tell what their intentions are just by reading the context.

and again youre saying its used by SO MANY PEOPLE to make fun of traumatized people. i honestly dont know how many times its been pointed out to you that people who are using trigger jokes, are not using it for that purpose. yet you still insist that "most" and "so many" people use it for that. ok.