i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
Is there like some sort of understood rules for when to use a trigger warning? "PTSD" can be over many things, and one of the main problems I have with this idea prefixing something with a trigger warning is I'm not sure if there's a good rule of thumb outside everyone's personal opinion of what warrants a trigger warning for when to apply them.
And that's sort of the opposite of a "rule of thumb".
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Well, I'm no doctor or any kind of psychological expert but I've seen on two separate occasions of my fellows in the military getting "triggered" (as they put it) and the results of that. I'm not even sure what the catalyst was for either, but both times the problems were not alleviated by typing "hugs" escorted by asterisks over a message board with resulting conversation of how certain people are just jerks. Both times involved police intervention and mandatory counseling that lasted for quite a long time, and the latter ended in divorce. Like I said, this is completely anecdotal, but you'll have to excuse me whenever I have my doubts about people liveblogging an "episode" because of something they read on the internet.
Is there like some sort of understood rules for when to use a trigger warning? "PTSD" can be over many things, and one of the main problems I have with this idea prefixing something with a trigger warning is I'm not sure if there's a good rule of thumb outside everyone's personal opinion of what warrants a trigger warning for when to apply them.
Many of the trigger warnings I've seen seem totally unrelated to the things posted below them. Sometimes to the point where I wonder if it including them was somehow accidental.
Granted, I am not on tumblr much, which seems to be where these things are most prominent.
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I don't understand why people (on both sides) make such a big deal out of trigger warnings, honestly.
If a blogger wants to write about an uncomfortable subject, and knows there's a chance some of their readers might be triggered by it--or even just find it uncomfortable--why is it so controversial if that blogger decides to give those people a heads-up "hey, you might want to skip this post"?
i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
^^I'm not either, kinda why I was attempting to get an idea of their proper use.
I originally though it was something rape survivors used, but if the criteria is for something that might trigger PTSD, that increases the places where it could be used quite a bit.
"If a blogger wants to write about an uncomfortable subject, and knows there's a chance some of their readers might be triggered by it--or even just find it uncomfortable--why is it so controversial if that blogger decides to give those people a heads-up "hey, you might want to skip this post"?"
That makes a fair amount of sense, presuming a blogger had a pretty decent idea of his audience. Which seems likely unless the blogger had zero focus what what they where attempting to do with their blag.
Is there like some sort of understood rules for when to use a trigger warning? "PTSD" can be over many things, and one of the main problems I have with this idea prefixing something with a trigger warning is I'm not sure if there's a good rule of thumb outside everyone's personal opinion of warrants a trigger warning for when to apply them.
And that's sort of the opposite of a rule of thumb.
In general safe spaces, it's usually polite to use "tw: rape", "tw: pedophilia", "tw: suicide", "tw: incest"--major things like that.
In more specific communities, my understanding is that what happens is the mods'll let people anonymously submit triggers, which are then put into a list for people to check before they post.
I'll admit I don't have the best handle on the issue myself, but it always seemed like something weird to get this worked up about. It's just saying, hey, the content of this post or image contains X, I know that sets people off, so be warned before you start reading it.
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"die cis scum"
Wait, what?
It's this tumblr meme, which is pretty much...well, it's just those words. And then people'll defend it by saying that it's okay to say because transpeople are subject to more serious slurs and are murdered for being transgendered (whereas cisgendered people won't be murdered for being cisgendered). Which is depressingly true, but it's an odd leap of logic to use a real-life tragedy to justify a shocking statement on the internet. And I can understand the tactic of jolting people out of their comfort zones, but it seems like that's mostly only going to pointlessly antagonize people who might've otherwise been allies.
i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
"In general safe spaces, it's usually polite to use "tw: rape", "tw: pedophilia", "tw: suicide", "tw: incest"--major things like that.
In more specific communities, my understanding is that what happens is the mods'll let people anonymously submit triggers, which are then put into a list for people to check before they post."
Well I'm not trying to get worked up about it, I just think it's an odd practice, and don't quite understand why people complain when it's not used (and people do complain).
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I think when we say "internet social justice" we're not talking about people who form movements and sign petitions and march in the streets, we're talking about bloggers who hear stories and get angry with little but other bloggers to hear them.
^^^ Well...imagine you have epilepsy, and you're online and someone who knows that you have it (or at least, that some percentage of their readers are epileptic) posted a bunch of bright colored flashing lights. After you pick yourself off the floor, you're probably going to be pretty upset that you had an attack which could've been avoided if they'd just said "hey, this link might set off epilepsy".
It's not quite the same, but it is more similar than might be expected. Panic attacks can lead to, for instance, severe respiratory problems and other complications. While it's true that anxiety or PTSD can be treated with therapy and medication, it's pretty rare that they'll be cured completely--the best they can usually hope for is reduced severity over time--and really, it's better to just post a bit of text first than to say people suffering those symptoms should stay off the internet.
I punched the shit out of some lava monsters that were somehow affected by my flame-punches, and then proceeded to get killed repeatedly by gang members.
I have heard Mass Effect alternately described as one of the worst and one of the best RPGs ever. So I can grok that it is divisive, but that's about it.
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Mass Effect 1 is an awesome experience, and I seriously recommend it. Mass Effect 2, for me, is a mixed bag. The mechanics and party members are better, but the plot, to me, was lackluster and not indicative of the threat you're facing. Still a great game. Haven't played 3.
So I'm thinking of getting a MacBook sometime soon, but if I do I'll be setting up a Win7 virtual machine on it so I can still play all my Steam games. Would Virtualbox be a good choice, or would I be much better off buying something from VMware?
Mass Effect 1 is an awesome experience, and I seriously recommend it. Mass Effect 2, for me, is a mixed bag. The mechanics and party members are better, but the plot, to me, was lackluster and not indicative of the threat you're facing. Still a great game. Haven't played 3.
I know what you mean about that--I think Horizon was the only place it really lived up to that, although the actual suicide mission was really harrowing (I was really surprised to hear that the crew would've died if I'd done missions after they were abducted--it makes sense, but I wouldn't have expected it). Everyone lived in my playthrough, but damn.
I think ME3 does a better job of capturing the scale of what you're facing--partly because I've been playing the hell out of multiplayer, partly because the first mission, on Earth, is a kick in the ass, and partly because the writing (including all the little moments on the Citadel) just sells the hell out of it. At least IMO.
I'll be honest — I haven't played a lot of RPGs. Western or Eastern. Do a lot of the non-linear ones play generally like The Elder Scrolls games?
I've never played an Elder Scrolls game, but I know it's a pretty common comparison.
That was literally all I heard anyone say about Mass Effect 3 for way too long. But apparently the free "director's cut" DLC is finished, so hopefully it'll be out before I get to that point.
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i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
"die cis scum"
Wait, what?
Many of the trigger warnings I've seen seem totally unrelated to the things posted below them. Sometimes to the point where I wonder if it including them was somehow accidental.
Granted, I am not on tumblr much, which seems to be where these things are most prominent.
i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
I was actually talking more about the people like Odradek just made a thread about.
But those too.
In other words, I got City of Heroes to work on my big computer. yay.
Well alright, that's fair enough.
I still wish that people using such things would actually make sure the content they're posting warrants them, though.
Yup.
Also pretty bold. You have to wonder who--in a city of supervillians and superheroes, would willingly attack a man in skull-adorned plate armor.
I suppose joke's on me, though.
...Sorta?
I mean, City of Heroes is superhero-themed. But it's an MMO (of which this is only my second) so I personally, can't really say.
Plus I haven't played an Elder Scrolls since Morrowind.
I have heard Mass Effect alternately described as one of the worst and one of the best RPGs ever. So I can grok that it is divisive, but that's about it.
TREEEEEE you should get City of Heroes so we can City of Hero together.
It will be fuckawesome.
'k.
The only reason I couldn't get it to work on this thing was (apparently) memory issues.
Which I believe, given how full to bursting this thing is.
Well that's interesting.
Good luck, should you attempt that endeavor.
BTW, AiLF2 dropped today, it's in the music thread.
Everyone I know of who played Mass Effect 3 was angered by it. For whatever reasons I dunno, I have no idea what the game is even about.
For those of you with PS3s (or PS2s) and haven't played Odin Sphere, you are missing out bigtime
^ damn, yeah, Odin Sphere was fantastic.
i played city of heroes before
it was cool
Using my WASHING MACHINE
i checked out finnegans wake from the library
this'll be good fun
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