[Discussion] What's your opinion on triggered people?

[scorezor]

so... something happened to me where i had triggered people around me , for no reason at all... i personally find it funny ,stupid and retarded how many people get triggered over something so little...

 

[Wrappering_]

they need to work on their big egos and collect more essence

 

[RasenUchihaChaos]

I get triggered when people leave pens uncapped or people say John snow instead of Jon snow

 

[Genocide]

Depends if its a comical triggered or a serious one

 

[kimb]

Depends if its a comical triggered or a serious one

This. There are people who get triggered when they hear things like don't like or agree with and require a safe space, than there are people who suffer from panic disorders, OCD, or PTSD that experience serious trauma when exposed to a catalyst.

Victim culture has turned triggers into a meme, and delegitimized the triggers people have who suffer from actual conditions.

 

[Inmate]

It really depends. Like, what could have caused them to get triggered, or were they having a bad day or week or month? It could be one of many external factors beyond you; and sometimes it's futile trying to understand why their mood has suddenly shifted. People have deep problems that they conceal from others; and usually, they steam off through taking something that had nothing to do with their problems and making it look like you had something to do with them. It's human nature, but it takes someone who can adjust and divide the two worlds to actually not get triggered over little things that you had nothing to do with.

If you are going to try to understand these kinds of people, I say stop. You'll burn yourself over nothing. But I'm not saying you should be rude back or antagonize them for being too vehement. Try maybe ignoring them politely by changing the topic or just stop talking and let someone take over the conversation if you are with a group of friends, or you'll find yourself fighting a fight you could have simply avoided. They're not your friends at that point; so it's better to withdraw your judgement until they've cooled down, and maybe then you can ask something what was up.

 

[Im Still Robin]

Funny, especially feminist.



However everyone gets offended or annoyed by something so just because you think it's funny and "pointless" that people get mad or "triggered" by the darnest things to you don't mean you're prone or immune to it.

Basically you're hypocritical.

 

[Shig]

It's just another word that lost meaning due to overuse or misuse by SJWs to the point of it becoming a meme.

There are legitimate things that can "trigger" a person and I don't think I'm wrong when I say that everyone has a trigger. Something that you deem as "little" can be an actual issue for somebody else, which is why it is never a good idea socially to just assume everyone shares your mentality and ideals.

To exemplify, I have a friend who has not had the best relationship with his mother and so, one day, he was talking to another friend about an argument the latter had with his parents, at which point the former antagonized and belittled the latter's parents/mother. This didn't sit well, obviously and so they broke contact for a while. This may be a bit of an extreme example; and I know that there are people who get triggered by truly petty shit, but sometimes we need to filter ourselves when it comes to social interactions until we know what lines can be crossed without getting ourselves into awkward situations.

 

[scorezor]

Funny, especially feminist.



However everyone gets offended or annoyed by something so just because you think it's funny and "pointless" that people get mad or "triggered" by the darnest things to you don't mean you're prone or immune to it.

Basically you're hypocritical.

lol. stop judging before you understand what i'm talking about...

 

[Punk Hazard]

If you mean actually triggered people, like PTSD, then what else can you feel but sympathy for those people?

If it's crybabies that just look for stupid shit to be offended by on the internet, then **** off.

Plus, just being offended isn't being triggered, so I think it's a pretty stupid part of internet culture that both sides are using a word that's meant to mean an actual intense reaction of post-traumatic stress disorder as a synonym for "offended" and "upset."

Though I must admit, I've seen more people whining about "triggered" people that I've seen actually triggered people. Any video or Reddit thread with some kind of "sensitive" content, I always see comments about the offended SJWs!, but not so surprisingly, no actually "triggered" people.

Seems like a lot of people have forgotten that the internet is a GIANT medium made for open conversations. Unless you're in a closed community, you're gonna see people of all opinions and feelings, and some people aren't gonna feel positively about certain things. It's kinda ironic that the same people that point out that triggered people can't handle shit are complaining because they pretty much can't handle seeing triggered people.

 

[Im Still Robin]

lol. stop judging before you understand what i'm talking about...

It don't matter what you talking bout betch

 

[scorezor]

It don't matter what you talking bout betch

have fun talking to yourself , weeb.

 

[Fountain]

What did you do?