[ SECRET POST #6270 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6270 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I despise the trend of trigger warnings for books for this very reason. I spend the entire book waiting for the stuff that was so bad that readers had to be warned. I’ve learned to look for TW now and skip every last one of those books. I figured out that anyone who writes for readers who need trigger warnings isn’t worth my time or money. Readers can use tools like doesthedogdie.com to make informed choices about purchasing triggering content or we can go into things blind. I prefer having that choice.

[(Anonymous)]

I figured out that anyone who writes for readers who need trigger warnings isn’t worth my time or money.

This sounds very "people are too sensitive nowadays" ~special snowflake~ conservative bullshit.

[(Anonymous)]

I read it as “these authors spoon feed their audience because the readers cannot understand nuance.”

[(Anonymous)]

Same. I also assume the writing is less than.

[(Anonymous)]

In the context of the rest of their comment, no, it doesn't come across that way at all. They've decided that books and authors who use trigger warnings aren't worth their time because trigger warnings make them anxious and ruin their reading experience.

[(Anonymous)]

It does to me.

[(Anonymous)]

Your feelings are real, but they are not reality.

[(Anonymous)]

Are you... perchance... triggered?

[(Anonymous)]

I mean, you can have the opinion that some people are too sensitive on certain issues while still being nowhere near conservatism on the political spectrum. The world isn't so black and white as you might think and just because it's not seen as ~PC to hold certain opinions in certain circles nowadays (especially online), that doesn't mean people don't think those things.

[(Anonymous)]

Thinking vs. saying is the difference, though. I have thoughts that I would never say even anon because of the chance that they'll hurt someone. The world is still overwhelmingly on the side of thinking people with real legitimate triggers are just too sensitive, so I'm not going to add to anyone's mistrust in how seriously I'll take them by saying "I think a few other people over there seem to be overreacting."

[(Anonymous)]

Context matters. You’re the only one who mentally rewrote a very clear message into a flippant, baseless dismissive meme that’s rooted in political tribalism. And then you replied to what was in your head and decided it wasn’t valid, all while ignoring the actual reasonable discussion.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, you weren't very worried about hurting someone when you attacked AYRT on the assumption they meant something totally different than what they actually did, were you?

[(Anonymous)]

Sure, but when you flat out say that any writer who writes for people with PTSD isn’t worth your time or money, you may trend closer to the “fuck your feelings” crowd then you seem to be comfortable admitting.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm trying so hard to convince people I work with to use "content notes" instead of "trigger warning," I think the expectation it creates is so much simpler and less intense. There are reasons some readers want to know the content that doesn't equate to being triggered, and there's no implication that you will have a particular response, only that the content exists in the book.

I don't feel like doesthedogdie is very well known among the population at large (YA readers especially) and I suspect small-profile authors and newer books aren't going to be well-represented there, so I'm not sure it's really an option.