[ SECRET POST #2307 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2307 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[alicemacher]

Many TV programs, for quite some time, have carried what in effect are trigger warnings, even though they don't use the term and don't generally get as specific as fic trigger warnings: "This program contains scenes of violence which some individuals may find disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised." That sort of thing. Of course, in the TV medium these overlap with parental advisories for sexual content and foul language, so it's hard to say whether their intent is to protect people with triggers.

As for "Where did it come from?", if you mean "Why are trigger warnings a thing now and not so much before," my guess is that public awareness of post-traumatic stress disorder, in people other than war veterans, is a relatively recent phenomenon. That includes not only the "Some people get painful flashbacks to ______ when they see it in a work of fiction" thing, but also, "Hey, now I know why I become a mess when I encounter fictional works with ______ in them." Before, it was either "They're/I'm just being too sensitive" or "They're/I'm 'crazy'" or whatever.

[starphotographs]

I don't mind those because they're not obnoxiously specific. Actually, now that I think about it, there are a lot of commonalities between the "VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED" screen and the old-school style of online content warning. They both seem to exist to generate morbid fascination as much as they do to warn people off. So, that's a pretty interesting point!

As for the second thing... I think there's also kind of a "follow the leader" effect at play here, and the result is that the more it's enforced, the more "trigger" seems to mean "I FIND THIS OOKY AND YOU COULD HAVE WARNED ME! PEOPLE SAID I COULD TELL YOU TO DO THAT!" And the broader the definition gets, the more it's enforced... Etc. With a side of self righteousness, pearl-clutching, and good ol' shit-stirring in the mix to... Liven things up a bit. I know it's not everyone, but a lot of people on the internet just like starting fights, and it seems like this gives them a socially-sanctioned way to do that, in which the complainer is not only always in the right, but crusading for the greater good.

Ultimately, I think there are better ways to figure out if you want to read something, and I don't like the idea that it's the author's fault that someone gets triggered.