[ SECRET POST #2512 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2512 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 062 secrets from Secret Submission Post #359.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I think that this particular instance converges uncomfortably with an entirely reasonable but obscure fear, with the norms and experiences of larger society.

What lots of Tumblr users tend to gloss over is the fact that even while they're afforded an individual voice that they don't possess in IRL society, it still doesn't mean that larger society on this medium has to bow to your very narrow if very real particular problems.

Like, there's a line between being sensitive and accessible, and being overly demanding of everyone else of your particular circumstances. There's nothing in the social contract that demands that every space be approachable and safe every time, especially in private blogs or journals.

I'm all for trigger warnings and being considerate of others, but when your problems are way too narrow to be considered even in the narrow spectrum of trauma victims

i.e. Car crashes are fairly common and understandable as triggers; death by peanut allergy is another, even if it is severe and unfortunate and very real. Who outside of a food distributor is going to remember to remind folks that their product contains peanuts?

Personally, I do have one exception that I consider for this-- if the internet content has severe, physical real time consequences for that person, then it's understandable that they ask for the material to be removed. Seeing someone with a bee sting, when you are allergic to bees is uncomfortable and upsetting, but you're not going to go into anaphylactic shock. However, if someone who has epilepsy sees an image that triggers a seizure, then it's reasonable to remove the image or request a warning. Only a very narrow subsection of the population has epilepsy, but in this case I'd say it's reasonable to request the material be taken down or at least warned for.

This response probably will be dogpiled in that emotional/psychological reactions to triggers are just as real and serious as physical reactions, and I agree to some extent, just not for highly unusual and rare circumstances. You can't warn everybody about everything, especially when it's otherwise innocuous to just about everyone else.

[(Anonymous)]

You won't get dogpiled, nonnie; you are using Earth logic, however, so sadly you will be ignored by the very people who would benefit the most from this perspective.