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WCDT: 2465-2469 (10-14 June, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
sitnspin:
--- Quote from: Westrim on 12 Jun 2013, 04:03 ---I really, really hate the concept of trigger warnings, it's a bad form of coddling.
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Try living with PTSD, then. Trigger warnings are not coddling, they are a demonstration of compassion. Just because something is not an issue for you that doesn't make it okay to belittle those for whom it is.
MillionDollar Belt Sander:
--- Quote from: Westrim on 12 Jun 2013, 04:03 ---
--- Quote from: ihaveavoice on 12 Jun 2013, 02:48 ---I needed a trigger warning.
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No you didn't. You needed to take responsibility and check beforehand (it's noted on the Wikipedia page), or be willing to deal with your own fears (you have pause and/or mute buttons, I presume). I really, really hate the concept of trigger warnings, it's a bad form of coddling.
Also, leave the poor shift key alone.
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Funny I grew up without protection from bullying, without trigger warnings and without a nanny-state holding my hand every step of the way. I learned to avoid things and situations that would trigger my issues, and I've learned to accept that I am going to run into those things during my life.
In other words, it is coddling and it encourages weakness. Instead, grow... adapt... rationalize... seek help... and move forward.
In my case... heights. And a crippling fear of thunderstorms. Now I'm the first one up the ladder, and I can sit outside on the porch during a storm. Used to be anything higher than ground-level even in photographs would set me off. Same thing with thunder. I overcame. I had to: No one coddled me.
As for the flames, BRING THEM. I'm heat-treating a piece of steel and could use a couple thousand degrees of heat at the moment. ;)
Loki:
Westrim, MDBS: Shouldn't whether they want to be coddled or not be the choice of the person in question?
Zebediah:
MDBS, I too grew up without protection from bullying, and it left me barely functional. I couldn't avoid the kids who bullied me, I was forced to go to school with them, and the adults who should have been protecting me either turned a blind eye or actually joined in the bullying. It was relentless, it was way beyond "normal" child interaction, and it was crippling. I'm still dealing with the fallout decades later.
It's great that you had a different experience than me. Maybe you were stronger, or more likely you didn't have to endure the level of pure torture I did. But I could have used a little bit of protection, because it was beyond what any human being should rationally have to face. I'm glad that kids today have more protection than I did.
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: Westrim on 12 Jun 2013, 04:03 ---I can relate to Faye and Sam a bit. I remember a trip to Hawaii where I decided to take a scenic path instead of the straight road back to the care. About a 1/3 of the way in I noticed a really cool spider web, with a spider in the center about 3 inches across. Then another one. And another. Then I started noticing multiple webs at a time, and soon realized that I was surrounded by a couple thousand webs, all orb weaves, all with spiders about the size of the first in the middle. They were on all sides, including above, forward, and back, arcing over the path. It was surprising I hadn't already walked into one. I carefully and quickly went back and took the road instead.
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What did Gandalf say about staying on the path?
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