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Originally Posted by BuddyTheElf
'Triggers' are in actual fact related to PTSD and such warnings are merely for the benefit of people who may not wish to see something that may remind them of a traumatic event. The word is often used for the benefit of rape victims, anorexia patients etc etc but has been hijacked over the last year by so-called proponents of 'free speech' and used ironically in a ****ing worn out joke that was only mildly amusing in the first place. In reality they're just arseholes.
It's just a tiresome trope. That and 'snowflake' really are two of the worst things to come out of 2016.
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and using the word trope....
what would that be?