“R U TRIGGERED” and all its subvariants were radioactive toxic waste and turned a valid and important psychological concept into bullying vector that for a time had nearly universal acceptance.

I still see vestiges of “le epic bacon” out there but it’s mostly confined to aging :grillman: types and some :up-yours-woke-moralists: cultists and a few contrarian carninist edgelords that want to “trigger the vegans.” Yes I know all of the above have a lot of overlap.

  • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netOP
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    2 years ago

    I’ve heard both of the following arguments offline, only a few weeks apart, both from strangers:

    “Did you know that if everyone was Christian, there would be no more war?”

    “Did you know that if everyone was atheist, there would be no more war?”