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Re:Leap: An Online Community for Women by TheAdamAndChe on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @02:09PM (#16161189)
The word was properly being used. The definition of triggered is "anything, as an act or event, that serves as a stimulus and initiates or precipitates a reaction or series of reactions."[1] Definitions also change over time, and the colloquial definition of the word seems to be shifting to "Getting filled with hate after seeing, hearing or experiencing something you can't stand."[2]

[1] http://www.dictionary.com/browse/triggered

[2] https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Triggered

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Re:Leap: An Online Community for Women by rev_bird on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @02:20PM (#16161319)
This seems like a disingenuous decontextualization of what was said. Your link to dictionary.com says this:

>to initiate or precipitate (a chain of events, scientific reaction, psychological process, etc.)

"Psychological process," in this case, is what I was talking about, and what I think the original commenter was referring to. "Trigger warnings" aren't warning you that you might feel "anything that will cause a reaction," they're to help people suffering with PTSD avoid having a panic attack.

I agree that the colloquial definition is trending the way you describe, and I think it's irresponsible to just sit and watch it happen without speaking up in favor of the more specific psychological definition.

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Re:Leap: An Online Community for Women by WaxProlix on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @03:23PM (#16162066)
Hey, it's exhausting work dealing with these kinds of people and I see you doing it in this thread; thanks for it, and keep it up.
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