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Re:Trigger warnings don’t help people cope with distressing ... by crooked-v on Friday November 22, 2019 @04:29PM (#21610278)
Complaining about things you think are virtue signaling isn't meant to be useful; it's a manner of virtue signalling.
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Re:Trigger warnings don’t help people cope with distressing ... by DaniloDias on Friday November 22, 2019 @04:40PM (#21610392)
Wow, I whole-heartedly disagree. This is a constructive criticism of a communication technique.

If a person is lacking in the mental fortitude to be exposed to unexpected information- but that person is still putting themself in unexpected information situations, it certainly suggests that they have judgement problems.

I don't think that many people have judgement problems when it comes to avoiding pain. I agree with OP. Virtue signaling seems like the far more likely explanation for this behavior.

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Re:Trigger warnings don’t help people cope with distressing ... by crooked-v on Friday November 22, 2019 @09:24PM (#21612009)
> but that person is still putting themself in unexpected information situations

Being able to reduce or temper that exposure is literally the point of trigger warnings.

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Re:Trigger warnings don’t help people cope with distressing ... by squidsurfer on Friday November 22, 2019 @04:37PM (#21610354)
Are you virtue signaling?
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Re:Trigger warnings don’t help people cope with distressing ... by crooked-v on Friday November 22, 2019 @06:22PM (#21611164)
That's the joke.
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