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> [1]: this one wasn't planned, but is funny nonetheless. Can you explain the joke for me? I’m not sure I get it. Edit: To be clear, I understand what the wor
by klodolph 6y ago
> [1]: this one wasn't planned, but is funny nonetheless.
Can you explain the joke for me? I’m not sure I get it.
Edit: To be clear, I understand what the word “trigger” means and its connotations.
- sneak 6y ago"triggered" is one such potentially-but-not-really "group identifier" loaded term used in the ongoing American culture war between the vaguely-political-party-aligned opposing teams. Not belonging to either of those groups, nor being interested in that culture war very much, my use of such terms is occasionally fraught because of the likelihood of culture war brawlers to, well, brawl.
- klodolph 6y agoI understand that part, but not the joke. Could you explain the joke?
- sneak 6y agoI accidentally used a contentious word in an explanation about how I intentionally use contentious words. Trolling whilst not trolling explaining my trolling.
- Judgmentality 6y ago> Trolling whilst not trolling explaining my trolling. The elusive meta troll.
- klodolph 6y agoI’m not sure I understand what you are saying. Are you saying that it’s funny to use contentious words?
- scoutt 6y agoAre you familiar with the term sealioning?
- schoen 6y agoBecause sneak sometimes consciously uses loaded or contentious terms in order to make people rethink their associations, but here accidentally used the word "triggered", not for that reason.
- schoen 6y agoBecause "trigger" itself also has a meaning referring to "being triggered" or requiring "trigger warnings", which is itself mostly a concern that's expressed using those terms by a particular group or subculture.