I'm (Not) Triggered!
What follows is obviously going to be a very general discussion of psychological triggers. I'm not going to bother listing them as I'm not even sure my words are specific enough to warrant it, but any readers with triggers might do well to prepare for them or click away just in case. I don't pretend to be an expert on the subject. I'm just really tired of indulging people who know even less. Today, an acquaintance of mine whose shit I'm getting tired of decided to share a really delightful meme with me on Facebook today. I don't know if I've made it clear enough that I'm a feminist (in theory) so he could be forgiven for assuming I'd find a joke that dunks on feminists funny. Whatever. That's not what I'm annoyed about right now. The meme did remind me that I have had a canned rant about the use of the term "triggered" for quite some time. It's not really something that's important to me, but I did threaten the guy with a...