🧵1/2 Someone has a really rotten sense of humor today. I make a simple request of IT, and have to do it in a channel that’s truly horrible about doing things properly. Fine.
But then hours and hours go by. So I finally decide to run an errand for my son after lunch. I’m about five minutes from home, driving, when several people pop into my slack asking to help.
🧵 2/2 Uh ok. Can you wait five minutes until I’m home and won’t cause a wreck? No, as it turns out. By the time I reply again from my workstation they are all gone.
I can’t even describe how triggering this. Took a very simple task and turned into some horrible and painful in the name of security theater. So angry right now.
'The Game Content Triggers Database lists 250+ triggers, including some we, admittedly, had never thought of. And each entry will tell you whether or not you can avoid the content. What’s particularly clever is you don’t need to know the official name for a phobia. Type in “holes” into the search box and it brings up trypophobia, fear of small holes.'
If you don't want to put your political opinion behind a CW that's your decision, but at least give it an appropriate tag like #politics so that people can filter them out.
Not everyone chooses to get their #news and #politics from social media. For some it either can create anxiety or it can further trigger historical trauma.
I AM NOT advocating complete avoidance. It is the duty of all those who participate in society to stay informed.
@Mrfunkedude I’m intrigued by the concept that there are #political#triggers & they are somehow different from all the other kinds of statements/content/actions requiring #triggerwarnings whether they occur on social media or not