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when did all these ***TRIGGERS* start getting pulled?

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GretchenWiener · 06/07/2014 22:05

who decides what is a TRIGGER?

when did all these ***TRIGGERS* start getting pulled?
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TheGoop · 30/07/2014 23:25

#webelieveyou #butwethinkitsfuckinghilarious

Hmm

#dontyouhaveasenseofhumour?

JudysPriest · 27/07/2014 23:44

It's very 'in' on Tumblr apparently.

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GretchenWiener · 25/07/2014 20:49

Lol at mould trigger

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zoemaguire · 25/07/2014 20:05

I have a fb friend who prefaces pretty much every post with 'tw' followed by a list. Fine, except that some of them are utterly baffling. Things like 'political argument about healthcare' or 'mould behind fridge'!?! I bite my tongue, but find it mighty peculiar.

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GretchenWiener · 25/07/2014 19:47

here it was

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trufflesnout · 12/07/2014 23:58

Exactly Meg!

QueenOfThorns · 12/07/2014 22:23

A head tit?

when did all these ***TRIGGERS* start getting pulled?
MegMogandOwlToo · 12/07/2014 22:18

Oh and now the word trigger itself has lost all meaning!

MegMogandOwlToo · 12/07/2014 22:17

You know, just seeing the bloody word "trigger" in the title reminds me of being abused as a child.

Not like a flashback, but just a reminder.

The word trigger is enough to be a trigger.

StairsInTheNight · 12/07/2014 22:14

Poo could be trigger no2

trufflesnout · 12/07/2014 14:08

The disgusting threads recently which have contained pictures of peoples poo have contained barely any TRIGGER or WARNING Sad

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GretchenWiener · 12/07/2014 06:53

Oh it's used for everything.

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BitchyVstheUFOs · 11/07/2014 22:40

But spiders have always been referred to around here as loofers. when did that stop? Confused

StairsInTheNight · 11/07/2014 22:24

I think there could be a list e.g. Trigger no1 for spiders etc. Or no8 would mean buttons or clowns. I think that would-be helpful.

BillnTedsMostFeministAdventure · 11/07/2014 22:22

I like head tit though.

Here's "tit-on-head"

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BillnTedsMostFeministAdventure · 11/07/2014 22:21

TRIGGER is typically for a post about sexual abuse if some kind. I haven't seen it being used on anything else.

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IonaMumsnet · 11/07/2014 22:17

I have nothing to add but I am launching a one-woman campaign to get Mumsnet a 'head tit' emoticon.

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GretchenWiener · 11/07/2014 16:19

my trigger basically is any thread about facebook, or xmas traditions
I need a warning there or i might implode

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ThomasLynn · 11/07/2014 16:13

I am triggered by the word "nostril."

I request any thread with this nasty word to be appropriately edited, and equipped with a TRIGGER warning.

Ta lots.

LeBearPolar · 11/07/2014 16:01

Can we all post a list of our potential triggers and then MNHQ can edit thread titles accordingly? It seems the only fair way to make MN a nice place for people to post in.

I'll start:
Bad spelling, punctuation and grammar.
Any thread with the words hun, hubby, hunni, lil man or the like in, unless followed by a disclaimer.
Any thread on TOWIE or similar reality TV shows.

I'm sure I'll think of more.

OrangeVanofPositivity · 11/07/2014 15:56

I had to remove a disembowelled hedgehog from the lawn yesterday. There were intestines where intestines are not supposed to be.

trufflesnout · 09/07/2014 21:51

Haha so you did! Excellent choice

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GretchenWiener · 09/07/2014 19:43

i did. and put this pic in

when did all these ***TRIGGERS* start getting pulled?
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trufflesnout · 09/07/2014 17:44

(I really want to start a blank post with the title TRIGGER but I can only imagine how fast my guts would be pulled out)

trufflesnout · 09/07/2014 17:43

Surely posting TRIGGER is pre-emptively setting off triggers though? Like when someone says "don't look" and you look and it's a squished hedgehog. They should say "don't look it's a squished hedgehog" and my brain wouldn't go "WE MUST LOOOOOOOOKK".

or something

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