This article is just guaranteed to delight some of my friends.

[conuly]

Trigger warning? I don't know.

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[feathered.livejournal.com]

Bah. You know, I'm more likely to read your articles whenever you say "trigger warning" because then I am poundingly curious to know what's triggery about it... It's a compulsion. Even though they do upset me, the word "trigger" actually reads as "look at this right now as it's bound to be fascinating and horrible!"

[conuly]

Well, those warnings are for those who have good reason to take them seriously.

[feathered.livejournal.com]

Mmm. And who's to say that I might not have good reasons, for some articles?

It might be a good thing to consider mentioning the subject matter of the article, under a cut if you don't want to risk traumatizing anyone. Really, so many people find so many different things triggering that it could have been anything. Personally, I always want to know whether or not it's something that will bother me when there's no context beyond that one word. So I'll always click those links, even though there are some things I will go out of my way to avoid reading. Would writing something like, "Euthanasia article. Possibly triggering" trigger somebody? Personally, I like to know what I'm avoiding.

[conuly]

Good point. With this, though, I didn't see which heading to put it under.

[frogmajick.livejournal.com]

the word "trigger" actually reads as "look at this right now as it's bound to be fascinating and horrible!"

You are not alone in this compulsion.