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I dunno man, I think if I went through a bout of suicidal thoughts for a few years, even attempted a few times, I might want to skip on media that features suicide for example. And the only way to do that is if you're given a heads up about it ahead of time.

This trigger warning stuff in my view is literally just content labels with some political coating on top. Reminds me to folks rediscovering vending machines in the form of overly complicated and brittle AI robotized fast food restaurants.



You'd think you'd speak for people, too. But you'd be wrong on that point, as well.


Am I speaking for people when I want to filter the content that reaches me? How does that work?




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