Posted by Larry Hoover on November 9, 2004, at 15:11:23
In reply to Trigger, posted by Toph on November 9, 2004, at 15:08:38
> Would someone explain what "trigger" means in some of the above posts? Maybe I already know, but it seems like its psycho-jargon that I am not familiar with. I know the noun means the device that fires a gun and is used in the venacular to mean a catalyst or spark that ignites something, and the verb means pretty much the same thing - to actuate or case to happen. Is there some psychological term or internet term that means something else?
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> Oh, and I forgot another famous noun:
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> http://www.roadsideamerica.com/pet/trigger.html
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> -TophSome people are particularly sensitive, emotionally, to descriptions of e.g. self-injury, or violence. By placing the word trigger in the subject line, you're warning people that your post may have the sort of graphic or suggestive detail that might upset a sensitive reader.
Lar
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