"R U TRIGGERED" and all its subvariants were radioactive toxic waste and turned a valid and important psychological concept into bullying vector that for a time had nearly universal acceptance.

I still see vestiges of "le epic bacon" out there but it's mostly confined to aging :grillman: types and some :up-yours-woke-moralists: cultists and a few contrarian carninist edgelords that want to "trigger the vegans." Yes I know all of the above have a lot of overlap.

  • Florist [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    It's frustrating how they treat religion like an alien force that infects peoples' minds and is the source of all evils

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Nothing bad was ever done for secular reasons! :capitalist-laugh:

      • Florist [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        Another thing is reducing complex geopolitical situations to just religion. Why are there conflicts in the Middle East? Is it mostly due to conflicting material interests? Nope, just because there's different religious groups that can't get along.

        • UlyssesT [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          I've heard both of the following arguments offline, only a few weeks apart, both from strangers:

          "Did you know that if everyone was Christian, there would be no more war?"

          "Did you know that if everyone was atheist, there would be no more war?"

          • Florist [none/use name]
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            2 years ago

            :michael-laugh: Christians, famous for never fighting wars against other Christians

            • UlyssesT [he/him]
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              2 years ago

              My best guess is that he was one of those "my sect of a sect of a sect of a breakaway sect of protestantism is the real Christians" types.