It has been overused and used for the wrong things and hence lost its meaning. Together with many other terms like “oppression”, “racist” etc
My kids and their friends use "trigger" just to mean make very angry. They have no idea it was designed to be an intellectual tactical nuke. Which means it no longer works as one.
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That's what happens to triggers: they wear out.
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"I was listening to them before they went mainstream."
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Yep. I get triggered every time I stub my toe.
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I´ve observed that my fortnite team mates also use the adjective "toxic" to refer to any unfriendly or agressive behaviour of other players...
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(I have to add, they use the english word while speaking german with me)
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Oh, I think it still works. It’s just seized upon with such frequency that it no longer seems like the nuclear option.
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You disproved yourself.
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If we want special words to have special meaning they must be so long that they discourage people from using them when a shorter word would suffice.
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