Yeah, there is absolutely nothing wrong with what this guy did. Maybe you need to sit down and have a real conversation with yourself about why you’re so nonsensically angry about this.

He was asking about a FitBit. You should consider chilling out.

7% to 8% of the population suffers at some time in their lives, according to the stats. That’s relatively rare, especially considering we aren’t talking about an ongoing condition for many of these people. The vast majority of people do not suffer from PTSD, the vast majority of college students do not suffer from…

Also, those are numbers for “in any given time” in their lives. It is not like, with 10% of people having diabetes, it is likely that in a group as large as a college class you will find at least 1 person with it. Since those people have maybe overcome their PTSD, with 4% of men and 10% of women, it is entirely…

It’s the same water. You can’t help the people before the animals.

One issue I have on this topic is that in college, so many classes are going to involve distressing material. History has a lot of violence and genocide. Social sciences are going to talk about some disturbing topics. Books you read for English and literature classes may contain all manners of things. Art classes…

I feel really badly about your experience.

You put this better than I’ve been able to.

Jesus, I feel bad for your fiance.

And infantilizing and anti-intellectual, yes. Just, come on, people — sit, learn, discuss. Your professor doesn’t have to be cuddly; it’s simply not his or her job.

I think it’s absolutely reasonable to expect the professor to be told by someone - be it the student or a support person - that this is an issue. No nitty gritty details need to be given, but you can’t expect others to help you if you can’t tell them that you need help. (I don’t mean “you” personally here.) It…

Very well put. As others have mentioned, the shitty thing is, being “triggered” by something has largely been co-opted by people who don’t actually suffer from PTSD. Being triggered has come to mean being upset - kind of like how someone being a bully has turned into someone has said something mean to someone else or…

Right. Triggers ARE actually related to PTSD. The whole idea of triggers is being co-opted by people who do not have PTSD. This is what Waters is referring to in the interview.

Sorry you don’t like to listen to statistics. Facts are such a pain in the ass, eh? They fuck up so many narratives.

I’m very sorry about what happened to you. You seem to be missing the main point of what I’m saying. The clueless folks who are co-opting the condition are actually rather insulting to those in the minority who actually do suffer from PTSD.

I did not do anything remotely resembling, “shitting on survivors” I shared my personal belief that trigger warnings don’t help me and I don’t believe in them, offered that your opinions don’t trump mine and now you have accused me of shitting on survivors. That is incorrect.

I am allowed to have my own opinion, as you are yours. Your sensitivity does not trump my beliefs and methods of coping.

Gotta get those human-water pipes fixed before we focus on the dog-water pipes.

oddly, i haven’t heard mention of anyone screaming about #dogslivesmatter more than the people here who seem to hate dogs and think their drinking lead poisoned water shouldn’t matter.

I’m getting pretty pissed off reading all of the “who cares, they’re not people” comments on here. For one, they’re living beings. Secondly, they have literally no control over where their water comes from, it’s not like they fill their own bowls and can make sure they’re drinking clean water like a human who is now…