Interesting Links for 01-10-2025

[andrewducker]

1. Law firm that dropped trans man agrees to pay damages and costs

(tags:transgender bigotry law uk )

2. Do Trigger Warnings Work?

(tags:mentalhealth psychology triggerwarnings viaPatrickHadfield )

3. What effects does rent control actually have?

(tags:regulation rent doom housing )

4. The dawn of the post-literate society

(tags:society literacy doom )

Comments

[magedragonfire]

Right? There's some stuff that I just don't ever want to see (phobia for a common animal, okay to read about 'em but seeing them, especially up close, makes me panic), so I like trigger warnings for that and don't click on them if they contain pictures of that thing. Easy! On the other hand, the medical thing I have actual PTSD over doesn't actually set me off unless I'm in a situation where I in particular have to have that procedure (or something similar to it) again. I can read about or see it happening to other people (fictional or non) and be perfectly okay.

Mostly, brains are weird, and people don't process things the same way. I suppose we don't all use trigger warnings the same way, either, judging by the study. :P