So, I'm the world's slowest commenter back, but I wanted to get to this one for sure.
I can freely admit that I'm not a fan of any sort of recreational drug use in my personal life. Which is my shiny own personal right just like using pot is a lot of other peoples' shiny personal rights and choices.
There's been unwarned for drug use in the game before (though I have to admit, I've never noticed it from Emma) and I've reacted IRL poorly. But they've been mostly isolated posts that weren't treated as a game/something good (bad-but-good, yes, but that's a different scenario) and, well, honestly in this case? My consent issues are probably pinging harder than the drug use. Which is the same thing as the last time this happened and Chuck drugged his cabin. That got much the same reaction from me
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You should never, ever, feel silly for speaking up about something that bothers you. Ever. If you aren't sure if you're over-reacting, you should do exactly what you did. Email me, chat with Shannon, poke Nuance, talk with people. We're not just other players, we're your friends, and we'll be honest with you, because I know you'd be honest with us
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I actually largely agree with Ahddie, inasmuch as it seemed like it was pretty easy to opt out of, and while there should have been an initial warning on the post, there wasn't, and that's somewhat regrettable, though it's good that it did go up.
I'll go ahead and say for full disclosure that I smoke pretty regularly, and that I don't have a problem with it, because I -- personally -- have actually found the effects of marijuana to be less than the effects of two or three alcoholic drinks on my tiny little body. That being said, I've always known when I was taking the drug.
But I also think that because the whole "Oh hee! People don't know they're eating pot brownies!" thing is such a trope in media these days (my boy Puck bakes some pot brownies for a bake sale and sells 'em like crazy on Glee, for instance), no one probably thought twice of it. There are the obvious triggers, and there are the ones that seem to affect one or two people in the game
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And I'll second what Erin said regarding the way marijuana is handled in mainstream American pop-culture. Which I tried to say but kindasortafailed and she is way more articulate than I was. It's been added to the American Mythos of What High School Kids Do. You sneak out at night to have sex, drink, and smoke pot. It's become part of the stereotype of being a teen, regardless of how accurate (or not) it actually is, and is edging its way into complete cultural acceptance. Which is not to belittle your viewpoints at all! But to try and bring it into a context from which the lack of an original warning might make more sense.
(And Erin, if I'm putting words in your mouth, just thwap me.)
YOU ARE TOTALLY NOT PUTTING WORDS ANYWHERE. Though psh, I'm not articulate. You used the word mythos.
But yes, my point is totally that it's gotten to the point where marijuana use is, I would venture, as prevalent in depicting high school as underage drinking and sex, regardless of accuracy. Again, with the not belittling your viewpoints, but I can see how it didn't seem to initially warrant a warning or cut.
I'm going to be the one to step up to note that, while in theory just avoiding triggery items seems the most wise course of action, what Killaurey is probably getting at here is that if there's no warning on the post itself, there's no way to avoid the trigger, because the only way to know that it's there without a warning is to stumble over it, read it completely unawares, and then deal with the backlash of being caught by something you weren't completely ready to deal with in the first place.
Sometimes, all it takes is the mention of the topic to freak a person out. I know that I've spent more than my fair share of evenings shaking and in tears because of posts that have gone up unwarned and uncut, myself. The suggestion that I've gotten when I've tried to bring it up is, "Eh, just ignore it," but if it's that triggery and sitting there as a top-level post, you can't ignore it. It's right there in your face when you try to scroll past
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I can freely admit that I'm not a fan of any sort of recreational drug use in my personal life. Which is my shiny own personal right just like using pot is a lot of other peoples' shiny personal rights and choices.
There's been unwarned for drug use in the game before (though I have to admit, I've never noticed it from Emma) and I've reacted IRL poorly. But they've been mostly isolated posts that weren't treated as a game/something good (bad-but-good, yes, but that's a different scenario) and, well, honestly in this case? My consent issues are probably pinging harder than the drug use. Which is the same thing as the last time this happened and Chuck drugged his cabin. That got much the same reaction from me ( ... )
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I'll go ahead and say for full disclosure that I smoke pretty regularly, and that I don't have a problem with it, because I -- personally -- have actually found the effects of marijuana to be less than the effects of two or three alcoholic drinks on my tiny little body. That being said, I've always known when I was taking the drug.
But I also think that because the whole "Oh hee! People don't know they're eating pot brownies!" thing is such a trope in media these days (my boy Puck bakes some pot brownies for a bake sale and sells 'em like crazy on Glee, for instance), no one probably thought twice of it. There are the obvious triggers, and there are the ones that seem to affect one or two people in the game ( ... )
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And I'll second what Erin said regarding the way marijuana is handled in mainstream American pop-culture. Which I tried to say but kindasortafailed and she is way more articulate than I was. It's been added to the American Mythos of What High School Kids Do. You sneak out at night to have sex, drink, and smoke pot. It's become part of the stereotype of being a teen, regardless of how accurate (or not) it actually is, and is edging its way into complete cultural acceptance. Which is not to belittle your viewpoints at all! But to try and bring it into a context from which the lack of an original warning might make more sense.
(And Erin, if I'm putting words in your mouth, just thwap me.)
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But yes, my point is totally that it's gotten to the point where marijuana use is, I would venture, as prevalent in depicting high school as underage drinking and sex, regardless of accuracy. Again, with the not belittling your viewpoints, but I can see how it didn't seem to initially warrant a warning or cut.
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Sometimes, all it takes is the mention of the topic to freak a person out. I know that I've spent more than my fair share of evenings shaking and in tears because of posts that have gone up unwarned and uncut, myself. The suggestion that I've gotten when I've tried to bring it up is, "Eh, just ignore it," but if it's that triggery and sitting there as a top-level post, you can't ignore it. It's right there in your face when you try to scroll past ( ... )
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