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[Golgo 13]

I love the reactions on GAF. All the other emojis are pretty obvious but “triggered” confuses me.

I know what “being triggered” MEANS, but when the Emoji is used, does it mean THE OP is triggered according to the person who votes, or that the PERSON reading the post and WHO IS VOTING is triggered?

Anyone else confused by this?

 

[farmerboy]

The triggeree is the commenter, who uses the triggered emoji to convey his/her triggeredness to the OP ( who is the triggeror).

 

[Kilau]

To me it can mean either, if I feel the poster is triggered, light em up.

Sometimes I use the thoughtful reaction when the post was anything but.

 

[Orion2]

the one who's comment gets the reaction is triggered in the comment that got him that reaction by the OP or somebody he replies to or by whatever is implied that triggered him, obviously

 

[Nobody_Important]

I apply it when I think the person whose post I apply it to is triggered or is just generally butt-hurt over something. I never use the emote to illustrate that I myself am triggered.


If I wanna show that I am triggered I will just do it the old fashioned way and start out throwing childish insults and strawman arguments.

 

[Susurrus]

I apply it when I think the person whose post I apply it to is triggered or is just generally butt-hurt over something. I never use the emote to illustrate that I myself am triggered.


If I wanna show that I am triggered I will just do it the old fashioned way and start out throwing childish insults and strawman arguments.

You're doing it wrong, and I can tell because whenever it rains, everything gets wet! Can you believe that crap? Thus, you are wrong.

 

[farmerboy]

We need some Neogaf case law to sort this out.

 

[synchronicity]

the nuance of emojis, lol

 

[Blitzmangoman]

I use it because of the look the cute yellow fellow gives. It could be for shock for example not just the triggeredness.

If you think that is stupid, NO U.

 

[ThatStupidLion]

Its just blushing to me…

so sometimes its blushing because the user is shocked/disgusted by what they read and sometimes the user is embarrassed

etc etc.

Personally im inbetween if the forum should keep it or replace it, i do like emojis that i can use multiple ways though.

 

[Rentahamster]

Being reactions, I interpret them as an action taken by the person reacting.

 

[niveaformen]

what's the data on the praise the sun one? Hardly gets used. Whoever thought of that should be let go

 

[haxan7]

i use it as a code to tell the person i'm feeling horny for them

 

[bitbydeath]

I see it as the person admitting defeat.
Eg. Oh shit! You were right!

 

[bitbydeath]

The laughing emoji can be interesting, some use that for actually being triggered.

 

[Nobody_Important]

The laughing emoji can be interesting, some use that for actually being triggered.

 

[Thaedolus]

The ambiguity is what makes it fun

 

[bender]

I will not rest until my wife is an emoji EviLore

 

[Nobody_Important]

I will not rest until my wife is an emoji EviLore

That's why you don't have an emoji though?

 

[bender]

That's why you don't have an emoji though?

That's why...*checks notes*

 

[Nobody_Important]

That's why...*checks notes*

Okay NOW I'm triggered.

 

[HoodWinked]

Triggered is actually pretty straight forward. The laugh emote is the one that's actually ambiguous. You can either use it to signify that you think it's a humorous comment or you're laughing AT the commentor for saying something stupid.

 

[Whitecrow]

I would gladly take an 'offended' emoji. EviLore ? : D

 

[Soodanim]

Triggered is actually pretty straight forward. The laugh emote is the one that's actually ambiguous. You can either use it to signify that you think it's a humorous comment or you're laughing AT the commentor for saying something stupid.

I’ve used laughing for both. People have been funny, and people have been laughably wrong/stupid/bad.

Praise the sun is an odd one, because it’s used in precisely two situations:
1. Any Souls related content
2. Whenever the fuck you want to use it

Sometimes I think we need a confused reaction, but that’s as close as we can get to negative without it being chaos. We can never have a negative reaction.

 

[22:22:22]

Welcome to the neverending doubt when interpreting emojis.

 

[ZehDon]

Now we're asking the real questions.

 

[GeekyDad]

I love the reactions on GAF. All the other emojis are pretty obvious but “triggered” confuses me.

I know what “being triggered” MEANS, but when the Emoji is used, does it mean THE OP is triggered according to the person who votes, or that the PERSON reading the post and WHO IS VOTING is triggered?

Anyone else confused by this?

You say yourself it's a "reaction," so where it's coming from should be clear, no? Its use, though, and when to use it seems a bit vague to me.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

 

[dr_octagon]

 

[nightmare-slain]

the one who chooses the triggered emoji is the triggered one.

for example: if someone was to post "PS5 is the best!" i might use the triggered emoji because obviously Xbox is the best.

 

[thefool]

I apply it when I think the person whose post I apply it to is triggered or is just generally butt-hurt over something. I never use the emote to illustrate that I myself am triggered.


If I wanna show that I am triggered I will just do it the old fashioned way and start out throwing childish insults and strawman arguments.

This makes some sense but i use it when i feel triggered.

 

[TGO]

I thought it was there to notify me that an idiot has quoted my post

 

[BigBooper]

When I use it, it's because someone said something so dumb or something so gross that I don't know how else to respond. It's on the responder's behalf, not the original commentator.

It's all sarcastic, in jest.

 

[Halo is Back]

I will not rest until my wife is an emoji EviLore

You don't have a wife you manwhore

 

[Jeeves]

It makes me laugh every time I see it. The expression is just perfect.

 

[GymWolf]

People responding to op with mostly trigger emoji is the most gaf thing ever.

 

[YoshiMadness]

I really wish our empathy react was a care react. Facebook fucking sucks, but the care react is one of the few great things they've done in the last 10 years. I love that little guy. He's so cute!

 

[trikster40]

I’m still waiting for the middle finger emoji.

 

[GymWolf]

I think that the empathy emoji is more complicated to understand.

Sometimes i use it because i genuinely feel bad for someone, sometimes is ironic because i feel pity for someone stupidity.

 

[LegendOfKage]

I love the reactions on GAF. All the other emojis are pretty obvious but “triggered” confuses me.

I know what “being triggered” MEANS, but when the Emoji is used, does it mean THE OP is triggered according to the person who votes, or that the PERSON reading the post and WHO IS VOTING is triggered?

Anyone else confused by this?

All use of reactions are YOUR reactions (the person making the reaction), so I would say "triggered" means the post in question triggered you. I mostly only use it when someone posts something pretty disgusting or weird. It's probably my least used reaction.

I don't use laughter out of spite, either.

 

[LegendOfKage]

I think that the empathy emoji is more complicated to understand.

Sometimes i use it because i genuinely feel bad for someone, sometimes is ironic because i feel pity for someone stupidity.

The former is right. The latter is the misuse of an emoticon designed to prevent confusing by "hearting" someone's post about their dog who died today. You might consider not using it that way, so we don't have the same sort of confusion, where genuine empathy is taken for sarcasm.

 

[22:22:22]

I always feel guilty when using a laughing emoji sarcastically. It's rare I do and makes me want a eye roll emoji before I become aware of its implications.

The laughing emoji is just very easy to misuse I guess... it just looks sarcastic, doesn't it? Lol

 

[haxan7]

I always feel guilty when using a laughing emoji sarcastically. It's rare I do and makes me want a eye roll emoji before I become aware of its implications.

The laughing emoji is just very easy to misuse I guess... it just looks sarcastic, doesn't it? Lol

it's pretty obvious when someone is using laugh maliciously imo. maybe that's just me

 

[GymWolf]

The former is right. The latter is the misuse of an emoticon designed to prevent confusing by "hearting" someone's post about their dog who died today. You might consider not using it that way, so we don't have the same sort of confusion, where genuine empathy is taken for sarcasm.

I previously said that it was confusing, but i'm 99,99% sure then when i use the empathy for the second thing, the guy knows that

 

[22:22:22]

it's pretty obvious when someone is using laugh maliciously imo. maybe that's just me

It mostly is indeed.

 

[Finsksvenskan]

Honestly didn’t realize until now that the emoji meant triggered.. now I feel stupid and sorry to everyone who has gotten that emoji from me..

 

[Kamina]

This thread triggers me

 

[BlvckFox]

This is a pretty good question. I use it when a post triggers me because I am more than happy to let OP know the crimes they’ve committed against my mental well being.

 

[Kev Kev]

My favorite reaction, hands down

Then when people use it on me I’m like…

 

[Umbasaborne]

It means you done shook someone to their core