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samstiels-deactivated20201212:
So let me get this straight
if you consciously decide to throw yourself down the stairs, and end up breaking your leg in the process, it’s clearly your fault
but somehow, if you know a certain type of fic will cause you mental harm, but consciously decide to read it anyway, it’s somehow the author’s fault?
take the most common arguments:
- I wanted to know if it was as bad as the tags say – translated: I wanted to know if I’d really break a leg or or if I’d somehow miraculously float down 30 steps instead like a fucking miracle dove unburdened by sin
- It’s the author’s fault for writing it – translated: The person who designed the stairs is at fault for my decision to throw myself down them; clearly if they hadn’t made the stairs, I would have nowhere to hurt myself on purpose
- There was only one tag that might trigger me, but the content turned out to be much worse – translated: There was only one handrail so I assumed I could just hurl myself down thirty steps head first and everything would be fine
- People should just write fics that are safe for me to read – translated: I’m an entitled asshole who will willingly break a leg on any set of stairs for no reason, so I want everyone to eliminate stairs and only use elevators
- People who write these fics must be bad people – translated: People who build stairs are bad people; whenever I see a set, I will willingly hurl myself down them in order to break a leg, and then spend the rest of my life complaining about it
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