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@horseman6: They're really not, if you actually keep count of how often they're legitimately used you'll find that it's mostly selection bias. For obvious reasons you don't notice an absence of trigger warnings, unless you're the person being "triggered".

Also, come on mate. An article that begins with the assumption that they're being over used is hardly an unbiased look at this. The biggest problem with that article is the cherry picking of things that seem ridiculous while conveniently ignoring their legitimate uses. It's just another classic case of "hey things were bad in my day, and I'm okay". It's like a weird analogue to one of the arguments against vaccination where: "my kids weren't vaccinated and they're healthy, so vaccines are a waste, etc." Unless you're some kind of conspiracy theorist you can't deny that vaccination is something that helps the population as a whole.

I'm not saying that trigger warnings are necessarily the be-all-end-all of social consciousness, and they're most definitely not infallible. Yes sure, sometimes some people use them inappropriately, and sometimes people ARE over-sensitive, but by stereotyping trigger warnings in this way, you're hurting the majority of people who are using them earnestly.

EDIT: I should make myself clear that I'm not implying that people should have their "free speech" curtailed. People should be free to say whatever they believe, but at the same time, free speech does not and should not give you any kind of immunity from responsibility. If you're being a dickhead and you say some dickish shit, you shouldn't be "silenced", but you should be criticised for it, and you should have to suffer the negative consequences of your speech.

Anyone here currently running Stardew on a Mac with this? How's that experience been? I've been very close to buying, but it's such a perfect game for a laptop that I've been holding off for a MAC release.