User blog:Editor Chartreuse/Regarding chat and foot-in-mouth moments...

Everyone, I have an announcement to make, well, because I can... and stuff.

Earlier, I had referenced a convention that is a well-worn trope, however, it uses a fairly explicit word. Now, I'm probably into social justice a lot more than most folks on here, and well, I rue the use of trigger words as a matter of course. I've even cautioned or chided other users on the use of this word in chat before, as well. So, usually, no one is more sensitive to willy-nilly appropriation of them than I. In this rare case, me posting text using one such trigger directly is regrettable.

Although, the solution--hereupon which--is relatively simple. The convention will be referenced as "tentacle-caressting", well, because they are not quite caressing nor are they molesting either. Did I mention it is fictitious too, and the subject of a fetish for very questionably tasted individuals? Since it isn't either end of this vast sliding scale, well, there is no known "trigger-word-ness" for it.

Man, I guess I like my depictions of tentacle-based shenanigans too much to take back the use of the concept. Well, at least I'm not lightly mentioning a very real and very dreadful and very downplayed thing in human civilization. So, I guess I can rest somewhat at ease that I won't raise hackles again over this. Sorry to all who may have been triggered themselves.