for a while, my husband worked as a call handler for the ambulance service. during his training, they had a talk from someone wanting to introduce new policy and he wanted to use my husband's group as a tester group. fun, right?
well, the talk was about how saying suicide was triggering. if a caller says theyre suicidal, the handlers should say "unalive" instead, because saying the word might actually trigger the suicidal person.
if the caller says they were raped and need help, the handler should say "S A" instead, because rape is triggering.
I don't know about you, but if I phoned up the ambulance service to ask for help because I want to die, I wouldn't want them using tiktok speak and trivialising the issue. I think that would make me less likely to ever ask for help. SAY THE WORDS. how are we supposed to address the problem if we can't even name the fucking problem.
luckily, my husbands main instructor literally said "well, that's fucking stupid" to the man wanting to introduce this policy and it hasn't been implemented. but it might. we are watching language be erased. NAME. THE. PROBLEM.
I wish I were making this up, I wish I could say I was exaggerating. I'm not.
So fun fact, people who are trained in helping to deescalate suicidal people will always say to put it bluntly.
“Do you want to kill yourself?”
A, it has the benefit of making sure everyone is on the same page. Self-harm and attempting suicide are two different things. You can want to harm yourself without wanting to kill yourself. It can also let you know if the person is passively suicidal or if they’re in the process of killing themselves.
B, stigmatizing suicide leads to more suicides.
C, you will not cause someone to kill themselves by saying the word suicide. It is not a magic word that speaking the name of will cause someone to jump off a roof.
Also, speaking to causation on this trend (separate from issues of censorship), lay people need to learn what "triggering" actually means.
Because way too many people do not understand the difference between "This word is an activating reminder for something traumatic in my brain and it has a rapid and deeply negative impact on my mental health which may result in dissociation, flashbacks, spiraling, panic attacks, or similarly serious reactions" and "ewww that word makes me UNCOMFYYYYY."
Y/N: Oh, no, you've got too many layers on for that... Also I think strippers get tipped a lot more. Ooh maybe we could become like a stripper duo
Simon: Absolutely not
Y/N: Awe, you're no fun.
Simon: ...
Y/N: ...
Y/N: I think our stage name could be Fish and Chips
Simon: ...hm
Y/N: Beans on toast
Simon: Okay that's enough
Y/N: Spotted dick
He just shoves a muffin into their mouth to get them to shut up about their stripper duo stage name lmao
Teheeee I love this so bad.
Pt. 10
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“Just got tipped $100 dollars for your meat!” You exclaim happily to Simon.
He splutters to say the least before getting his words right. “You got $100 for my what?”
“Your steak. The Johnson family really liked it and said I was so nice, and gave me,” you pop your 5 20’s. “100 bucks.” You explain.
“Mmm.” He hums in understanding. “Good for you. You deserve it.”
“Guess what? You do too.” You say before shoving 2 twenties into his apron’s pocket.
“Only two?” He teases.
“I did the serving, pleasing, and walking. All you did was look good and cook.”
“Yeah? You think I look good?”
You roll your eyes. “Yes, Simon. I think you look good.”
He hums again, turning away from you. “Stuffing money in my apron like I’m a stripper, then saying I look good. Mh.” He says to himself sarcastically, but you hear. You think it makes you blush more than it makes him blush.
“No… you’ve got too many layers on for that. Plus, I think they get tipped more than $40.” You pause, looking at him. “Ooo, we could be like a stripper duo.”
“Absolutely not.” He deadpans, looking at you amused.
“You’re no fun.”
He rolls his eyes before going back to sweeping.
You huff again, watching him.
“Fish and chips.”
“What?”
“It could be our name.”
“No.”
“Beans,” you point to yourself. “On toast,” you point to him.
As much as he would love to see you on top of him… “no.”
“Spotted dick.”
“Alright, that’s enough.” He laughs, shoving a muffin in your mouth that he was supposed to feed you earlier.
“I still think beans on toast was a good one.” You say through a mouthful.
In the 16th century, German artisans created an extraordinary engagement ring that unfolded into a miniature astronomical sphere. Known as an armillary sphere ring, it was composed of several interlocking bands that, when opened, formed a working model of the heavens. These rings symbolized both love and cosmic harmony, and some carried inscriptions like
“The whole universe is in your hands.”
These intricate pieces weren’t just decorative-they reflected the Renaissance fascination with science, astronomy, and the idea that human emotion (like love) was tied to the cosmos.
The best thing about being a Wattpad reader back in the day was reading the comments people left on certain paragraphs within the story. That shit had me on the floor laughing in tears.
If you see the quote "I refuse to share my body with a man who wouldn't defend it politically" or any variation of it floating around the internet — it was Kat Blaque who originally said it and she would really appreciate it if people gave her proper credit for it but it's gone viral on a lot of different platforms and most of the people sharing it don't know it's from her or choose not to credit her on purpose.
she’s specifically a Black, transgender woman too which is the context of the quote — here are her captions about it (IDs needed)! she also posted two short form vids on insta + tiktok about the quote and people divorcing her from it when it is specifically talking about how Black transgender women are lusted after and pursued by extremely conservative men
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