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| '''Squick''' is a term commonly used in fannish discussion about [[fanworks]] or professional media that describes anything that is a deep-seated, visceral turn-off for the fan. | | '''Squick''' is a term commonly used in fannish discussion about [[fanworks]] or professional media that describes anything that is a deep-seated, visceral turn-off for the fan. |
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− | According to [[The Foresmutters Project]], the term was coined on the [[Usenet]] group [[alt.sex.bondage]] before 1995."<ref name="foresmutters">[http://foresmutters.org/squick.html Squick] page at [[The Foresmutters Project]]] (accessed December 9, 2009)</ref> ([[Fail_Fandomanon]] cites alt.tasteless.jokes in 1993 as the source of the term;<ref>[https://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/251609.html?thread=1409375705#cmt1409375705 2017-04-14 comment] at [[fail_fandomanon]]</ref> alt.tasteless.jokes describes it as an onomatopoetic word for a particularly gruesome form of skullfucking<ref>"Geoff Miller comments: I posted that a year ago, and I *made it up!*" [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.tasteless.jokes/aV6-w4oApNk/NgOkeGEvIpUJ Welcome to alt.tasteless! (Monthly Posting)], posted by James Limmer on 19 April 1993.</ref>. The Foresmutters Project insists that, "There are various revolting descriptions of 'what is a squick' floating around the 'net (many propogated from alt.tasteless), but my research indicates that the original usage was, 'someone else's kink.'"<ref name="foresmutters"/>) It is difficult to know when it attained enough popular use to be recognized in larger fandom spaces, but a fan in 1999 employed it in [[alt.startrek.creative]] while discussing [[The Foresmutters Project]]. <ref> May 1999 at [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/alt.startrek.creative/foresmutters/alt.startrek.creative/nMGni1V4lO4/svzgAMygVhwJ alt.startrek.creative]; [https://archive.today/OYF0r WebCite] </ref> | + | According to [[The Foresmutters Project]], the term was coined on the [[Usenet]] group [[alt.sex.bondage]] before 1995."<ref name="foresmutters">[http://foresmutters.org/squick.html Squick] page at [[The Foresmutters Project]] (accessed December 9, 2009)</ref> ([[Fail_Fandomanon]] cites alt.tasteless.jokes in 1993 as the source of the term;<ref>[https://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/251609.html?thread=1409375705#cmt1409375705 2017-04-14 comment] at [[fail_fandomanon]]</ref> alt.tasteless.jokes describes it as an onomatopoetic word for a particularly gruesome form of skullfucking<ref>"Geoff Miller comments: I posted that a year ago, and I *made it up!*" [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.tasteless.jokes/aV6-w4oApNk/NgOkeGEvIpUJ Welcome to alt.tasteless! (Monthly Posting)], posted by James Limmer on 19 April 1993.</ref>. The Foresmutters Project insists that, "There are various revolting descriptions of 'what is a squick' floating around the 'net (many propogated from alt.tasteless), but my research indicates that the original usage was, 'someone else's kink.'"<ref name="foresmutters"/>) It is difficult to know when it attained enough popular use to be recognized in larger fandom spaces, but a fan in 1999 employed it in [[alt.startrek.creative]] while discussing [[The Foresmutters Project]]. <ref> May 1999 at [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/alt.startrek.creative/foresmutters/alt.startrek.creative/nMGni1V4lO4/svzgAMygVhwJ alt.startrek.creative]; [https://archive.today/OYF0r WebCite] </ref> |
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| Squicks may be shared by many fans or be specific to one; one person's [[kink]] may be another person's squick. It is more frequently used when discussing sexually [[explicit]] works or ones involving forms of violence. | | Squicks may be shared by many fans or be specific to one; one person's [[kink]] may be another person's squick. It is more frequently used when discussing sexually [[explicit]] works or ones involving forms of violence. |
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| Now, neither of these things are dangerous to my mental or emotional state. I have never experienced either in my life, and they do not bring about any sort of PTSD, dissociation, or spiral of depression, anxiety, etc. They are simply things I prefer not to think about in my daily life, or read about in my escapist hobbies. Therefore, they are not [[triggers]]. Triggers are very real, very bad things for some people, and to [[label]] things we choose not to read because we find it disturbing or gross or weird is to diminish the very real danger of actual triggers. | | Now, neither of these things are dangerous to my mental or emotional state. I have never experienced either in my life, and they do not bring about any sort of PTSD, dissociation, or spiral of depression, anxiety, etc. They are simply things I prefer not to think about in my daily life, or read about in my escapist hobbies. Therefore, they are not [[triggers]]. Triggers are very real, very bad things for some people, and to [[label]] things we choose not to read because we find it disturbing or gross or weird is to diminish the very real danger of actual triggers. |
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− | I love the term squick. It perfectly describes the concept without assigning any negativity to the thing you dislike, or to people who do like the thing you dislike. It is something you personally do not care for and wish to avoid, simple as that.<ref name="desertneon1">{{source| url = http://desert-neon.tumblr.com/post/138955387188/whats-a-squick | title = What's a squick? | archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/6floMtZKd | archivedate = 2016-03-05 }} ask answered by desert-neon on 8 February 2016. (Accessed 14 June 2016.)</ref>}} | + | I love the term squick. It perfectly describes the concept without assigning any negativity to the thing you dislike, or to people who do like the thing you dislike. It is something you personally do not care for and wish to avoid, simple as that.<ref name="desertneon1">{{source| url = http://desert-neon.tumblr.com/post/138955387188/whats-a-squick | title = What's a squick? | archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/6floMtZKd | archivedate = 2016-03-05 }} ask answered by desert-neon, 8 February 2016. (Accessed 14 June 2016.)</ref>}} |
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| ==The Differences Between [[Triggers]] and Squicks== | | ==The Differences Between [[Triggers]] and Squicks== |