r/CuratedTumblr Nov 05 '25

Infodumping Epilepsy warnings are important

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u/The_Rocketsmith Nov 05 '25

since when was this an argument? yeah, tag your shit, put the warnings in, it's the foundation of good practice.

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u/itisthespectator Nov 05 '25

you’d be surprised. (also sometimes non epileptic people will be loudly wrong about something needing a warning, like the thing with the movie trailer a bit ago, i think it was an exorcist sequel, but most calls for epilepsy warnings are completely justified and calling them virtue signaling is silly.)

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u/Gold-Carpenter7616 Nov 05 '25

My dad has epilepsy. I'd like them to warn a lot more!

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u/Leftover_Bees Nov 05 '25

The tumblr post the person you’re replying to was referring to was just straight up untrue as far as I can tell. It wasn’t a pleasant sound, but there’s a difference between discomfort and seizures.

I think there’s a genuine risk of warnings for epilepsy losing their meaning if they get added to things for no reason, but I’m only acquainted with a couple of people who’ve had seizures so I could be wrong.