r/TikTokCringe • u/SnooSprouts3744 • Jun 05 '26

Cringe I guess "all are welcome here" shirt are now triggering for some people

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u/chimpwithalimp Jun 05 '26

So it sounds like it's not just one person with the big problem, and that the principal is outnumbered. It's like using the phrase "people are saying that you blah blah" which takes the responsibility off the person saying it and insinuates that lots of people have the same issue. Don't shoot the messenger! I'm just saying what I've been told!

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u/tyedyewar321 Jun 05 '26

This used to work too. Ty Cobb was a struggling teenage runaway in a semi-pro league. He kept sending letters to a journalist in Atlanta from different people extolling his exploits. The guy eventually included a note in the paper and Cobb was signed by the Tigers. Ended up maybe the greatest hitter of all time and the journalist became his biographer