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Its not woke. If its been around for awhile, its not woke. Woke words are new made up words or words used in a context to prove a progressive point.
"Trigger" is a woke word when you say "Im so triggered by that". However in this context "Johnny, do not pull down that lever, it will trigger the breaker box" is not woke.
So works (or phrases) like:
Chill out dude. Im not going to argue with you Y'all on the internets.
Chill out? Did something about those progressive legal decisions offend you?
Looks like you were, indeed, triggered by that.
"Woke" is just another word to use to describe something that isn't conservative enough. There is nothing temporal about it these days.
If you think a word or action is bad, it's "woke". The word to describe someone who is not conservative enough is "librul".
The actual definitions or proper context does not matter to people who just parrot what they hear.
How long do you think the word woke, with any of the definitions (specifically the original), has been in use?
I do not know. I first heard the term back around 2019 I believe and I always used an "urban dictonary" definition.
So you have no idea what you are saying?
Uh, no...
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Woke
Oh, so you are one of those people who think they aren't a useful idiot.