it's just a self report at this point
This rhetoric never worked. Not the first time it was used, not now. There is hardly a way to indicate frustration more clear than this.
"if I say "triggered" first then maybe people will not notice that I am"
If you want to make people angry or troll them you first need to understand their motivations.
Let me give you an example.
You got flustered (probably in another thread) and needed an outlet for your frustration. Hopeful to get a little bit of support by getting people to agree with you. So you do not feel alone in your struggles.
If people understand your motivations then you become an easy target.
It is not that what you call "edgelords" are a real problem on this site. It is that these people are able to get to you that is.
That bored cunts on the internet are able to tamper with your emotions that easily. While you can not return the favor.