This comic has layers
Like an ogre
this post was submitted on 18 Mar 2025
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No it doesn't. You are just remembering it wrong.
No, I'm pretty sure your mom has layers
Also the profession from the comic is a 'lamplighter', not 'gaslighter'.
Nah it's not. You think that, but you're wrong actually. Don't bother checking, it'll just make you feel even stupider.
They did it wrong. As a joke.
No, they didn't.
Well the lamps were already lit, so they're just two guys setting things on fire. We have a name for that now.
We have a name for that now.
DOGE?
Well said, sir
Gaslighting used to be a more colorful, sinister description of the act of manipulation. To be gaslit involved careful reorganization or reassessment of events, often traumatic. Now it’s a synonym for lying. Reminds me of tumblr diminishing “trigger warnings”
Don't get me started. I've got trauma from an ex's careful manipulation that happened over four and a half years. Multiple times during when I truly thought I was losing my mind.
It took years afterwards for me to feel I could have any baseline trust in my own memory and my own interpretations of other people, because how in the hell could I have been so wrong about the ex? How could I have been so blind to so much manipulation, that with the right puzzle pieces in place and the benefit of hindsight is now so obvious?
It's been more than a decade, and still when I'm challenged on my recollection of events, I tend to default to not trust myself.
I sincerely don't want anyone to know the meaning of gaslighting first hand like I do. At the same time, I wish people would stop overusing strong specific words when describing more "regular" banal bad stuff.
Have you ever listened to the podcast "Something Was Wrong"? The first season is a very well crafted retelling a one person's experience with gaslighting
I understand your frustration. Remember that people do it with everything. Exaggerating is part of storytelling for many people, and depending on the people and the culture, a small lie or exaggeration in service of a good story isn't really considered a bad thing.
But I agree, I wish people wouldn't do it with clinically significant terms.
It isn't only part of storytelling but literally one of the strongest forces of language change.
Is that true or are you gaslighting us?
You're evil lol
Evil used to be a more colorful, sinister description of malicious acts. Now it's a synonym for bad jokes. Reminds me of lemmy diminishing "gaslighting"
Gaslighting used to be a more colorful, sinister description of the act of manipulation.
I still maintain that this is the only correct use of the term.
“Listen, Allen. I’d love to agree with you, but then we’d be both wrong.”