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"I'll teach those terrorists, by terrorising them!"
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You explained gaslighting to me last year.
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Oh I see Qantas is launching the longest flight in the world* between Perth on London.
*=If we ignore Qatar Airways launching Doha-Auckland in February
*=If we ignore Qatar Airways launching Doha-Auckland in February
But OK, what does persuading somebody that they didn't say/do something that they did (or vice versa) have to do with a light lit by gas? I think that's what makes me struggle to remember its meaning so much, that nothing in the term suggests its meaning to me.
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But OK, what does persuading somebody that they didn't say/do something that they did (or vice versa) have to do with a light lit by gas? I think that's what makes me struggle to remember its meaning so much, that nothing in the term suggests its meaning to me.
I remember it because it is so inexplicable.
At least that's what someone told me I did.
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My movie count this year is probably 4x my movie count for 2013-2015, between TV and actually going.
Kinda proud with that.
Kinda proud with that.
Do tell me, without any gaslighting, that there is at least a meaningful distinction between genuinely forgetting and manipulating people.
Because I've claimed to have (not) done a bunch of things only to later have evidence presented to the contrary, and I was as surprised as anyone.
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Heh I'm deep in the online manual for my smartwatch.
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Because if you've fucked up (as we all have), that's fucking up.
If you tell someone and suggest proof that they fucked up, that's gaslighting them. As we're all prone to fucking up, it makes it easier to con someone into thinking that the lie you're presenting is real.
Have you ever told a stressed or overtired parent or boss (I have done BOTH SHIT) something on the hope they'd just believe you because they couldn't remember to get your way?
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I've had a bit of time and money and company (even though I'm happy to do things alone!!) to go to movies.
I've got Sky Movies at my new place.
I've also had some Netflix and chill time.
Otherwise I'm like you. I'm just back because I've got the ability.
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I'm at the point where I have worked out I can put my phone on absolute never piss anyone off mute. If my wrist vibrates, then I can check it.
The good part is it looks like a normal watch so I don't look like an Apple Watch or FitBit person.
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For someone who mercilessly mocked smart watches, I can see a benefit. Small, but real.
Especially for other people
Especially for other people
I suppose part of it is that movies just don't interest me that much anyway. When I watch an episode of an hour-long TV show I feel like I've lost a big chunk of my evening.
Of course I just spent much of this weekend sitting on the couch staring at the cricket...
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I like to find things to amuse me. Especially nostalgia.
That said, I guess my Rebel Alliance tattoo kinda sells me out. Whichever is the prominent colour used in the movie for the logo is the shading I'll use. BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
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Fuck I'm not going to hear the end if I don't live up to that.
Oh yeah there are a couple of examples from my teenage years where I brazenly tried to present evidence that I absolutely had not done something everybody knew full well I had. I totally tried to screw over my best friend once by presenting him as the initiator of something when I was the ringleader. But I suppose that's also why I'm confused, because besides the metaphor making no sense to me, existing terms seem to work perfectly well. I was lying. And I blushed so much I got caught!
What does "gaslighting" describe that "lying" or "manipulating" don't already?
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Oh also I rewatched Lost with my ex. Not only was it really a waste of time, we both woke up every morning freaked out at the dreams we had.
Nah I'll forget.
And then you can gaslight me about it?
No, I still don't fully get how this works.
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Because you already told me. WHY DON'T YOU BELIEVE ME?
It is lying and/or manipulating, but you're telling someone that they first told you it happened. Yeah there's a limited difference but I guess it depends on context.
What you did was lie. Poorly apparently
. What you needed to do in order to gaslight him was convince him he was the ringleader. Then he would have confessed to it and you'd have just unfortunately been involved.It's not the circumstances I gave in my earlier post, but it's the concept, as I understand it.
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I'm going to have to go against your suggestion of powder blue.
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I smoked my first cigarette in months as my ex watched the last few minutes. I did not want to be that pissed off again.
It started and really went so well!
Because you already told me. WHY DON'T YOU BELIEVE ME?
It is lying and/or manipulating, but you're telling someone that they first told you it happened. Yeah there's a limited difference but I guess it depends on context.
What you did was lie. Poorly apparently
It's not the circumstances I gave in my earlier post, but it's the concept, as I understand it.
Right, gotcha. God, I feel like my PhD supervisor here: "It's a neologism! There's already a perfectly adequate term that expresses this clearly! Don't make up words!" (He is far too dignified to have ever written like that, but it's the gist.) I'm still proud I persuaded him of "omnishambles", an A+ neologism if there ever was one.
I said INTERFERENCE blue, motherfucker. Don't you remember?!
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I hope my friend at JB is working tomorrow. I'm getting another Chromecast for my lounge TV, at cost....like my watch, my current Chromecast, my phone, my tablet, my wireless charger.
I may need to buy her a case of wine.
I may need to buy her a case of wine.
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